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Los Angeles City Council urges mayor to seek mediator as MTA bus strike enters fourth week
Summary
The Los Angeles City Council voted to ask Mayor Reardon to seek an independent mediator to end the MTA operators' strike, citing increasing hardship for transit-dependent residents and workers.
The Los Angeles City Council voted to ask Mayor Reardon to seek an independent mediator to end the MTA operators' strike, citing increasing hardship for transit-dependent residents and workers.
Councilmember Alex Padilla, who introduced the motion, said the city needed mayoral leadership to break a stalemate that had left buses off the roads for 28 days. "Enough is enough," Padilla told the council, saying the strike had cost the city "$50,000,000 in lost wages and in lost business." Padilla asked members to send a clear message to the mayor to exercise his authority and bring the parties back to the table.
The call for action followed a string of public comments from bus drivers, transit-dependent riders and…
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