L.A. County's Board of Supervisors makes its first pass at the county's annual budget on Tuesday.  The $45.5 million budget is about a billion-and-a-half less than last year's. 

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L.A. County's Board of Supervisors makes its first pass at the county's annual budget on Tuesday.  The $45.5 million budget is about a billion-and-a-half less than last year's. 
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L.A. County Supervisors to discuss $45.5B budget proposal

Today's apparent "sick out" by an estimated 10-percent of LA Metro's bus drivers has seemingly left EVERYONE in a bad position.  Tens of thousands of Metro bus riders were inconvenience by late or no-show buses ... while the drivers themselves claim that the safety situation has become so bad for them, they're fearing for their lives every time they settle into the drivers seat.

So in an exclusive conversation that you'll only here on KNX, chief correspondent Charles Feldman talked with Metro's chief of operations, Conan Cheung ... and asked him about the effects of today's labor action.

Today's apparent "sick out" by an estimated 10-percent of LA Metro's bus drivers has seemingly left EVERYONE in a bad position.  Tens of thousands of Metro bus riders were inconvenience by late or no-show buses ... while the drivers themselves claim that the safety situation has become so bad for them, they're fearing for their lives every time they settle into the drivers seat.
So in an exclusive conversation that you'll only here on KNX, chief correspondent Charles Feldman talked with Metro's chief of operations, Conan Cheung ... and asked him about the effects of today's labor action.

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The apparent "sick out" by LA Metro bus drivers inconvenienced thousands of Metro passengers by disrupting some of the most heavily used bus lines in the city.

And while riders seem to empathize with the drivers complaints over a failure of public safety on buses ... they're NOT all on-board with the proposed solutions to beefing up security.

Eric Mann is co-chair of the Bus Riders Union here in Los Angeles.

The apparent "sick out" by LA Metro bus drivers inconvenienced thousands of Metro passengers by disrupting some of the most heavily used bus lines in the city.
And while riders seem to empathize with the drivers complaints over a failure of public safety on buses ... they're NOT all on-board with the proposed solutions to beefing up security.
Eric Mann is co-chair of the Bus Riders Union here in Los Angeles.

KNX BIG STORY: LA's Bus Riders Union are not fans of more cops on Metro buses & trains

Safety for the riders and operators of LA's Metro has been an issue for years, well before today's "sick out" by Metro bus drivers.

But the string of attacks have grown especially violent in recent months ... a bus driver was stabbed, another one was the victim of an attempted rape, and then there was a bus hijacking in downtown LA.

Up until late March of this year, Gina Osborn was Metro's chief safety and security officer--she talked with KNX News today.

Safety for the riders and operators of LA's Metro has been an issue for years, well before today's "sick out" by Metro bus drivers.
But the string of attacks have grown especially violent in recent months ... a bus driver was stabbed, another one was the victim of an attempted rape, and then there was a bus hijacking in downtown LA.
Up until late March of this year, Gina Osborn was Metro's chief safety and security officer--she talked with KNX News today.

L.A. County Supervisors to discuss $45.5B budget proposal

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