Measure R

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Los Angeles County ballot measure sales tax measure transportation funding measure

Measure R is a Los Angeles County half-cent sales tax measure approved by voters in 2008 to fund a wide range of transportation improvements, including rail, bus, highway, and local transit projects.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Measure R canonical	3
LA County Measure R	1
Measure R (Los Angeles County)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3745964 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Measure R
Context triple: [Measure R transportation projects, partOf, Measure R]

A. New York City local elections
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B. New York City politics
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C. New York City mayoral elections
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D. Bill de Blasio
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E. Muni
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Target entity: Measure R
Target entity description: Measure R is a Los Angeles County half-cent sales tax measure approved by voters in 2008 to fund a wide range of transportation improvements, including rail, bus, highway, and local transit projects.

A. New York City local elections
New York City local elections are regularly scheduled municipal contests in which city residents choose officials such as the mayor, city council members, and borough presidents, including the Manhattan Borough President.
B. New York City politics
New York City politics encompasses the complex and often contentious governance, electoral dynamics, and power structures of New York City’s municipal government and its political parties.
C. New York City mayoral elections
New York City mayoral elections are the regularly held contests in which voters choose the city’s chief executive, historically shaped by powerful political machines and evolving party dynamics.
D. Bill de Blasio
Bill de Blasio is an American politician who served as the 109th mayor of New York City from 2014 to 2021.
E. Muni
Muni is San Francisco’s primary public transit agency, operating buses, light rail, historic streetcars, and the city’s iconic cable cars.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Los Angeles County ballot measure ⓘ sales tax measure ⓘ transportation funding measure ⓘ
administeredBy	Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	LA Metro Measure R ⓘ linked to: Los Angeles County transportation sales tax ordinance known as Measure R
appliesTo	Los Angeles County ⓘ
approvalDate	2008 ⓘ
approvedBy	voters of Los Angeles County ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
duration	30 years ⓘ
earmarksFundsFor	specific transportation subprograms ⓘ
electionDate	November 4, 2008 ⓘ
endDate	June 30, 2039 ⓘ
funds	bus projects ⓘ highway projects ⓘ local transit projects ⓘ rail projects ⓘ traffic congestion relief projects ⓘ
hasJurisdiction	Los Angeles County ⓘ
impact	additional funding for freeway and highway improvements ⓘ expansion of Los Angeles County rail network ⓘ increased funding for bus operations ⓘ
includesCategory	bus service improvements ⓘ highway bottleneck relief ⓘ local return funds for cities ⓘ rail transit expansion ⓘ
isDedicatedTax	yes ⓘ
legalBasis	California state law on local transportation sales taxes ⓘ
localReturnPercentage	portion of revenues returned to local jurisdictions ⓘ
policyArea	public transit finance ⓘ transportation ⓘ
purpose	highway and road improvements ⓘ public transit expansion ⓘ transportation improvements ⓘ
regionServed	Greater Los Angeles ⓘ linked to: Greater Los Angeles Area
requires	two-thirds voter approval ⓘ
revenueUse	capital transportation projects ⓘ transit operations and maintenance ⓘ
sponsor	Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority board ⓘ linked to: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
startDate	July 1, 2009 ⓘ
state	California ⓘ linked to: California, United States
successorOrRelatedMeasure	Measure M ⓘ
taxRateIncrease	0.5 percent ⓘ half-cent per dollar ⓘ
taxType	sales tax ⓘ
voterApprovalThreshold	two-thirds ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Measure R transportation projects → partOf → Measure R ⓘ

K Line (Los Angeles Metro) → fundingMeasure → Measure R ⓘ

Measure R sales tax → hasName → Measure R ⓘ

Measure R sales tax → alsoKnownAs → LA County Measure R ⓘ

linked to: Measure R

Measure M (Los Angeles County) → relatedTo → Measure R (Los Angeles County) ⓘ

subject linked to: Measure M sales tax