The report was released by the Southern California Association of Governments, a nonprofit group that includes a range of planning and other professionals from both the public and private sector. Commonly known as SCAG, the group tries to find regional solutions to problems facing LA, Orange, Ventura, Riverside, San Bernardino and Imperial counties.

In the group's annual year-end "report card," SCAG says the region has failed to make any significant progress over the past three years in several key areas—including transportation, education and construction of affordable housing.

The region's transportation system, which recently ranked last in a study of 68 US metropolitan areas, was given a D on SCAG's report card. The public school system also rated a D, with the report noting that only one of every three students that graduate from high school are prepared to enter either the California State University system or the University of California system.

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