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Planning Group Blisters Area's Infrastructure

LOS ANGELES-The annual report by Southern California Association of Governments says LA and five neighboring counties have done little to solve transportation, education and housing woes. The economy could be jeopardized if progress isn't made quickly.

By David W. Myers | Updated on December 13, 2001

LOS ANGELES-A blistering new report released by Southern California’s largest planning organization says LA and its neighboring five counties have failed to adequately address a rash of key infrastructure problems, and that the long-term health of the region’s economy could be jeopardized if concrete progress isn’t made soon.

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.

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