Pedestrian View Of Los Angeles: Another article about calling the Gold Line extention the "Linea de Oro." How hot a topic will this become?

Pedestrian View Of Los Angeles

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Thursday, April 23, 2009

Another article about calling the Gold Line extention the "Linea de Oro." How hot a topic will this become?

Gold Line Eastside Extenion: Let's Call it la Linea de Oro - LAist: Los Angeles News, Food, Arts & Events

County Supervisor and Metro Board Member Gloria Molina wants to offiicially rename the Edward R. Roybal Gold Line Eastside Extension to its direct Spanish translation: la linea de oro, Edward R. Roybal. That's because the communities it serves are more than 95% Latino. The Metro board will vote on the matter today, a couple months short of the line's expected grand opening.