Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky challenges us and our congressional delegation to “go to the mountain” for health care just as we’ve done for education and voting rights, which he declares a fundamental human right. Video clip is one of a series of the Sept. 3, 2009 Organizing for America event shot by Doug Drenkow, reporting for OpEdNews.

In November 2008, Measure R was approved by an amazing two-thirds majority, committing a projected $40 billion to traffic relief and transportation upgrades. The passage of Measure R was a strong sign from L.A.’s voters that they wanted to change the tenor of mobility in their region and radically improve public transportation.