LACMA donation questioned

Perturbed that the Los Angeles County Museum of Art contributed $900,000 to the Measure R sales tax campaign, the county Board of Supervisors on Tuesday questioned whether the museum needs $6 million it has requested. Troy Anderson in the Daily News.

The museum's nonprofit Museum Associates made the donation to the campaign for the half-percent sales-tax increase that voters narrowly approved Nov. 4.

It was the single largest donation to the campaign for the sales-tax hike that will raise $30 billion to $40 billion over 30 years for transportation projects, including a $4.2 billion "subway to the sea" below Wilshire Boulevard that goes right by the museum.