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Preliminary backing was given to the third measure, referred to as a "superior" hybrid of the other two.
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The L.A. City Council preliminarily agreed today to ask voters to support an amendment to the U.S. Constitution declaring that corporations are not people.
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A possible third initiative is also making its way to the ballot.
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The L.A. City Council agreed today to ask voters to support an amendment to the U.S. Constitution declaring that corporations are not people.
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The L.A. City Council today took an initial step to place a third medical marijuana initiative before voters on the May 21 municipal general election ballot.
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A vote on the bond measure was delayed until Tuesday. The authors were asked to present community outreach plans.
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Adult filmmakers and actors sued Los Angeles County today, alleging the new law requiring porn actors to wear condoms is unconstitutional.
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Councilman Joe Buscaino billed the plan as the "largest public infrastructure project in the country."
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A city initiative that would apparently allow continued operation of about 100 medical marijuana shops in Los Angeles is significantly closer to enactment, the city clerk disclosed today.
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A former L.A. mayor says that rising pension costs will sap taxpayer money from other essential city services.
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If it passes, it will push the expiration date of a half-cent sales tax dedicated to transportation infrastructure from 2039 to 2069.
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The update gave Measure J, the proposal to extend an already existing sales tax dedicated to transit funding, another small percent increase.
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The proposed tax is projected to raise up to $215 million, helping to avoid public safety cuts, including laying off police officers.
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The tax is expected to generate between $208 million and $215 million, but also could decrease consumer spending by 1.3 percent, according to an analysis.
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Measure J and four other races in the county were flagged as "close contests" based on the number of outstanding provisional and vote-by-mail ballots still to tally.
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L.A. County ballot count may be delayed due to dense fog advisory.
Prop 34:
Proposition 34, which would replace the death penalty in California with life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, was trailing with nearly a quarter of the state's precincts counted.
Prop 38:
Proposition 38, one of two measures on the ballot that would increase taxes to bolster funding for education, was defeated tonight, while the second measure, Proposition 30 trailed.
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Here's an updated list of what propositions have passed and failed, as called by various news outlets.
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With early ballots tabulated, voters opposed Measure A -- which asked whether voters would support changing the state constitution to make the job of county assessor an appointed post -- by 77.4 percent to 22.5 percent.
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