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Commentary:
Money California received to upgrade voting systems have been wasted, according to an audit.
Candidates:
Former Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education member Nury Martinez defeated former Assemblywoman Cindy Montanez in Tuesday's special election to fill L.A.'s Sixth District City Council seat.
Commentary:
The group behind Prop 8 claims that the recent federal ruling on gay marriage in California only applies to two counties, not statewide.
Commentary:
The word special makes it sound like there is something to celebrate -- there is not. These "special" elections cost all of us time and money. And they may not be worth it.
BallotWire:
The voter turnout for the Los Angeles' May 21 election was 23.3 percent, the lowest in 100 years.
Ballot Measures:
A ballot initiative wants the city of Los Angeles to create a separate public health department from the county. The group behind it argues that the county agency is currently too big and inefficient.
Commentary:
It sometimes feels that with every regulation another loophole will arise and be exploited.
Candidates:
Garcetti can solicit up to $250,000 in gifts, and each donor can give a maximum of $10,000.
Election Results:
Galperin, 49, is an attorney who sits on two volunteer city commissions, one focused on revenue efficiency and the other on quality and productivity.
Election Results:
The number of medical marijuana dispensaries will be limited in Los Angeles and the tax on the drug will be higher under a regulation measure approved by voters.
Election Results:
With 22 percent of precincts reporting, Feuer had 60 percent of the vote to Trutanich's 40 percent.
Voting:
When employees at the office of the Los Angeles City Clerk finished counting vote by mail ballots early this morning, they had a number: 167,657. What that means depends on how you slice the data.
Ballot Measures:
The California Supreme Court ruled Monday that localities have the right to invoke zoning laws to ban medical marijuana dispensaries, despite a California state law which allows medicinal pot to be grown and distributed to needy patients.
Commentary:
Gov. Jerry Brown and 10 staffers recently returned from a trip to China, the purpose of which was to increase trade between the country and the Golden State. Sounds expensive, right?
Ballot Measures:
The future of medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles will be decided by the voters come May 21. The crux of the argument comes down to proliferation of pot clinics, not tax increases, as the two frontrunners stand on the opposite isle of the access to medicinal pot debate.
Ballot Measures:
In new court filings, attorneys argue that Measure B puts an "intolerable burden" on the right to free expression and is thus unconstitutional.
Candidates:
He admonished what he perceives as timidity on the part of Councilman Eric Garcetti and Controller Wendy Greuel, the two mayoral candidates in the May 21 election.
Candidates:
22 candidates for a variety of offices have qualified to appear on the March 21, 2013 ballot.
Election Results:
About 90,000 ballots from Tuesday's primary election remained uncounted today, casting a hint of uncertainty over some City Council races.
Election Results:
The city's police, fire, and other departments are all in danger of being subjected to hefty budget cuts in response to voters' rejection of a proposed half-cent sales tax, the president of the City Council said today.
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