Poll: L.A. County voters lukewarm on tax for homeless services
A measure on the November ballot that would double the county’s quarter-cent homeless sales tax is leading in an early poll of Los Angeles County…
California Proposition 4 voter guide: Climate bond
According to the 49-page proposal, $3.8 billion would be allocated to water projects, including those that provide for safe drinking water, recycle wastewater, store groundwater…
California Proposition 2 voter guide: Education bond
Opponents of the bill include some low-wealth districts and advocacy groups that say the proposal does not go far enough in addressing the equity gap…
California Proposition 3 voter guide: Gay marriage
Assemblymember Evan Low (D-Campbell) authored legislation asking voters to remove and replace the Proposition 8 definition, calling it “discriminatory and unconstitutional.” The measure comes amid…
California Proposition 5 voter guide: Local housing, road bonds
Currently, most local bond proposals require a two-thirds vote of the public to be approved. If voters pass Proposition 5, this threshold will be lowered…
California Proposition 33 voter guide: Expanded rent control
At the moment, state law limits rent increases for tenants in apartments and corporate-owned single-family homes that are older than 15 years. The cap is…
California Proposition 34 voter guide: healthcare spending
The measure is sponsored by the California Apartment Assn., which has tangled with the AIDS Healthcare Foundation for years over its efforts to enable stricter…
California Proposition 32 voter guide: Minimum-wage increase
The statewide minimum wage has not been changed in nearly a decade. Gov. Jerry Brown signed a law in 2016 to boost it to $15…
California Proposition 35 voter guide: Managed care organization tax
Proposition 35 is backed by the Coalition to Protect Access to Care, which includes a range of groups involved in healthcare. Among them are the…
Billionaire-backed plan to erect California city qualifies for ballot
The billionaire proponents of a brand new city that would rise from the rolling prairie northeast of the San Francisco Bay cleared their first big…
Judge tosses lawsuit challenging Mayor Karen Bass’ emergency declaration on homelessness
A judge handed a legal victory to the city of Los Angeles on Thursday, agreeing to dismiss a lawsuit that sought to strike down Mayor…
Newsom touts California’s $11 billion in climate spending
Over the past decade, a signature California program that charges polluters for their planet-heating emissions has generated billions of dollars for state initiatives, and Gov.…
L.A. seeks to keep tenants from being pushed out by affordable housing
Eagle Rock resident Sally Juarez has a rental home that many in L.A. can only dream of. It’s a five-minute walk from busy Eagle Rock…
What I learned from covering California’s homeless since 1980
In 1980, I reported on Sacramento’s “public inebriates.” Most of them, a few hundred in all, lived in flophouse hotels. But some slept “in the…
Billions of dollars to help California’s homeless population are piling up — and going unspent
Reporting from Sacramento — California’s homeless population has grown to more than 134,000 people, and key state government spending is taking a while to reach the…
Last-minute voter guide for 2024 California primary election
A citizen-sponsored measure is on the ballot for Angelenos. The ballot measure “calls on the city to implement its own ambitious Mobility Plan every time…
LAUSD District 5 school board primary election voter guide
Age: 51 Occupation: Community Schools coordinator at McAlister High School, in charge of organizing student and family services and participation. Political party: Democratic Party Experience:…
LAUSD District 1 school board primary election voter guide
Age: 56 Occupation: Janitorial worker for the City of Los Angeles Political party: Democratic Party Experience: A founding member of Reclaim Our Schools L.A., a…
Measure HLA, L.A.’s City Mobility Plan Street Improvement plan voters guide
The document — called Mobility Plan 2035 — touches almost every corner of the sprawling city. One of its chief goals is to eliminate traffic…
Where to vote, find ballot drop boxes and polling places for California 2024 primary election
Super Tuesday is upon us on March 5, when California joins 16 other states and territories in casting ballots in the 2024 election primaries. For…