2024 California election last-minute voter guide, information
Los Angeles voters will decide on six charter amendments, including changes in the controversial city redistricting process as well as revamping the city’s Ethics Commission.…
Where Harris, Trump stand on healthcare: election voter guide
Medicare. Drug costs. The fate of the Affordable Care Act. Healthcare — and who would handle it best — has continued to be contested turf…
L.A. Unified School District 3 election: Schmerelson vs. Chang voter guide
The campaign spending in District 3 is partly a throwback to the last 20 years or so in which the same two big-spending camps opposed…
Where Schiff, Garvey stand on energy, environment: U.S. Senate election voter guide
The two also differ on President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, which is providing hundreds of billions of dollars in tax credits to solar, wind and…
Where Harris, Trump stand on tax policies: election voter guide
Though sparse on details, the broad outlines of what Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Trump want to do on taxes are clear —…
California Congressional District 31: Cisneros vs. Martinez election voter guide
Cisneros is a Democrat and philanthropist. He was elected in 2018 to a single term in Congress for the 39th District, which mostly encompasses Orange…
California Senate District 23 election: Mueller vs. Valladares voter guide
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade two years ago has made abortion a defining issue in the 2024 election, from the…
California Assembly District 40 election: Gipson vs. Schiavo voter guide
Abortion rights are not up for a vote in California, but the issue could still affect races across the ballot in November, as it has…
Where Harris, Trump stand on abortion: election voter guide
Abortion rights, always a polarizing issue in American politics, became an electoral tinderbox in 2022 after the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade, the landmark…
L.A. Unified School District 5 election: Griego vs. Ortiz voter guide
The District 5 race is a contest between candidates with valuable but different professional backgrounds in education. The district’s two most powerful unions are also…
Where Schiff, Garvey stand on immigration, border: U.S. Senate election voter guide
Schiff says fixing the asylum process long term, in a way that addresses public safety and also keeps migrants safe, will require comprehensive immigration reform.…
Where Harris, Trump stand on housing: election voter guide
Trump, a real estate developer, has fewer specifics than his opponent in addressing housing affordability. Most significantly, he has tied his plan for mass deportations…
California 54 election guide: Gonzalez vs. Yi
Gonzalez is the district director for Santiago and received endorsements from major labor unions, including those representing teachers and construction workers. The California Democratic Party…
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…