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Los Angeles voters are being asked to make decisions on several charter amendments and ballot measures that would significantly change the way government works. Here is what you need to know.
Under charter amendment number one, voters are being asked to approve .5% of the city’s estimated real property tax revenues to be deposited into a new Climate Resiliency Fund for the purpose of ...
Charter Amendment FF would address the remaining several hundred officers who've been excluded from LAFPP. Currently, police and fire department employees are covered by LAFPP, as are most peace ...
Now, after a string of corruption scandals, Charter Amendment ER, a measure on the Nov. 5 ballot, would strengthen the Ethics Commission by boosting its budget, increasing penalties for wrongdoing ...
Tacoma’s charter, the city’s constitution, comes up for review once every 10 years. Tacoma voters back 4 of 6 amendments to the city charter, a once-in-a-decade opportunity Skip to main content
Charter Amendment 3 A charter amendment reducing the size of the State Board of Education from eleven members to nine members [30] Passed 20,511 (51.00%) 19,668 (49.00%) [59] 2002 Initiative 62 An initiative to allow some nonviolent drug offenders to go through a treatment program rather than drug courts [60] Passed 86,162 (78.17%) 24,063 (21. ...
A 10-person Charter Review Committee met for several months to review a narrowly tailored list of potential amendments. After that, city commissioners decided to place five amendments on the ballot.
The proposed amendment secured the support of the majority of the provincial governments, though it was opposed by Quebec and Manitoba. The amendment was introduced into the House of Commons on June 7, 1985, but 19 days later the government of Ontario changed hands, and the new Liberal Premier, David Peterson, refused to support the amendment ...