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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.
The history of Los Angeles County, California includes the history of the Tovaangar; the pueblo, missions and ranchos of the Spanish-Mexican era; the histories of the various incorporated cities and unincorporated areas within the borders; and the story of the government of Los Angeles County.
Kevin Starr, former professor of History and California State Librarian has written many highly regarded books [1] on the history of California including the multi-volume Americans & the California Dream Series which contain a significant amount of history about Los Angeles and the surrounding area. California: A History. New York: Modern Library.
It is currently represented by Democrat Curren Price since 2013 after winning an election to succeed Jan Perry, who ran for Mayor of Los Angeles that year. The district was created in 1925 after a new city charter was passed, which replaced the former "at large" voting system for a nine-member council with a district system with a 15-member ...
School bond supporters say the LAUSD measure, which would increase property taxes, is needed to repair and modernize campuses in the nation's second-largest school system.
The citizen-sponsored ballot measure calls on the city to implement its own ambitious mobility plan every time an eighth of a mile of street, or about 660 feet, is repaved.
Fletcher Bowron replaced Shaw as mayor in 1938 to preside over one of the more dynamic periods in the history of the city. His "Los Angeles Urban Reform Revival" brought major changes to the government of Los Angeles. Paramount Pictures, c. 1940. In 1950, he appointed William H. Parker as chief of police. Parker pushed for more independence ...
The Los Angeles Community College District is asking voters to approve a $5.3-billion construction bond that would cost homeowners from about $88 to $157 annually in property taxes for the next 40 ...