Deciding how to vote on the Nov. 3 ballot measures? Here’s help
Golden State Report staffers and contributors examined state propositions and L.A. City and County measures. Here’s what they found and how it will influence their vote.
Golden State staff
This ballot measure would give the L.A. City Council a break — from you
Tucked inside Measure EE is a provision slashing the number of required weekly council meetings from three to one, reducing the opportunities for the public to address their elected representatives.
Jon Regardie
Neither L.A. mayoral candidate has a compelling answer to the affordability crisis
Karen Bass and Nithya Raman talk a lot about high prices and steep rent, but neither has embraced the changes championed by New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
Jim Newton
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There’s a smart way to tax billionaires. It isn’t Prop. 40
The wealth tax on California’s Nov. 3 ballot is so badly flawed that it’s enough to make you wonder about the true intention of its sponsor.
Jon Healey
Putting the LAX people mover drama into perspective
A 21st-century airport is slowly replacing the outdated facility from the 1950s without shutting down operations. That’s really hard to do.
Paul Thornton
Death and despair in an ICE detention center near you
That’s by design, as the Trump administration ignores inhumane conditions in its campaign to force immigrants to “self-deport.” California lawsuits are battling the medical crisis, but lawmakers can do more.
Sandra Hernandez
California needs CEQA reform. Prop. 45 is the wrong way to do it
Proposition 45 would make far-reaching changes to environmental review for “essential” projects that would be difficult to alter.
Paul Thornton
