Long Beach and Los Angeles County voters weighed in on three county-wide issues this election, to increase the sales tax, impose land improvement fees and change the County Board of Supervisors and County Charter.
The Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder has updated voting results thrice since polls closed at 8 p.m. Homelessness services and public services funding seems to be leaning toward passing, but the issue of changing the county’s political landscape is still too close to call as of Wednesday evening.
These results were last updated on Nov. 6 at 4:30 p.m. The Signal Tribune will continue to update this story as results come in.
Measure A
Repeal Measure H’s .25 cent sales tax and replace it with a 50 cent sales tax to create affordable housing, provide rental assistance, fund homelessness services, increase mental health and addiction treatment, and provide services for children, families, veterans domestic violence survivors, seniors and disabled people experiencing homelessness. The sales tax is estimated to raise more than $1 billion annually until voters decide to end it, and will be audited.
Yes votes: 55.84%
No votes: 44.16%
Measure G
Amending the Los Angeles County Charter to create an elected County Executive, an independent Ethics Commission to increase restrictions on lobbying and to investigate misconduct, establish a nonpartisan Legislative Analyst to review proposed County policies, increase the Board of Supervisors from five to nine elected members, and require County departments to present annual budgets in public meetings.
Yes votes: 50.34%
No votes: 49.66%
Measure E
Imposing a six cent per square foot fee of certain parcel improvements, providing $152 million annually, and limited to 2% annually until voters choose to end it. Funds will go towards local firefighter/paramedic emergency response, involving wildfires, house fires, heart attacks, strokes and car accidents; and to hire/train firefighters/paramedics, upgrade/replace aging firefighter safety equipment, fire engines, helicopters, facilities, life-saving rescue tools, and 911 communications technology.
Yes votes: 53.44%
No votes: 46.56%
