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Initiative to Rewrite the Entire State Constitution Takes a Step Forward

In the latest status update on ballot propositions from the California Secretary of State, an interesting and game-changing one was cleared for its signature gathering stage earlier this week. If approved by the voters, here's what it would do the state constitution: Reduces legislative approval requirement for State budget from two-thirds to a simple majority Increases the budget cycle from one to two years Sets State income tax rate at 5% plus an additional...
It's Election Day for 11 Neighborhood Councils

Photo: mondolind via LAist Featured Photos/Flickr Most people don't know, but today is election day in the San Fernando Valley for 11 neighborhoods. If you live, work or are otherwise a stakeholder in Canoga Park, Chatsworth, Granada Hills North, Granada Hills South, North Hills West, Northridge East, Northridge West, Porter Ranch, West Hills, Winnetka, and Woodland Hills, you may be eligible to vote. Unfortunately, June Lagmay and her City Clerk's Office have done a...
How will the Supreme Court's Decision on Campaign Finance Affect L.A.?

There was an uncomfortable moment for U.S. Supreme Court judges during President Barack Obama's State of the Union a few weeks ago. "Last week, the Supreme Court reversed a century of law to open the floodgates for special interests — including foreign corporations — to spend without limit in our elections," Obama said...
Schwarzenegger Says He Won't Run for Any Office After Gov Term Ends

Gov. Schwarzenegger in Milan, Italy today (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni) He can't run for Governor again, and his Austrian birth means the Presidency is out of the question, but Arnold Schwarzenegger told reporters in Europe yesterday that he won't be vying for votes once his term is up in 2010, according to an Associated Press report. While traveling in Milan, the actor-turned-Governator said "I have never labeled myself as a politician, so I am not...
Election Day Round-Up: Gay Marriage in Maine, NYC's Mayor, Etc.

While elections locally weren't exactly a topic around town, they were nationally and the outcomes are still relevant to Los Angeles and California. One year after Prop 8, which banned gay marriage in California, Maine faced a similar fate. After the state's assembly and governor approved gay marriage earlier this year, the voter-initiated Question 1 was placed on the ballot asking "Do you want to reject the new law that lets same-sex couples marry and allows individuals and religious groups to refuse to perform these marriages?" Question 1 passed with XX% of the vote.
Follow the Money: Latest Contributions to Council District 2 Race

Photo by nicadlr/LAist Featured Photos On December 8th, voters in L.A.'s Council District 2 (from Sherman Oaks to the Northeast Valley) will hit the polls to elect a new councilmember. The Mayor Sam blog digs into the latest filings for the two candidates, finding some notable patterns for each. Chris Essel has a lot of special interest money coming her way. Donors include developer Rick Caruso (The Grove, The Americana), AEG's Tim Leiweke (L.A....
eBay Gubernatorial Candidate Meg Whitman Allegedly Didn't Vote Until Age 46

Meg Whitman speaks at a news conference at the California Republican Convention in Indian Wells, CA last Saturday (AP Photo/Francis Specker) A mini-controversy is already surrounding Republican candidate for California Governor Meg Whitman. The former eBay CEO's first record of voter registration was found in 2002, when she was 46 years old. Whitman has admitted and apologized for the bad example that is her non-voting record, but says she had voted in some elections...
Voting in the Council District 2 Election? Register by Tuesday

Photo by nicadlr via LAist Featured Photos on Flickr The L.A. City Clerk is reminding residents of Council District 2--that's Sherman Oaks through Shadow Hills--to register by Tuesday in order to participate in the September 22 special election to fill the seat vacated by Wendy Greuel, who left to become City Controller. You can register or re-register to vote by mail by completing a voter registration form that can be obtained at the public...
Not All Want a 2012 Anti-Prop 8 Measure, Others Want 2010

Taken in East LA on May 26, aka the Day of Decision (see more photos here) | Photo by Tom Andrews/LAist Although Equality California announced putting support a ballot measure to strike down Prop 8, another group, The Courage Campaign, said today they are shooting for 2010 and just raised $135,000 in the last two days--an amazing amount for August fundraising in an off-year during this economy--for research. Chatter among some within the anti-Prop...
Gavin Newsom Back in SoCal Today & Tomorrow

After spending the weekend in Chicago at an Obama event, San Francisco Mayor and Gubernatorial candidate Gavin Newsom is back in the Los Angeles area for like the billionth time today and tomorrow for his "Conversations About California's Future" tour. He'll discuss the economy, health care, education and will hold a question and answer period with the audience. Tonight he'll be in Long Beach and in Santa Ana tomorrow followed by Riverside next week...
Residents to Take Control of CD2 Election Issues

CD2 covers Sherman Oaks to the Northeast Valley When Wendy Greuel became City Controller, her seat in the popular 2nd District of Los Angeles opened, leaving over 10 candidates vying for the spot. Before any debates have occurred, community organizers are bringing together the community this Saturday to "lay down a community based platform that will drive the issues that frame the upcoming election for the open CD2 City Council seat," according to an...
Judy Chu Wins 32nd Congressional Seat

As expected, Judy Chu won California's 32nd Congressional Seat in yesterday's election. "With 173 of 209 precincts reporting Tuesday night, Chu had 14,115 votes, or 62 percent. She was trailed by her cousin by marriage, Republican Betty Chu, with 7,355 votes, or 32 percent," reported the Associated Press. "Most residents in the 32nd Congressional District are Hispanic, but Judy Chu assembled a diverse coalition and stressed her ability to work across racial and ethnic...
Today, We Vote: 32nd Congressional District

atomicshakespeares Well, some of us vote, at least. After the May 19th Special Election where no candidate garnered 50 percent of the vote needed to claim the 32nd seat in the U.S House--left open by Hilda Solis after she joined the Obama administration as the Labor Secretary--a run-off was set for today. Democrat and vice chair of the California Board of Equalization Judy Chu is the frontrunner and is expected to win. She faces...
2010 Election: Marcy Winograd Gearing Up to Challenge Jane Harman

Is it already time to start talking about the 2010 election? While there's been quite a bit of gubernatorial talk already, congressional districts have been on the down low. California's 36th District is the exception, however, with one Progressive Democrat nearly two months into her campaign and hosting her first fundraiser tomorrow. Marcy Winograd challenged and lost to Democratic incumbent Jane Harman the last time the primary election came around. But it gave Winograd,...
Proposed Constitutional Amendment Would Put Reality into Some Ballot Initiatives

Photo by hjl via Flickr Every time we have a statewide election, there tend to be a few bond measures in there. Last November, one was the popular high speed rail bond that raised nearly $10 billion to whisk people from Los Angeles and San Fransisco in two hours, thirty-eight minutes. Most all agree, it's a good thing, but when it comes down to paying bonds back, it can run the state into fiscal...
State Bill Would Let 17-Year-Olds Vote in Primary Elections

It happens every election, except when that Obama guy shows up: voting turnout is dismal and embarrassing. Now, three bills being considered within the state could make some interesting changes. They won't change things overnight, but two of them deal with those under 17. The most interesting is from Long Beach Assemblyman Warren Furutani. ACA 2 would allow 17-year-olds to vote in a primary if he or she will be 18 by the time...
Iranian Election Protest on Wilshire Scheduled for Tonight

Just like over the weekend, local Iranians and supporters of a fair voting process will gather outside the Federal Building tonight at 5 p.m. Another one will be held in Irvine. The world's attention has been focused on Iran for the past few days after an election scandal. On Friday, voters hit the booths to vote for a new President or keep the current one. The results were quickly announced--reform candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi lost to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Protesters are calling it voter fraud.
Race for Council District 5: Not So Fast, Paul Koretz

Former West Hollywood Councilman and Assemblyman Paul Koretz claimed victory for LA's 5th district seat late Tuesday night. Then an e-mail late yesterday afternoon came with some sobering news. "We learned last night from the County Registrar that their original estimate of approximately 100 ballots left to be counted was incorrect," an e-mail last night stated. "They are now reporting that there are between 500 and 1,000 ballots still to be counted on Friday...
Paul Koretz Claims Victory in LA City Council District 5

Although not officially announced by the County Registrar, Paul Koretz claimed victory last night in an e-mail blast: "The L.A. County Registrar of Voters has just posted an update on their website. Paul's lead in Council District 5 has jumped from 551 votes to 702 votes... Although we have been told that there are still approximately 100 ballots left to count, we can now safely claim victory." As for the reported incorrect ballots, the...
In Ongoing LA 5th District Ballot Count, More Problems Arise

Zach Behrens/LAist As it stands right now, former West Hollywood Councilman and Assemblyman Paul Koretz leads lawyer and community organizer David Vahedi by a close 551 votes. Provisional and vote-by-mail ballots still need to be counted, but some problems have surfaced, earlier examined by the LA Times and highlighted by a Vahedi camp e-mail this weekend: While this issue was thought to be limited, it has now expanded to at least 6 precincts and...
Face-Value Politics: Can You Judge a Candidate By Their Facebook?

One of Gil Cedillo's campaign mailers depicting Pleitez as a "Party Animal" Young politicians have an awful lot of social networking and "new media" at their disposal to make reaching out to their potential constituents a lot faster and easier. Like many people in their 20s, Emanuel Pleitez, who recently challenged veteran politico Gil Cedillo for the 32nd Congressional District seat vacated by US Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, made use of his personal Facebook...
Preliminary Election Results: Trutanich Claims City Attorney, Voter Turnout at 17%

With 100% of precincts reporting, preliminary results for yesterday's special election are here. It's preliminary because an unknown number of provisional and vote-by-mail ballots still need to be counted. Here's a round up of what happened: The Big Picture: The turnout was 17.39%, or 753,242 people. 466,112 physically showed up to vote and 287,130 were absentee. A total of 4,301,299 people are registered in LA County. Props: All ballot measures failed except Prop 1F,...
5 of the 6 State Measures Fail

Other than Prop 1F, all the budget ballot props have failed, according to the Sacramento Bee: "With about a quarter of the state's precincts in as of 9:30 p.m., the Secretary of State's Office reported none of Propositions 1A through 1E were garnering more than 41 percent of the vote. Only Proposition F, which would freeze the salaries of state elected officials in bad budget years, was winning - and it was winning big."...
No Surprises, Voter Turnout is Still Low

By 1:15 p.m., a voting precinct in a garage on Stern Avenue in Sherman Oaks just received their 60th vote. That's 60, or 4.28%, out of roughly 1400, a number provided by the LA County Recorder-Registrar's Office pertaining to the average amount of registered voters per precinct. Countywide, a sampling of turnout was a bit higher at 8.76% as of 2 p.m., according to the Recorder-Registrar's Twitter feed. Polls are open to 8 p.m....
A Guide to Voter Guides: The May 19th Election

Photo by Atwater Village Newbie via LAist Featured Photos on Flickr Well, election day is tomorrow and if you haven't already voted by mail and are otherwise understudied for tomorrow, there are plenty places to help catch you up on tomorrow's election. Here are some of our recommendations: Democratic & Republican Parties: If you stick to party lines, the California Republican Party opposes all six and the California Democratic Party supports 1B, 1C and...
Trutanich, Vahedi Endorsed by LA Times & Daily News

Carmen Trutanich and David Vahedi Signaling a cry for new blood in city politics, both major newspapers in town have endorsed David T. Vahedi for Council District 5 and Carmen "Nuch" Trutanich for City Attorney. Both face career track politicians, Paul Koretz and Jack Weiss, respectively, on next week's ballot. "Having seen Weiss in public office for eight years, his shortcomings, including his obvious lack of interest in his constituents and the work of...
Video: Voter Minute Guide to May 19 Ballot Props

In less than two weeks, we all go back to the polls again--some of us for the 3rd time this year--for the May 19th special election. The bulk of the ballot will include six budget based propositions that Governor Schwarzenegger hopes you pass.
California Budget: Out of Money by July?

At least we received our state income tax return last week... "The state is facing an unprecedented cash crisis and could run out of money within weeks, says the Legislature's chief budget analyst," according to an LA Times breaking news alert. "Lawmakers and the governor must act to stop the financial hemorrhaging, the analyst says in a new report, or state coffers could run dry by the end of next month." Is this a...
Deadline to Register for May 19th State Election is Today

Photo by atomicshakespeares via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Today is the deadline to register for the May 19th California special and consolidated election. You'll want to register if you qualify (US Citizen at least 18 years old, not on parole for felony conviction, residing in Los Angeles County), and/or if you've moved since the last time you voted. Included in the statewide election are the 1A-F Propositions: Proposition 1A: State Budget....
LA County Sheriff Nixes Endorsement of Jack Weiss

Carmen Trutanich Top Sheriff Lee Baca had endorsed both candidates Jack Weiss and Carmen Trutanich for LA City Attorney, but today he only supports one. “I can no longer remain silent about the reckless disregard for the truth that Jack Weiss has brought to this race," Baca said in a statement distributed by the Trutanich camp. "Mr. Weiss’s latest television commercial is desperate and an insult to the principles of the American legal system,...