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Susan Shelley’s guide to Los Angeles city, county ballot measures (opens the original)
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When voters in the city of Los Angeles confront their ballots for the November election, they’ll see a stack of charter amendments and a tax increase staring back at them. Initiative Ordinance FD is another sales tax increase of another one-half percent, jacking the rate up to 10.75%. FD is an initiative sponsored by the firefighters’ union, and courts have ruled that “citizens’ initiative tax increases” don’t need the constitutionally required two-thirds vote to pass special (earmarked) taxes.
Proposition 2 isn’t about saving money — it’s another Sacramento shell game (opens the original)
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Here’s a riddle for you. What’s the difference between Proposition 2 on the November ballot and Bonnie and Clyde? Bonnie and Clyde never tried to pretend they were making a deposit. Proposition 2 makes changes to the rules and requirements for moving money into or out of the state’s Budget Stabilization Account, also known as the “Rainy Day Fund.” On the surface, it appears to be a pious attempt to save more money during the good times so it will be there during the bad times. Look deeper and it
Susan Shelley: Bass or Raman? Either way, Los Angeles loses (opens the original)
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If you live in the city of Los Angeles and you are a registered voter, you’ll receive a ballot soon that shows two choices in the race for mayor. It doesn’t matter at all whether incumbent Mayor Karen Bass or City Councilmember Nithya Raman is the winner of the election. Either way, Los Angeles is destined for four more years of incompetent, untruthful, clueless, collectivist failure. To see how badly the city has been run, it’s useful to read the document prepared for investors in the city’s bo
Susan Shelley: The kids can’t do math, but the teachers’ union sure can (opens the original)
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The California Teachers Association, a union representing 310,000 teachers and other school district employees, has just filed a lawsuit accusing the state of illegally withholding $3.9 billion in funding that’s needed to prevent “devastating educator layoffs.” Are you wondering how a union can sue the state for money to keep its members working? “We believe in our legal standing,” CTA president David Goldberg said in a statement. The argument is over the limits of the state’s power to defer edu
Susan Shelley: Voter ID is standard across the country. Why not in California? (opens the original)
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Proposition 39 on the November ballot would implement voter ID requirements in California. Although 36 states already have voter ID laws, opponents are acting as if this measure is the end of democracy. At a rally on Wednesday, high-profile Democrats characterized Prop. 39, a citizens’ initiative placed on the ballot through the signatures of more than 1.3 million registered voters, as a White House plot against California. “Donald Trump and the MAGA agenda would like nothing better than to take
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