A "yes" vote supported amending the city charter pass restrictions on campaign finance and change city council elections from at-large to by-district elections beginning in A "yes" vote supported approving Development Agreement No. A "no" vote opposed approving Development Agreement No. Measures previously certified for the ballot in Vernon, California, were removed from the ballot due to a typographical error.
What's on my ballot? Elections in How to vote How to run for office Ballot measures. Who represents me? President U. Ballotpedia features , encyclopedic articles written and curated by our professional staff of editors, writers, and researchers. Webster County, W. New buyers of coal property were charged as much as 35 times more than longtime owners of similar land because the existing property had not been reassessed.
In earlier rulings, the justices had struck down laws in Alaska and New Mexico that gave benefits to longtime state residents over new residents.
Lawyers for Los Angeles County and the state of California countered that the Constitution gives the states broad powers to devise taxing systems. The 14th Amendment was enacted to halt racial discrimination against blacks, they said, not to give judges the authority to second-guess taxing decisions.
The ruling in the case Nordlinger vs. Hahn, could have set off a political earthquake in California and the justices seemed determined that that would not happen. According to the Los Angeles County lawyers, Proposition 13 could be justified as providing a shield to rapid real estate inflation and the resulting higher taxes.
He also concluded that because Nordlinger was not a new resident to California, she could not claim that Proposition 13 unconstitutionally discriminated against newcomers to the state. She moved from an apartment in Los Angeles to buy her home in Baldwin Hills.
The total number of seats to be elected in each election has varied over the years, and is listed below. If a County Council district race is contested more candidates than seats , it goes on the ballot and votes are counted.
If a race is not contested as many or fewer candidates than seats , then the ballot-qualified candidates are automatically considered elected and no election is held. March 3, November 3, November 5, Proposition A Expands Due to New State Legislation The passage of a new state legislation related to benefit assessments led to necessary adjustments for Proposition A, providing an opportunity to get additional funding approved.
March 1, July 5, November 8, Measure A Passes! January 3, Measure A Undergoes Litigation In January , a lawsuit was filed against Measure A regarding its direct assessment approach, causing delay in its development and implementation. April 27,
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