LA County supervisors call for probe of error, solutions after ballot measure is accidentally repealed

LA County accidentally repealed its anti-incarceration ballot measure. Now what?

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County leaders are scrambling to restore a sweeping racial justice initiative that voters accidentally repealed, a mistake that could threaten hundreds of millions of dollars devoted to reducing the number of people in jail.

L.A. County accidentally repealed its anti-incarceration ballot measure. Now what?

County leaders are scrambling to restore a racial justice initiative that voters accidentally repealed, a mistake that could threaten funds to reduce the number of people in jail.

LA County supervisors call for probe of error, solutions after ballot measure is accidentally repealed

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors have ordered the county counsel and chief executive officer to investigate and correct, by any means, an administrative error that inadvertently repealed a voter-approved measure earmarking funds for community investments and alternatives to incarceration. Measure J, passed in 2020, required the county to dedicate at least 10% of its unrestricted funds toward youth development, job training, supportive…

Supes Move to Restore Measure J

In 2020, Los Angeles County voters passed Measure J – an effort to shift the county away from carceral infrastructure by moving no less than 10 percent of its locally generated unrestricted revenue to investments in communities and programs that addressed the disproportionate impact of racial injustice. Early investments of these funds have gone towards […] The post Supes Move to Restore Measure J first appeared on Santa Monica Next.