MEASURE G FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT
Measure G is a ballot initiative that will appear on the November 2024 ballot with the goal of making Los Angeles County work better for its 10 million residents by improving ethics, representation, transparency and accountability. It is a comprehensive governance and ethics reform package for Los Angeles County.
Nurses, Small Businesses, Civil Rights Groups, and Democrats Agree: Vote YES for a more transparent, accountable, and effective L.A. County.
Measure G will NOT cost taxpayers or impact County services.
The measure mandates these reforms be implemented using existing funds from the County’s massive $45 billion budget.
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VOTE YES on Measure G to make Los Angeles County work better for its 10 million residents by improving ethics, representation, transparency, and accountability through meaningful charter reform for the first time since 1912.
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Vote YES to advance ethics reforms to hold politicians accountable and root out waste, fraud and corruption; create an independent Ethics Commission; prevent former politicians from lobbying the County in the first two years after leaving office; and authorize suspension of County politicians criminally charged with a felony.
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Vote YES to empower voters by creating an elected County Executive directly accountable to the people, putting an end to the current system where an unelected bureaucrat controls the County’s $45 billion budget.
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Vote YES to require County departments to hold public budget hearings and require a minimum of five days' notice to the public of County legislation, preventing politicians from making secret closed-door deals.
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Vote YES to increase representation and equity on the Board of Supervisors by increasing the number of seats from five to nine members, shrinking the districts and allowing leaders to better serve their constituents.
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Vote YES to put an end to the dysfunction that has allowed homelessness, housing, and other problems to get worse; reforming County government by implementing the necessary checks and balances found at every other level of democratic government.
“L.A. County government underrepresents and underserves its people. Measure G on the Nov. 5 ballot would change that. It would expand the Board of Supervisors to nine, shrinking the size of the massive districts and giving county residents a greater voice. It would create an independently elected executive — in effect, a county mayor — who can respond to challenges and crises more quickly than the board. It would for the first time create a county ethics commission….These changes are long overdue. The Times recommends a Yes vote on county Measure G.”
The LA Times agrees:
MEASURE G FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT
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Measure G is backed by a wide coalition of community leaders and organizations, labor unions, civil rights groups, and elected and local governments.
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U.S. Congressmember Adam Schiff
U.S. Congressmember Judy Chu
U.S. Congressmember Nanette Barragán
U.S. Congressmember Tony Cardenas
U.S. Congressmember Robert Garcia
U.S. Congressmember Ted Lieu
U.S. Congressmember Brad Sherman
U.S. Congressmember Norma Torres
California Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis
California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond
Speaker Emeritus Anthony Rendon
Senator Ben Allen
Senator Bob Archuleta
Senator Caroline Menjivar
Senator Henry Stern
Assemblymember Lisa Calderon
Assemblymember Mike Fong
Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel
Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin
Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi
Assemblymember Luz Rivas
Assemblymember Miguel Santiago
Assemblymember Rick Chavez Zbur
LA County Assessor Jeff Prang
LA County Board of Supervisors Chair Lindsey P. Horvath
LA County District 1 Supervisor Hilda Solis
LA County District 4 Supervisor Janice Hahn
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (Ret.)
LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia
LA City Councilmember Bob Blumenfield
LA City Councilmember Imelda Padilla
LA City Councilmember Nithya Raman
LA City Councilmember Tim McOsker
Baldwin Park Mayor Emmanuel Estrada
Bell Gardens Mayor Gabriela Gomez
Burbank Mayor Nick Schultz
City of San Fernando Mayor Celeste Rodriguez
Cudahy Mayor Jose R. Gonzalez
Downey Mayor Mario Trujillo
El Monte Mayor Jessica Ancona
La Puente Mayor Gabriel Quinones
Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson
Monterey Park Mayor Thomas Wong
West Covina Mayor Brian Tabatabai
West Hollywood Mayor John Erickson
Agoura Hills Mayor Pro Tem Penny Sylvester
Artesia Mayor Pro Tem Ali Sajjad-Taj
Burbank Vice Mayor Nikki Perez
Cudahy Vice Mayor Elizabeth Alcantar
Huntington Park Vice Mayor Arturo Flores
Lakewood Vice Mayor Cassandra Chase
Montebello Mayor Pro Tem Sal Melendez
West Hollywood Vice Mayor Chelsea Byers
Westlake Village Mayor Pro Tem Kelly Honig
Alhambra City Councilmember Adele Andrade-Stadler
Alhambra City Councilmember Jeff Maloney
Artesia City Councilmember Melissa Ramoso
Bell City Councilmember Ali Saleh
Bell Gardens City Councilmember Jorgel Chavez
Beverly Hills City Councilmember John Mirisch
Burbank City Councilmember Konstantine Anthony
Calabasas City Councilmember David Shapiro
Cerritos City Councilmember Frank Yokoyama
Claremont City Councilmember Jed Leano
El Monte City Councilmember Marisol Cortez
Long Beach City Councilmember Suely Saro
Lynwood City Councilmember Juan Muñoz-Guevara
Monterey Park City Councilmember Henry Lo
Monterey Park City Councilmember Jose Sanchez
Pasadena City Councilmember Jason Lyon
Pasadena City Councilmember Jess Rivas
Pomona City Councilmember Victor Preciado
San Gabriel City Councilmember Tony Ding
LAUSD Board Member Nick Melvoin
LACCD President Nichelle Henderson
LACCD Trustee David Vela
Inglewood USD Vice President Ernesto Castillo
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Dolores Huerta, Labor Leader and Civil Rights Activist
Patrisse Cullors, Artist and Activist
David Ryu, Former LA City Councilmember and Executive Director of AAPI LEAD
Christy Smith, Former Assemblymember and Women’s Advocate
Naomi Rainey-Pierson, President, Long Beach Branch NAACP
Jessica Caloza, Board Member of the Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking
Serena Oberstein, Former LA City Ethics Commission President
Dr. Carmen Estrada-Schaye, LA County Small Business Commissioner
Zev Yaroslavsky, Former LA County Supervisor
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AAPI Equity Alliance
Abundant Housing LA
Agudath Israel of California
American Jewish Committee Los Angeles
Anti-Defamation League Los Angeles
Beach Cities Democratic Club
Bonita Democratic Club
California Community Foundation
California Contract Cities Association
California Women's List
CHIRLA Action Fund
CIR/SEIU
Culver City Democratic Club
Democratic Party of San Fernando Valley
Democratic Women's Study Club of Long Beach
East Area Progressive Democrats
Equality California
Glendale Democratic Club
Labor Council for Latin American Advancement - LA Chapter
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce
Los Angeles County Democratic Party
Los Angeles League of Conservation Voters
Miracle Mile Democratic Club
Move LA
National Organization for Women - Hollywood Chapter
Pilipino Workers Center
Progressive Democratic Club
San Fernando Valley Young Democrats
Santa Monica Democratic Club
SEIU Local 121RN
Special Services for Groups, Inc.
Streets for All
Sylmar Neighborhood Council
Valley Grassroots for Democracy
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City of Agoura Hills
City of Bell Gardens
City of Malibu
City of Monterey Park
Las Virgenes-Malibu Council of Governments
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Dr. Fernando Guerra, Director of the Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles
Dr. Sara Sadhwani, Professor of Politics at Pomona College and Democracy Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School
*Titles for identification purposes only.
Who is voting no?
Lobbyists, special interests, and political bureaucrats
They want to keep the status quo because they benefit from it. Measure G will help to reduce their power and influence.
