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fromLos Angeles Times
2 weeks agoL.A. Council takes first step to delay $30-an-hour minimum wage for hotel, airport workers
In a 9-6 vote, the council voted initial approval of an ordinance to postpone implementation of the $30 hourly minimum til 2030, instead of 2028. But L.A. City Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson, who introduced the motion, called it "a placeholder" that allows negotiations between city officials, hotel and airport businesses and labor unions to continue in the coming days. Another vote would be needed to formally delay implementation.
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fromLGBTQ Nation
1 month agoMaine just released the wording of the anti-trans ballot question people will vote on in November - LGBTQ Nation
Maine voters will decide on a ballot initiative restricting transgender rights in schools regarding bathrooms and sports participation based on birth certificates.
Mission District
fromsfist.com
2 months agoGroup Filmed Paying $5 Per Signature at Sixth and Mission on Pro-Billionaire Petitions
California Secretary of State investigates alleged ballot initiative petition fraud in San Francisco involving paid signature collectors using false voter identities from outside the Bay Area.
Portland
fromPortland Mercury
2 months agoInitiative to Divert Clean Energy Funds to Cops Moves Ahead Under Constrained Timeline
A Multnomah County judge ruled largely in favor of a ballot initiative seeking to divert 25 percent of Portland's clean energy fund to police hiring, though both sides claim victory over the decision.
California
fromThe Mercury News
2 months agoSupporters of California voter ID initiative submit 1.3 million signatures to get proposal on ballot
California voter ID initiative supporters submitted over 1.3 million signatures to qualify for the November ballot, with backers arguing it restores election integrity while opponents claim it disenfranchises vulnerable voters.
fromLGBTQ Nation
3 months agoAnti-trans activists turn in signatures for sports ban in Maine as new strategy takes hold - LGBTQ Nation
Organizers from the anti-trans group "Protect Girls Sports" in Maine say that they turned in over 82,000 signatures to the state secretary of state's office to put a trans sports ban on the November ballot this year. Their ballot initiative would require the entities that govern interscholastic sports to designate all teams as male, female, or coed and allow only students assigned female at birth to participate in girls' sports.
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US politics
fromLos Angeles Times
4 months agoL.A. firefighter union launches sales tax initiative to fund new stations and more
A proposed half-cent city sales tax increase would raise over $300 million annually to expand and equip the Los Angeles Fire Department, build stations, and hire firefighters.
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fromLGBTQ Nation
4 months agoTrans sports ban that could require genital exams will appear on the ballot in Washington - LGBTQ Nation
Ballot initiative IL26-638 would ban transgender girls from girls' school sports in Washington and require provider-verified physical examinations documenting biological sex.
fromwww.mercurynews.com
6 months agoNew ballot measure push aims to overhaul California's landmark environmental law
If the Chamber and its supporters collect 546,000 valid signatures by next spring, as expected, the Building an Affordable California Act would impose a 365-day limit on environmental reviews for a wide range of projects, including new reservoirs, desalination plants, forest thinning to reduce wildfire risk, apartments, housing subdivisions, senior housing, student housing, roads, bridges, public transit, hospitals, medical centers, broadband internet, solar farms, wind farms and battery storage facilities.
California
California
fromwww.ocregister.com
6 months agoCould California's Prop. 50 be scaled back? There's already an effort to ask voters to limit the new maps to 2026
A proposed initiative would limit Prop 50's congressional map changes to the 2026 election, reverting to commission-drawn maps for 2028 and 2030.
California
fromLos Angeles Times
7 months agoCalifornia business leaders want voters to expedite state's environmental review process for housing, infrastructure
California Chamber proposes a ballot initiative imposing a 365-day limit on CEQA reviews for essential projects including housing, clean energy and wildfire resiliency.
Washington DC
fromWashingtonian - The website that Washington lives by.
11 months agoMeet the Man Who Wants to Stop DC From Changing Clocks Each Spring and Fall - Washingtonian
Daniel Bernier proposes a referendum in DC to stop daylight saving time, advocating for permanent standard time.
Bernier aims to improve local autonomy and reduce the inconvenience of time changes.
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