Southern california

By Nikie Johnson | [email protected] | PUBLISHED: October 19, 2018 at 3:29 pm | UPDATED: October 19, 2018 at 3:34 pm About 2.75 million residents of four Southern California counties had their votes counted in the June primary election. Almost 40,000 other votes, however, were cast but not counted. And in November, 2016, the percentage of rejected ballots in the region was even higher, with about 6.2 million votes cast and counted and almost a quarter million more left un-tallied. Votes don’t get counted for a variety of reasons, but the biggest is that the would-be voter wasn’t registered, according to detailed breakdowns from Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties. Los Angeles County was not able to provide that level of detail. The next three most common reasons for votes not being counted have to do with voting by mail — ballots weren’t mailed by the Election Day deadline to be counted, the envelope wasn’t signed, or the signature on the … [Read more...] about Election: In June, about 40,000 Southern California votes weren’t counted. Here’s how to make sure yours isn’t next.

By Alicia Robinson | [email protected] | The Orange County RegisterPUBLISHED: October 19, 2018 at 9:51 am | UPDATED: October 19, 2018 at 10:11 am Cities across California are banking on sales tax as a solution to inflation, residents’ demand for services and looming pension costs. Nearly 70 cities and counties will ask voters Nov. 6 to increase or extend sales and use taxes to help pay for public safety, road maintenance, homeless services and a grab bag of amenities often described in their ballot titles as “vital” and “essential.” Locally, 19 cities in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties are seeking more sales tax revenue, and nearly all measures are increases. Just one – in the city of San Fernando – would extend an existing tax. Related: Which Orange County cities want to raise sales taxes Nov. 6? “There are unmet needs and there is only so much you can do to cut costs,” said Jorge Garcia, … [Read more...] about 18 Southern California cities will ask to raise sales tax on November ballot

By Sandra Emerson | [email protected] | Inland Valley Daily BulletinPUBLISHED: October 15, 2018 at 5:11 pm | UPDATED: October 15, 2018 at 5:11 pm The American Civil Liberties Union and immigration advocacy groups are calling on four Southern California counties to be more transparent about their collaboration with federal immigration officials. In September, the groups sent separate letters to the boards of supervisors in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties requesting that each county hold a public forum in which sheriff officials could explain how and why their departments gave federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents access to inmates in county jails in 2017. The September letter, in one county, was a follow-up to earlier unanswered requests. Though the letters don’t accuse any of the four counties of breaking state law, two of the letters said local collaboration with ICE “has had a chilling effect on our immigrant community’s … [Read more...] about ACLU, others want four Southern California counties to hold public meetings on sheriff cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement