https://laist.com/news/politics/voter-guides/2026-election-california-primary-long-beach-city-council-district-1 2026-04-30 LAist eng 2026-04-29T20:00:00-04:00 Long Beach City Council District 1 Election 2026, district 1, long beach city council, voter game plan, voter guide https://laist.com/news/politics/voter-guides/2026-election-california-primary-long-beach-city-council-district-3 2026-04-30 LAist eng 2026-04-29T20:00:00-04:00 Long Beach City Council District 3 Election 2026, district 3, long beach city council, voter game plan, voter guide https://laist.com/news/politics/voter-guides/2026-election-california-primary-long-beach-city-council-district-5 2026-04-30 LAist eng 2026-04-29T20:00:00-04:00 Long Beach City Council District 5 Election 2026, district 5, long beach city council, primary election, voter game plan, voter guide https://laist.com/news/politics/voter-guides/2026-election-california-primary-long-beach-city-council-district-7 2026-04-30 LAist eng 2026-04-29T20:15:00-04:00 Long Beach City Council District 7 Election 2026, district 7, june 2 primary election, long beach city council, voter game plan, voter guide https://laist.com/news/politics/voter-guides/2026-election-california-primary-long-beach-city-council-district-9 2026-04-30 LAist eng 2026-04-29T20:15:00-04:00 Long Beach City Council District 9 Election 2026, district 9, june 2 primary, long beach city council, voter game plan, voter guide https://laist.com/news/politics/voter-guides/2026-election-california-primary-los-angeles-measure-cb 2026-04-30 LAist eng 2026-04-29T21:45:00-04:00 Measure CB: What you need to know about the city's proposed tax on unlicensed cannabis businesses Election 2026, cannabis tax, la city measures, measures CB, unlicensed cannabis tax, voter game plan, voter guide https://laist.com/news/politics/voter-guides/2026-election-california-primary-los-angeles-measure-tc 2026-04-29 LAist eng 2026-04-29T21:45:00-04:00 Measure TC: What you need to know about the city's proposed update to the transient occupancy tax Election 2026, city of la ballot measure, hotel tax, measure tc, voter game plan, voter guide https://laist.com/news/politics/voter-guides/2026-election-california-primary-los-angeles-measure-tt 2026-04-30 LAist eng 2026-04-29T21:45:00-04:00 Measure TT: What you need to know about the city's proposed increase on hotel room taxes Election 2026, la ballot measure, la city hotel tax, measure tt, voter game plan, voter guide https://laist.com/news/politics/voter-guides/2026-election-california-primary-long-beach-auditor 2026-04-30 LAist eng 2026-04-29T20:45:00-04:00 Long Beach auditor Election 2026, june 2 primary election, long beach auditor, voter game plan, voter guide https://laist.com/news/education/california-school-bond-funding-proposition-2-measure-us 2026-04-30 LAist eng 2026-04-30T08:00:00-04:00 California voters greenlit billions of dollars to fix schools. 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https://laist.com/news/politics/santa-ana-city-council-to-consider-self-checkout-staffing-requirements 2026-04-29 LAist eng 2026-04-29T16:07:28-04:00 Santa Ana City Council to consider self-checkout staffing requirements Orange County News, Santa Ana, self checkout, rules https://laist.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/how-westlake-is-las-secret-arts-district 2026-04-30 LAist eng 2026-04-30T10:00:00-04:00 How Westlake is LA’s secret arts district art classes, arts and culture, arts events, arts scene, la city, los angeles neighorhoods, things to do, westlake https://laist.com/news/los-angeles-orange-county-may-day-2026 2026-04-30 LAist eng 2026-04-29T17:31:50-04:00 Advocates call for labor, immigrant protections this May Day: ‘solo el pueblo shuts it down’ Immigration enforcement and protests, immigration, may day, trump administration https://laist.com/news/iran-war-now-has-a-price-tag-but-still-no-end-date 2026-04-29 LAist eng 2026-04-29T17:40:55-04:00 The Iran war now has a $25B price 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