Live results: LA City Charter Amendment II

What is at stake in this race

Measure II is a mishmash of proposed changes to the Los Angeles City Charter that largely tackle the minutiae of city governance. These proposals can get pretty deep in the weeds, but they make a difference in how city departments and officials do their work (and in some cases, whether they get sued).

Why this race mattered

The ballot measures that you’re seeing this year — Charter Amendment II among them — are all part of a larger charter reform effort that began in late 2022 after three city officials and a labor leader were caught on tape making racist and homophobic remarks while discussing how to amass more power in the city’s once-a-decade redistricting process. Since then, the pressure’s been on for city officials to reform the structure of city government to create more transparency and accountability. That starts with amending the L.A. City Charter. Measure II is a collection of amendments covering different aspects of how city governance and operations work.

Measure II would amend about two dozen sections of the L.A. City Charter. Many of these are technical updates, like changing outdated references to department names.

Here are some of the more substantial changes included: City departments would be allowed to sell food and merchandise as long as they’re in line with city purposes and operations, the city would be prohibited from discriminating on the basis of gender identity or gender expression when it comes to hiring or paying city employees, the El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument and the L.A. Zoo would be explicitly named as public parks and the Department of Recreation and Parks would be allowed to lease park land to the L.A. Unified School District. 

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