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We collected 718 measures and 975 races, with nearly 2,500 candidates, to give voters a preview of contests and issues that directly impact their local communities.
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City of Los Angeles
- City Council: Vote for districts 2, 10 and 14.
- Charter Amendment ER: A package of ethics reforms designed to fight corruption at City Hall. Plus: Charter Amendments DD, FF, HH and II.
L.A. County
- Board of Supervisors: Measure G would dramatically overhaul county government.
- District Attorney: Criminal justice reform, or more law-and-order justice?
- LA Unified school board: Voters are also deciding on a $9 billion facilities bond and a redistricting measure.
- School district measures: Schools have a lot of repair needs.
- Superior Court judges: Plus: Tips to make sure you're putting right person on the bench.
Orange County
- Board of Supervisors: Who will replace outgoing disgraced former District 1 Supervisor Andrew Do?
- School district measures: School districts have a lot of repair needs.
City of Santa Ana
- Mayor and city council. Plus: Noncitizen voting, rent control and pay raises for city councilmembers
City of Irvine
- Mayor and city council
Statewide races
- Whoa! There are 10 propositions on the ballot. Here's your cheat sheet to Props. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 32, 33, 34, 35 and 36.
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Our goal is to help people feel empowered and confident about their vote. That only happens if we give them clear, unbiased information about the races and measures on their ballot, centered on the issues they care about.
My colleagues and I work really hard to do that. For our 2024 guides:
- More than two dozen LAist staffers across our editorial and product teams pitched in to report, edit, design and produce guides for L.A. and Orange counties
- We started months in advance, reporting and researching as much as we could about the races, sending candidate surveys for city council and school board, watching forums, examining endorsements from all sides and analyzing campaign finance data, even for the most obscure items on the ballot
- We answer every single question voters send to us, whether it’s about how to evaluate judicial candidates or what color pen to use for their ballot
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