Perhaps the biggest of the night (save for the Presidential Election, of course) was the passing of Measure L, establishing rent control, in Richmond. Electric vehicle charging stations that are free for the public's use have been installed near the Richmond BART station. The panel must look at how the county deals with juvenile crime, recidivism, joblessness, homelessness and bail reform.Cannick called the measure’s passage a “huge referendum” on criminal justice reform.Sheriff Alex Villanueva opposed Measure R, calling it unnecessary and an effort to “engage in political bashing of the Sheriff’s Department.” He said he is supplying documents to the commission and public online, but legally cannot release deputies’ confidential personnel records, victim and witness information on certain crimes and information on active criminal or administrative investigations.He said the panel will have to sue him to get those documents because he will not turn them over.Villanueva said the measure also was not needed because county departments, including his, are already working on methods to reduce the jail population.Cannick said Villanueva’s opposition, his controversial actions to rehire fired deputies and to allegedly protect deputy “gangs,” along with recent revelations that deputies took and shared photos of the helicopter crash scene that killed Los Angeles Laker Kobe Bryant, actually helped pass the measure.“I think without him we might not have had this landslide victory,” Cannick said.Cullors referred to Measure R as her “first ballot measure.”“To be able to win with such huge support is also telling about what is going to happen with Los Angeles,” she said.
The tax took effect July 2009.
Even before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic shelter-in-place orders, the owners of several gas stations in the Bay Area, including the... Clippers sink franchise-record 25 3-pointers to rout Pelicans Reform L.A. Jails and other backers of Measure R pointed out that the county's jails amount to the largest mental health hospital in the nation, … Iran says it detains leader of Glendora-based exile group GET BREAKING NEWS IN YOUR BROWSER. KQED will report on votes as they come in for Contra Costa County races. CLICK HERE TO TURN ON NOTIFICATIONS. Another upset came to supporters of … The Measure contains an Expenditure Plan that identifies the projects to be funded and additional fund sources that will be used to complete the projects. They will be updated throughout the night as votes are tallied — refresh the page for the latest. Wilford Brimley, ‘Cocoon’ and ‘Natural’ actor, dies at 85 Saturday, August 1, 2020 “I felt in my gut by (Tuesday) morning that we were going to win. Created with Sketch. “Many of us have been fighting for a decade with the county Board of Supervisors and the Sheriff to hold them accountable for abuse and corruption.”We invite you to use our commenting platform to engage in insightful conversations about issues in our community.
Although the Board of Supervisors granted that authority to the panel in January, the ballot measure continued forward and provides only the public – not politicians – the right to repeal it.Second, the measure requires the commission to create a “Comprehensive Public Safety Plan” to study whether billions of dollars set aside for jail construction could be better spent. I didn’t realize we were going to win by a landslide. Yes on Measure R will ensure that West Contra Costa is a destination district for education in the region with modern, safe, secure, and innovative schools. County officials are continuing to count many types of ballots, but the result is unlikely to change significantly.“I think it’s really clear that residents in LA County want their Sheriff’s Department to be held accountable – that nobody is above the law,” Cannick said.Fueled by anger over deputy-involved shootings and alleged misconduct, BLM, Reform LA Jails, JusticeLA, the ACLU, and numerous community and faith organizations, spent less than five months collecting signatures to qualify for Tuesday’s ballot.“This is a black women-led campaign to put something on the ballot on the local level,” Cullors said.
Coronavirus tracker: California cases surpass 500,000, but hospitalizations are on the decline The measure needed 55 percent of the vote to pass.Measure J, a 35-year annual half-cent sales tax that had aimed to fund transportation improvements throughout the gridlocked county, failed after receiving 51.69 percent of vote, short of the needed two-thirds approval.A total of 330,514 out of 657,273 registered voters cast ballots in the election, just over 50 percent.To view how Contra Costa County voted on local, state and federal candidates and races, click Supporters of a community-driven ballot measure to make the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department more accountable to the public rejoiced Wednesday in its apparent landslide win.Patrisse Cullors, chair of Yes on R and a co-founder of Black Lives Matter, and political strategist Jasmyne Cannick said they were proud that an idea that began with black women last year was overwhelmingly approved by voters.“It’s massive,” Cullors said.