All 8 LA city ballot measures are passing. Here's what changes
Fewer council meetings, a two-year budget, more money for parks and a half-cent sales tax for the Fire Department are all on track to pass.
By LA This Weekend Team · November 8, 20261 view
Voters in the city of Los Angeles are on track to pass all eight measures on this year's ballot, LAist reported on Nov. 5. Six are charter reforms. Two are tied to the Palisades Fire of January 2025.
The measures, in plain terms
- Amendment EE: cuts regular City Council meetings from three a week to one, raises penalties for campaign finance violations and gives police and fire oversight offices more authority.
- Amendment LA: moves the city to a two-year budget and changes how public works projects are managed.
- Amendment PL: folds the city's seven Area Planning Commissions into one Neighborhood Appeals Commission.
- Amendment PRK: doubles the parks department's guaranteed share of city funding over 10 years, with no new tax.
- Amendment PRT: adds members who live near LAX and Van Nuys Airport to the Board of Airport Commissioners, and adds lease rules for the airport, DWP and harbor departments.
- Amendment SC: also passing. LAist's guide, linked below, has the details.
- Measure FD: raises the city sales tax by half a cent to fund the Fire Department, an estimated $345 million a year according to LAist.
- Proposition TE: exempts Palisades Fire victims from the city's "mansion tax" when they sell homes they owned as of Jan. 7, 2025, through Jan. 6, 2030.
Parks get a slow, steady raise
PRK held 77.61% support as of Thursday morning, the Westside Current reported, citing county figures. The city's minimum yearly parks budget will rise from 0.0325% of assessed property value to 0.065%, phased in from fiscal year 2027-28 through 2036-37. City analysts project that could grow parks funding from $303 million to about $995 million a year by then. If the council declares a fiscal emergency by a two-thirds vote, the amount can be cut by up to 30%.
Our take
Two of these will be easy to feel. Measure FD adds half a cent to purchases in the city. PRK's money arrives slowly, so the question for the next few years is which parks, pools and rec centers see it first. If your local park needs work, now is a good time to tell your council office.
Sources
- LAist: All 8 LA city ballot measures are passing. Here's what changes
- Westside Current: Measure PRK passes to double LA parks funding over 10 years
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LA This Weekend Team