2011 Election
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Streetsblog Voter Guide: Proposition O
Did you know that California is one of the few states, Los Angeles is one of the few cities, where oil is extracted from the ground and there is no extraction tax on each barrel of oil pumped? Proposition O added to the March 8 ballot by the Los Angeles City Council seeks to change that reality and close a small, $4 million, portion of the city's deficit by charging a $1.44 tax on every barrel of oil extracted within city limits.
February 3, 2011
City Election Preview: Krekorian vs. Bisani in CD2
It seems as though it were just yesterday, but in fact was almost a year and a half ago, that we were first discussing which candidate would replace Wendy Greuel as the City Council Member for the 2nd Councilmanic District, located mostly in the Valley. Streetsblog sent surveys to each of the 10 candidates in 2009, eight of whom responded. Paul Krekorian, who won that election and is running for re-election this year, answered our survey. His only opponent this time, Augusto Bisani, finished 10th in that election and did not.
January 31, 2011