LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved Supervisors Mitchell and Barger’s motion to close a gap in providing transparent and consistent information to voters by directing the Auditor-Controller to include a fiscal impact statement for countywide ballot measures on the official sample ballot. The November 2024 general election will mark the first-time county sample ballots will consist of objective information on the estimated cost of countywide ballot measures. Currently, this information is only provided to voters by the state for statewide ballot measures.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, in a 3-to-0 vote, approved Chair Lindsey Horvath and Supervisor Janice Hahn’s motion to put forward a charter amendment on the November 2024 ballot – that, if passed by voters – will expand the Board to nine members and create a new countywide elected Executive Officer position. Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell, who authored a 2023 motion with Chair Horvath for governance reform that passed with unanimous support, calling for an independent review of the County’s governance structure that would include data-informed recommendations on the number to expand the Board abstained from voting and provided the following statement: