Measure M Carries Citywide By Approx 53%; 5th/7th Dist. Council Incumbents Mungo and Uranga Re-Elected With Approx 54%

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Mayor Garcia Tweets This W/ Pic Re Measure M

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(June 6, 2018, 11:22 a.m.) -- On election night June 5, LB Mayor Robert Garcia sent the following Tweet with photo

"Thank you to TEAM LBC for supporting Measure M and putting it over the top [V for victory hand symbol] -- we appreciate you."

From left to right: LBCC Trustee-elect Uduak-Joe Ntuk, L.A. County Supervisor Janice Hahn, LBUSD School Board member Megan Kerr, Mayor Garcia, City Auditor Laura Doud and Vice Mayor Rex Richardson. Source: "RobertGarciaLB" Twitter page, June 5, 2018

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Below are the election night results re Measure M

Yes	No	Precincts reporting
53.11%	46.89%	221 of 221 precincts

Measure M faced no organized campaign against it (mainly relegated to individual social network blurbs by its four opposing ballot argument co-signers and grassroots lawn signs). It had a campaign warchest of $125,000 in support funded by LB's police and firefighter union PACs. Mayor Garcia and several Councilmembers also used their privately operated social network channels and told constituents that the measure isn't a tax despite its use of the word "tax" in the "whereas" clauses of the resolution the Council approved in putting it on the ballot. City officials also omitted the measure's actual text from the official voter pamphlet and City-produced "informational" materials.

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