(March 10, 2020, 4:45 p.m.) -- A March 10 afternoon updated ballot tally from the L.A. County Registrar-Recorder shows the 2020 LB Mayor/Council sought Measure A sales tax extension continues to fail passage with the vote margin now increased to 469 votes, a gap of 0.64% of 72,505 LB votes counted thus far)
NO 36,487 50.32% In LB's 8th Council district (with the top two finishers proceeding to a November runoff), Reform Ticket candidate Juan Ovalle has dropped further behind while Mayor-backed incumbent Al Austin remains in second place against organized-labor backed Tunua Thrash-Ntuk currently outpolling Austin by 131 votes (out of 6,031 8th dist. votes counted thus far.) TUNUA THRASH-NTUK 2,615 36.63% An L.A. County Registrar-Recorder release says 1,632,579 ballots Countywide have been counted with an estimated 493,450 remaining to be counted. These include: [Scroll down for further.] |
In the 2nd Council district, Reform Ticket candidate Robert Fox will face Mayor Garcia/LB police/firefighter union supported Cindy Allen. In the 6th district (with no Reform Ticket candidate), organized labor backed Suely Saro (who finished first in March) will face incumbent Vice Mayor (Mayor/LB police-firefighter union supported) Dee Andrews. In LB School Board races, Tonia Reyes Uranga and Erik Miller are headed to a November runoff in Central/WLB School District 2. Doug Otto was elected outright with over 50% of the vote in ELB/SE LB School district 4
Measure A, placed on a special citywide March 2020 ballot by the City Council (which declared a "fiscal emergency" to do so) sought to enable the Mayor/Council to continue collecting/spending the 2016 1% Measure A General Fund ("blank check") sales tax increase but without its 2016 specified reduction in half (2023) or end date (2027.) If Measure A ultimately fails, it will be a major political defeat for Mayor Garcia's messaging and monied campaign formatics against virtually no organized or competitively funded opposition. It could also focus attention on current Mayor/Council spending practices, making them an issue in the upcoming November Council runoffs in district 2, 6 and 8 (which come after the Mayor recommends and the Council votes in Sept. 2020 on a FY21 City Hall budget.) In the March 2020 election cycle, Reform Ticket candidates Robert Fox (2nd dist.) and Juan Ovalle (8th dist.) opposed Measure A; 2nd dist. runoff candidate Cindy Allen, 8th dist. incumbent Al Austin and challenger Tunua Thrash-Ntuk, and 6th dist. incumbent Dee Andrews and challenger Suely Saro supported it. There is a possible wild card not discussed publicly thus far. If Measure A fails, the Mayor/Council could vote to put another tax or other "revenue increase" ballot measure on the November 2020 ballot.
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