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WEST SACRAMENTO -- Two weeks out from the 2024 general election, there are two Sacramento-area municipalities with a Measure O on the November ballot. Depending on where you live, they do different ...

A campaign flier arriving in mailboxes around Los Angeles County promotes a ballot measure that would mandate “a new approach to expand programs that are proven to prevent homelessness and increase ...

Last November, voters approved a sprawling overhaul to L.A. County’s government. They didn’t realize they were also repealing the county’s landmark criminal justice reform. Eight months later, county ...

OROVILLE — Measure H received voter approval by a landslide in November, a difficult feat to achieve for a tax initiative, but not without significant effort. The passage of Measure H, a 1% ...

SANTA CRUZ — Initial vote counts for the two conflicting affordable housing tax measures, Measure B and Measure C, were posted by the Santa Cruz County Clerk on Tuesday night with Measure C holding a ...

An analysis of San Diego County’s final general election results shows that competing local sales tax measures may have helped doom the countywide transportation tax measure in some cities — but not ...

Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB An audit by the Oregon secretary of state’s office has found gaps in the state health authority’s implementation of Ballot Measure 110, the state’s landmark drug ...

This article supports the use of the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) treatment ratio as a surrogate marker of COPD exacerbation risk for quality measurement purposes. Objectives: Despite ...