MEASURE G FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT

Measure G is a ballot initiative that will appear on the November 2024 ballot with the goal of making Los Angeles County work better for its 10 million residents by improving ethics, representation, transparency and accountability. It is a comprehensive governance and ethics reform package for Los Angeles County. 

Nurses, Small Businesses, Civil Rights Groups, and Democrats Agree: Vote YES for a more transparent, accountable, and effective L.A. County.

Measure G will NOT cost taxpayers or impact County services.

The measure mandates these reforms be implemented using existing funds from the County’s massive $45 billion budget.

  • VOTE YES on Measure G to make Los Angeles County work better for its 10 million residents by improving ethics, representation, transparency, and accountability through meaningful charter reform for the first time since 1912.

  • Vote YES to advance ethics reforms to hold politicians accountable and root out waste, fraud and corruption; create an independent Ethics Commission; prevent former politicians from lobbying the County in the first two years after leaving office; and authorize suspension of  County politicians criminally charged with a felony.

  • Vote YES to empower voters by creating an elected County Executive directly accountable to the people, putting an end to the current system where an unelected bureaucrat controls the County’s $45 billion budget.

  • Vote YES to require County departments to hold public budget hearings and require a minimum of five days' notice to the public of County legislation, preventing politicians from making secret closed-door deals.

  • Vote YES to increase representation and equity on the Board of Supervisors by increasing the number of seats from five to nine members, shrinking the districts and allowing leaders to better serve their constituents.

  • Vote YES to put an end to the dysfunction that has allowed homelessness, housing, and other problems to get worse; reforming County government by implementing the necessary checks and balances found at every other level of democratic government.

“L.A. County government underrepresents and underserves its people. Measure G on the Nov. 5 ballot would change that. It would expand the Board of Supervisors to nine, shrinking the size of the massive districts and giving county residents a greater voice. It would create an independently elected executive — in effect, a county mayor — who can respond to challenges and crises more quickly than the board. It would for the first time create a county ethics commission….These changes are long overdue. The Times recommends a Yes vote on county Measure G.”

The LA Times agrees:

MEASURE G FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT

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Measure G is backed by a wide coalition of community leaders and organizations, labor unions, civil rights groups, and elected and local governments.

  • U.S. Congressmember Adam Schiff

    U.S. Congressmember Judy Chu

    U.S. Congressmember Nanette Barragán

    U.S. Congressmember Tony Cardenas

    U.S. Congressmember Robert Garcia

    U.S. Congressmember Ted Lieu

    U.S. Congressmember Brad Sherman

    U.S. Congressmember Norma Torres

    California Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis

    California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond

    Speaker Emeritus Anthony Rendon

    Senator Ben Allen

    Senator Bob Archuleta

    Senator Caroline Menjivar

    Senator Henry Stern

    Assemblymember Lisa Calderon

    Assemblymember Mike Fong

    Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel

    Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin

    Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi

    Assemblymember Luz Rivas

    Assemblymember Miguel Santiago

    Assemblymember Rick Chavez Zbur

    LA County Assessor Jeff Prang

    LA County Board of Supervisors Chair Lindsey P. Horvath

    LA County District 1 Supervisor Hilda Solis

    LA County District 4 Supervisor Janice Hahn

    Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (Ret.)

    LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia

    LA City Councilmember Bob Blumenfield

    LA City Councilmember Imelda Padilla

    LA City Councilmember Nithya Raman 

    LA City Councilmember Tim McOsker

    Baldwin Park Mayor Emmanuel Estrada

    Bell Gardens Mayor Gabriela Gomez

    Burbank Mayor Nick Schultz

    City of San Fernando Mayor Celeste Rodriguez

    Cudahy Mayor Jose R. Gonzalez

    Downey Mayor Mario Trujillo

    El Monte Mayor Jessica Ancona

    La Puente Mayor Gabriel Quinones

    Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson

    Monterey Park Mayor Thomas Wong

    West Covina Mayor Brian Tabatabai

    West Hollywood Mayor John Erickson

    Agoura Hills Mayor Pro Tem Penny Sylvester

    Artesia Mayor Pro Tem Ali Sajjad-Taj

    Burbank Vice Mayor Nikki Perez

    Cudahy Vice Mayor Elizabeth Alcantar

    Huntington Park Vice Mayor Arturo Flores

    Lakewood Vice Mayor Cassandra Chase

    Montebello Mayor Pro Tem Sal Melendez

    West Hollywood Vice Mayor Chelsea Byers

    Westlake Village Mayor Pro Tem Kelly Honig

    Alhambra City Councilmember Adele Andrade-Stadler

    Alhambra City Councilmember Jeff Maloney

    Artesia City Councilmember Melissa Ramoso

    Bell City Councilmember Ali Saleh

    Bell Gardens City Councilmember Jorgel Chavez

    Beverly Hills City Councilmember John Mirisch

    Burbank City Councilmember Konstantine Anthony

    Calabasas City Councilmember David Shapiro

    Cerritos City Councilmember Frank Yokoyama

    Claremont City Councilmember Jed Leano

    El Monte City Councilmember Marisol Cortez

    Long Beach City Councilmember Suely Saro

    Lynwood City Councilmember Juan Muñoz-Guevara

    Monterey Park City Councilmember Henry Lo

    Monterey Park City Councilmember Jose Sanchez

    Pasadena City Councilmember Jason Lyon

    Pasadena City Councilmember Jess Rivas

    Pomona City Councilmember Victor Preciado

    San Gabriel City Councilmember Tony Ding

    LAUSD Board Member Nick Melvoin

    LACCD President Nichelle Henderson

    LACCD Trustee David Vela

    Inglewood USD Vice President Ernesto Castillo

  • Dolores Huerta, Labor Leader and Civil Rights Activist

    Patrisse Cullors, Artist and Activist

    David Ryu, Former LA City Councilmember and Executive Director of AAPI LEAD

    Christy Smith, Former Assemblymember and Women’s Advocate

    Naomi Rainey-Pierson, President, Long Beach Branch NAACP

    Jessica Caloza, Board Member of the Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking

    Serena Oberstein, Former LA City Ethics Commission President

    Dr. Carmen Estrada-Schaye, LA County Small Business Commissioner

    Zev Yaroslavsky, Former LA County Supervisor

  • AAPI Equity Alliance

    Abundant Housing LA

    Agudath Israel of California

    American Jewish Committee Los Angeles

    Anti-Defamation League Los Angeles

    Beach Cities Democratic Club

    Bonita Democratic Club

    California Community Foundation

    California Contract Cities Association

    California Women's List

    CHIRLA Action Fund

    CIR/SEIU

    Culver City Democratic Club

    Democratic Party of San Fernando Valley

    Democratic Women's Study Club of Long Beach

    East Area Progressive Democrats

    Equality California

    Glendale Democratic Club

    Labor Council for Latin American Advancement - LA Chapter

    Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce

    Los Angeles County Democratic Party

    Los Angeles League of Conservation Voters

    Miracle Mile Democratic Club

    Move LA

    National Organization for Women - Hollywood Chapter

    Pilipino Workers Center

    Progressive Democratic Club

    San Fernando Valley Young Democrats

    Santa Monica Democratic Club

    SEIU Local 121RN

    Special Services for Groups, Inc.

    Streets for All

    Sylmar Neighborhood Council

    Valley Grassroots for Democracy

  • City of Agoura Hills

    City of Bell Gardens

    City of Malibu

    City of Monterey Park

    Las Virgenes-Malibu Council of Governments

  • Dr. Fernando Guerra, Director of the Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles

    Dr. Sara Sadhwani, Professor of Politics at Pomona College and Democracy Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School

    *Titles for identification purposes only.

Who is voting no?

Lobbyists, special interests, and political bureaucrats

They want to keep the status quo because they benefit from it. Measure G will help to reduce their power and influence.

IT’S TIME FOR COUNTY GOVERNMENT TO WORK FOR THE PEOPLE

Vote YES on Measure G by Nov. 5