Gang parcel tax on ballot

With a leading critic absent, the Los Angeles City Council pushed through a measure for the Nov. 4 ballot asking property owners to pay $36 a year to fund citywide gang-prevention and -intervention programs.Daily News.

The 12-0 vote Friday gives final approval to move forward with a parcel tax that has been debated for nearly two years after the gang-related slaying of 13-year-old Cheryl Green in the city's Harbor Gateway area.

The vote comes just days after a heated dispute over a provision that had been quietly inserted into the measure that would have allowed the council to increase the tax every year to reflect the cost of inflation.