Final vote tally shows Measure R approved

After final vote tallies, the half-percent sales tax to raise $30 billion to $40 billion for Los Angeles County transportation projects won by a narrow margin, while the city's gang tax barely missed the required two-thirds majority. Sue Doyle in the Daily News.

Needing approval from at least two-thirds of voters, the transportation tax, Measure R, took 67.93 percent of the total, according to the Los Angeles County registrar-recorder.

The office certified the election Friday, spokeswoman Marcia Ventura said.

Meanwhile, a city parcel tax to generate $30 million annually to pay for gang prevention and anti-violence intervention programs received 66.27 percent of votes; it failed by less than half a percentage point. The parcel tax, Measure A, drew 712,039 yes votes and 362,396 no votes.