The votes are in... what next for solar

The city election results finalized this week sent a sharp message to city officials - especially Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa - with the defeat of the Measure B solar initiative. Daily News.

That message, city officials said, was not the rejection of solar power. Rather, officials took it as a rebuke of some of the details they wrote into the plan and the way they got the measure onto the ballot, seen by critics as too quick and secretive.

Villaraigosa said he was disappointed that voters shot down the measure, as confirmed by a final tally late Thursday. But he said city officials will still move forward with the basics of the proposal.