LAUSD looking at alternatives

Los Angeles Unified's $100-per-parcel tax measure failed to get the necessary two-thirds approval at the polls, but district officials Wednesday said they were encouraged that a majority of voters still supported the tax.Connie Llanos in the Daily News.

Nearly 53 percent of local voters approved LAUSD's Measure E, which would have raised $92 million a year for the next four years to cover 1,200 arts and music teachers, librarians, custodians and school police officers at LAUSD.

The parcel tax was the district's first attempt at using property taxes to fund teacher and other employee salaries, after successfully passing five construction bonds since 1997.