L.A.'s Measure B -- the solar power initiative -- is not going to be decided for a while. Right now the vote is:
Yes 101,247 49.97
No 101,349 50.03
***(UPDATE, 2 a.m. Now it's down by more than 1,000 votes:
Yes 109,183 49.70
No 110,505 50.30)***
Which is too bad for those folks (including me) who were pretty sure it was going to pass an hour or two ago.
Those who celebrated too soon include Maria Elena Durazo, the executive secretary-treasurer of the L.A. County Federation of Labor, who sent around the following congratulatory e-mail at 12:27 a.m.:
UPDATE, 2 a.m.: Measure B is down by 1,322 votes, with 1,359 precincts out of 1,360 counted. (I think Helen Kawagoe's in charge of that other precinct.) I assume this will have to wait on provisionals and uncounted absentees. Then maybe the unions can hire Norm Coleman's legal team to make up the difference -- once they wrap things up in Minnesota.
Measure E is in fact toast, 52-48. All in all, even though he was re-elected it was not a great night for Mayor Villaraigosa.
Yes 101,247 49.97
No 101,349 50.03
***(UPDATE, 2 a.m. Now it's down by more than 1,000 votes:
Yes 109,183 49.70
No 110,505 50.30)***
Which is too bad for those folks (including me) who were pretty sure it was going to pass an hour or two ago.
Those who celebrated too soon include Maria Elena Durazo, the executive secretary-treasurer of the L.A. County Federation of Labor, who sent around the following congratulatory e-mail at 12:27 a.m.:
Tonight, voters clearly agreed that Measure B is more of what we need to get our environment and economy back on track.It's not clear yet. Here's Brian D'Arcy, business manager of IBEW Local 18:
The real winners today are the citizens and ratepayers of Los Angeles. They have voted to continue Los Angeles' long tradition of a publicly owned utility which generates its own power.... And the voters have sent a message that they want their utility to switch to renewable and clean solar energy.Not yet they haven't. The margin is 102 votes, with 10 percent of the precincts still outstanding, so it's anybody's game at this point. I may regret this in the morning, but it looks like Measure E is toast.
UPDATE, 2 a.m.: Measure B is down by 1,322 votes, with 1,359 precincts out of 1,360 counted. (I think Helen Kawagoe's in charge of that other precinct.) I assume this will have to wait on provisionals and uncounted absentees. Then maybe the unions can hire Norm Coleman's legal team to make up the difference -- once they wrap things up in Minnesota.
Measure E is in fact toast, 52-48. All in all, even though he was re-elected it was not a great night for Mayor Villaraigosa.
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