Ballot proposal to pave the way for noncitizen voting in L.A. is pulled at the last minute

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Set us as preferred The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to pull a measure from the Nov.3 ballot that would have created a pathway to allow noncitizens to vote in local elections.

The council, on a unanimous vote, sent the draft ballot language to a committee for additional study after several councilmembers said it had not been properly vetted.Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martínez acknowledged that he had not done enough outreach on the proposal, and had received letters from members of the Black community voicing concerns.

“I grew up in South Central Los Angeles.The Black and Brown solidarity is deep to me, and means something to me, and I don’t want this to be something that gets pushed through that is seen as a negative, something negative for the city of Los Angeles,” he said.Soto-Martínez said he would keep pursuing the proposal in a future election so that when it passes, the city can have a “big celebration.”The noncitizen voting proposal was not the only one to be dropped by the council at the 11th hour.In a separate vote, the council scrapped plans for a Nov.

3 ballot measure that would have given council members power over policy at the Los Angeles Police Department.The Board of Los Angeles Police Commissioners, whose members are appointed by the mayor, currently have that responsibility.The council voted 8-6 to send the ballot proposal more study after the Los Angeles Police Protective League, the union representing rank-and-file members, threatened to sue the city, saying labor negotiators failed to meet and confer with them over the proposal.The plan for expanding voting rights for noncitizens was unveiled by Soto-Martínez two months ago, It would have authorized the City Council to pass an ordinance allowing noncitizens to cast ballots in L.A.

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