Your last-minute guide to obscure but important L.A. County election races
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Set us as preferred Your ballot is overflowing with decisions you need to make.Some you’ve probably heard about — Karen Bass vs.
Nithya Raman for L.A.mayor, Xavier Becerra vs.
Steve Hilton for California governor, the controversial billionaire tax.But there are also some more obscure races on the L.A.County ballot that are important as well.
Here are seven to keep an eye out for.This is a rematch between rivals for the job of running the Sheriff’s Department, which also oversees county jails.California Robert Luna unseated Alex Villanueva as Los Angeles County sheriff in 2022.
Now Villanueva is seeking to reclaim his position at the helm of the Sheriff’s Department.This measure deals with labor negotiations for key public safety personnel in L.A.County.BasicsMeasure A is a charter amendment that would require binding arbitration between county government and negotiators representing sheriff’s deputies, firefighters, lifeguards and other public safety workers if contract talks reach an impasse and no compromise can be reached.
It would alter the current last step, in which county supervisors can impose a final offer that these employees must accept — by law, public safety personnel cannot strike.ImpactThe initial phase of contract talks still would have union and county representatives seeking to hammer out a mutually beneficial deal, with a presumption that both sides would negotiate in good faith.But if a gap remains and an impasse ultimately is declared, the supervisors no longer would dictate the final offer.
Instead, a three-member arbitration panel would be formed.The county and union each would select one member, with the sides together choosing the third person, who would serve as chair.
If they can’t agree on the final panelist, a state entity could provide a list of qualified arbitrators to choose ...