It requires 66% + 1 vote to pass. 54% isn’t close.
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Actually 46% of voters said yes...54% said no...
I heard John and Ken on KFI...They played an interview clip from the teacher union president...He was unhappy that illegal aliens were not able to vote for this tax hike.
Here is some quotes from Mayor Garcetti:
“But when they say, what are they going to do to end homelessness, I say homelessness starts in a classroom, when a child facing...sorry,” said an emotional Garcetti as he paused. “When a child is in the foster care system, comes here and you have a parent in the form of a teacher and a counselor, an administrator. We complain that there’s too many people in prison, where does that begin. It begins when we fail a child in the classroom.”
https://abc7.com/education/lausd-has-no-regrets-over-failed-measure-ee-vows-to-fight-on/5333608/
Garcetti is suggesting that homeless problem may get worse because this tax increase did not pass.
Many voters, who supported Hillary and Newsom, did not show up for this election...
This tax increase may pass in November of 2020...A higher turnout...