Adopt the ethics and budget-allocation changes.
Measure E · Los Angeles County · Nov 3, 2026
County ethics oversight and community investment
Reworks independent ethics oversight, sets operating funding, and preserves a community-investment budget commitment under the new county governance structure.
At a glance
Charter amendment- Does it raise taxes?
- No new tax. Requires at least $14.3 million a year from the existing budget for ethics oversight.
- Estimated cost or revenue
- At least $14.3 million annually for ethics operations beginning in 2027–28, with indexed increases and an emergency exception.
- Who pays
- Not yet verified
- Where the money goes
- Not yet verified
- How long
- Not yet verified
Worth knowing: No dedicated new funding source identified; penalties and grant revenues are unpredictable.
From the Los Angeles County and the state’s fiscal analysis. Estimates are the state’s, not ours.
Your choice
Saved privately on this device.What your vote does
Keep the current charter provisions.
How the money works
TypeCharter amendment
Cost, who pays and where the money goes are in “At a glance” above.
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Why they disagree
Supporters say it creates the county’s first independent ethics commission with real investigative and enforcement power, and restores Measure J community-investment funding lost to an administrative error.
League of Women Voters of L.A. County, California Common Cause and others (as reported by LAist)The board calls the ethics changes plausibly fine but objects to bundling them with a revived spending mandate for alternatives to incarceration that ties supervisors’ hands.
L.A. Daily News editorial board (as reported by LAist)Official overview and selected publisher positions; coverage remains partial.
Who’s funding it
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Sources
- Los Angeles County
Impartial Analysis of Measure E · Official county analysis
Checked Oct 31, 2026 - Los Angeles County
Fiscal Impact Statement: Measure E · Official county analysis
Checked Oct 31, 2026