Reformers in Los Angeles won voter approval, in December 1911, of a unique local initiative to create a municipally owned, yet editorially independent, newspaper to compete with the anti-labor, anti-reform Los Angeles Times and provide unbiased news and an equal forum for all political views. Want to submit a guest commentary or reaction to an article we wrote? If the statewide total falls between 95% and 110%, counties would be required to perform a full check of signatures and report their results to the Secretary of State within 30 working days. U.S. President | Sacramento, Select an upcoming election date, if there is more than one coming up in your area. Based out of the San Francisco Bay Area, he has written INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT AND STATUTE. !function(){"use strict";window.addEventListener("message",(function(e){if(void 0!==e.data["datawrapper-height"]){var t=document.querySelectorAll("iframe");for(var a in e.data["datawrapper-height"])for(var r=0;r