Measure A: Los Angeles County Charter Amendment Reiterating Good Faith Negotiation Obligations and Establishing Impartial Binding Arbitration for Certified Public Safety Employee Disputes
Los Angeles County, California
My vote power
Normal
Election date
November 3, 2026
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: Normal · 56 out of 100
This district covers a large share of its state, so each vote carries about average weight — like a vote in a statewide race. About 9,808,667 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(39,287,377 ÷ 9,808,667) ÷ ln(50,000) = 56.41, measured against a statewide vote in CA (grades: 66+ high, 33+ normal, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Normal representation → My vote power: Normal.
Ballot Measure
Supports: Labor Rights
Los Angeles County would change how it settles pay and contract disputes with certain public safety workers, such as DA investigators, medical examiners, and lifeguards. If the county and the union cannot agree, a neutral arbitrator would make a final, binding decision. Those workers would not be allowed to strike.
Read the official ballot measure (PDF)
A YES vote means
The county must use binding arbitration to settle contract disputes with these public safety workers, and those workers cannot strike.
A NO vote means
Contract disputes with these workers stay under today's rules, and there is no new strike ban.