Vote on November 8 - L.A. Area Chamber Recommendations

by Gary Toebben

Three weeks from today, Americans across the country will be heading to the polls. Here in California, you should have already received your state and local voter guides, sample ballot and an actual ballot if you are registered to vote by mail.

The California voter guide, issued by the Secretary of State, is 224-pages, covering 17 propositions that include nine new laws, six constitutional amendments, one referendum and one ballot question. Los Angeles County voters will have three additional measures and City of L.A. voters will have four more. The local measures are the last items on the ballot, but they address several high priorities of the Chamber and the community.

To inform our members, and help with decision-making, the Chamber Board of Directors spent months analyzing and debating the state propositions and local ballot measures. From this work, we compiled a Voter Guide, which provides a recommendation and a brief summary of the ballot questions that will have a major impact on business.

We encourage you to use this information when casting your ballot, and share it by email or social media with your colleagues, family and friends. This is a very important election. Don’t let the length of the ballot stop you from voting all the way to the end.

And that's The Business Perspective.