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Los Angeles Voters Reject 5,000 More Cops; Invest In Clear Ocean Instead
Loaded on Jan. 15, 2005
by John E Dannenberg
published in Prison Legal News
January, 2005, page 23
by John E. Dannenberg
Filed under:
Crime,
Conditions of Confinement,
Environmental Law,
State Legislation.
Location:
California.
Los Angeles, California voters, in a November 2004 campaign marred by scare tactics, rejected a 1/2 cent sales tax measure (Measure A) that would have raised $560 million per year to pay for 5,000 added cops. At the same time, the voters approved a $500 million ...
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