Pass: 375,433 / 59.53% Yes votes ...... 255,242 / 40.47% No votes

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Proposition R has tough new ethics reforms and term limits that will make City government more honest, effective and accountable to voters. It will reduce the power and influence of special interests and their paid lobbyists.

That's why the League of Women Voters of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce initiated this reform.

• A YES vote on Proposition R establishes a limit of three terms on City Councilmembers to reduce the power and influence of City Hall bureaucrats and lobbyists.

• A YES vote on Proposition R prohibits City officials from accepting free gifts from lobbyists. That means no more free meals, and no more tickets to sporting events and concerts.

• A YES vote on Proposition R prohibits lobbyists from making campaign contributions to City Councilmembers, bars lobbyists from being appointed to an City Board or Commission, and imposes tough reforms on contract bidders.

• A YES vote on Proposition R toughens disclosure rules for the millions of dollars of independent expenditures that are made in City elections. Proposition R will also require greater disclosure by candidates in all of their political advertisements.

• A YES vote on Proposition R prohibits former elected City officials from lobbying any City agency or department for two years after leaving City service.

• A YES vote on Proposition R requires City Councilmembers, their staff and City Commissioners to attend mandatory ethics training.

Please join us in voting YES on Proposition R!

LIZA WHITE
President, League of Women
Voters of Los Angeles

RICHARD RIORDAN
Former Mayor of Los Angeles

NOAH MODISETT
Co-Founder, Citywide
Alliance of Neighborhood
Councils of Los Angeles

ELISE BUIK
President and CEO,
United Way of Greater Los Angeles

DAVID NICHOLS
Chairman, Los Angeles Area
Chamber of Commerce

RAPHAEL SONENSHEIN
Political Science Professor

PAT McOSKER
President, United Firefighters
City of Los Angeles

JOHN W. MACK

If you believe in open, transparent government…

If you believe in strong ethics rules that limit powerful lobbyists…

If you believe politicians must be honest with voters…

Reject Measure R.

Measure R was written BY lobbyists. City Attorney Delgadillo says Measure R "weakens current ethics laws, places the city in legal peril and is misleading to the voters."

Measure R will hide lobbyists from public view until after they win favors for a client.

It throws transparency out the window.

Measure R doesn’t say what it really does: lengthen city council term limits. Politicians think you’ll only approve an extension if it’s hidden in “ethics reforms.” Why not just be honest and ask voters for another term?

The City Council rushed to approve Measure R for the ballot only hours after receiving it, just to keep their jobs for four more years, and:

• rejected your City Attorney’s legal advice;
• refused to allow your Ethics Commission to review the proposal - although voters created this independent watchdog group to oversee ethics rules;
• denied the People the same chance to be heard as the Chamber of Commerce;
• inadequately notified your Neighborhood Council, as the City Charter requires;

Instead we got sham “ethics” changes rushed through City Hall.

Ethics Commissioner Bill Boyarsky called Measure R “outrageous” and said the City Council “showed absolute contempt for the Ethics Commission.” (Los Angeles Times, 8-3-06)

The Daily News says Measure R “has nothing to do with reforming ethics and everything to do with confusing voters into voting for this ill-begotten scheme.”

Measure R: Rubbish.

Vote No.

JEFF JACOBBERGER
Member, Neighborhood
Council Review Commission

PAT HERRERA DURAN
Former Vice President,
Board of Neighborhood Commissioners

HUMBERTO CAMACHO
Board Member, Pico Union
Neighborhood Council

RICHARD CLOSE
President, Sherman Oaks
Homeowners Association

JULIAN ROGERS
Chair, Empowerment Congress
Southeast Area Neighborhood
Development Council

JASON LYON
Former Co-Chair, Silver Lake
Neighborhood Council

PASTOR A.J. MORA
Board Member, Arroyo Seco
Neighborhood Council

ANTHONY BUTKA
Member, League of Women Voters - Los Angeles

SOLEDAD GARCÍA
Board Member, Coastal
San Pedro Neighborhood Council

JILL BANKS BARAD
Chair, Valley Alliance of
Neighborhood Councils