2008 California Primary

January 20, 2008

VOTER GUIDE

A California primary that matters

This is not a typical California election.

2008 PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES

California exit poll

Both Democratic and Republican primary voters said the economy was the most important issue facing the country. In the Democratic primary, most backers of Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama would be satisfied if the other candidate wins the nomination.

January 20, 2008

LOCAL BALLOT MEASURES

Voters to decide on local issues at Feb. 5 primary

This election season, there is a new addition to the usual assortment of school bond measures, term limit propositions and fireworks proposals that often dominate local ballot questions: three cities -- including Los Angeles -- are asking voters to let them keep collecting a telephone users tax they have come to depend on heavily.

January 20, 2008

State ballot measures

Proposition 91 -- Gasoline tax

January 20, 2008

Local measures

Acton-Agua Dulce Unified School District, Measure V:

VOTER GUIDE

Orange County ballot measures

Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District School Improvement and Construction Bond, Measure A

January 20, 2008

INLAND EMPIRE

Inland Empire ballot guide

In the Inland Empire, neighborhood outrage over crowing roosters caps a handful of measures in Riverside and San Bernardino counties that include a school bond proposal and the incorporation of a city.

January 20, 2008

55th ASSEMBLY DISTRICT

Furutani is expected to win the runoff election in 55th Assembly District

Democrat Warren Furutani is the overwhelming favorite in the Feb. 5 special election for the vacant 55th Assembly District seat, but he'll need to run again later this year if he wants to keep the post for more than a few months.

Medley of issues awaits voters

Should a new City Hall be built in Newport Beach and, if so, should it come with an ocean view? Should council members in Santa Ana be allowed an extra term? And in Placentia, voters will weigh the fate of a school bond.

January 20, 2008

STATE BALLOT MEASURES

Casinos want to add 17,000 slot machines

SACRAMENTO -- California voters will decide seven statewide ballot measures Feb. 5, including referendums on new state gambling compacts with four Southern California Indian tribes, an initiative that would change term limits for state lawmakers and a proposal to guarantee community college funding.