Voters OK with ending redevelopment funds, poll shows

Big-city mayors and other local leaders have said that the state’s plan to take funds away from redevelopment agencies will cost jobs and hurt the economy. But those protests don’t appear to be resonating with voters, a new poll shows.

In a survey by The Times and the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Californians are almost evenly divided on whether the state should take the subsidies away, with 42% in favor and 44% opposed. L.A. TIMES