Curbed L.A. just posted this fascinating spreadsheet (prepared by Peter Dreier at Occidental College) detailing how the $1-billion Measure H affordable housing bond crashed and burned - district by council district.
No surprise, the bid to issue bonds to build housing for homeless and low- and middle-income Angelenos scored tremendously well in districts in the city's poorer core (Councilmembers Perry - 82.3% yes, Parks - 81.9% yes, Wesson - 79.4% yes, Reyes - 77.9% yes) and much more weakly in affluent, home-owning west L.A. and the West Valley (led by 55.6% noes in Greig Smith's district - Granada Hills, Northridge, etc.).
What surprised me was that the measure did as well as it did overall - 62.29% yes to 37.71% no - close, but not quite over the 66.6% approval needed for passage. Anyone got thoughts on why it got the votes it did?
(Full chart after the jump).
Posted by: Mack_Reed on Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 11:11 AM
