Measure H, the countywide proposition that would add a quarter-cent sales tax increase in order to direct additional funding toward services for LA’s homeless population, passed with 67.44 percent of votes cast, barely scraping past the 2/3 threshold to approve its passage.
The measure will be in effect for a decade and is estimated to generate over $350 million annually.Â
Measure H is designed to fund: “mental health, substance abuse treatment, health care, education, job training, rental subsidies, emergency and affordable housing, transportation, outreach, prevention, and supportive services for homeless children, families, foster youth, veterans, battered women, seniors, disabled individuals, and other homeless adults,” according to official text provided by LA County.
Across the county, 561,974 voters cast ballots in the election, with 379,005 for the tax increase and 182,969 against.
Countywide, 40.43 percent of votes cast in the March 7 election were done so via vote by mail, while 59.57 percent of voters made it out to the polls on Tuesday.Â
Turnout was a fraction of what it was for the general election in November, at which nearly 3.5 million voters in LA County cast ballots to elect the next president.
Malibu-specific results from the March 7 election were not available.Â
Official results from the election will be released by the LA County Clerk/Recorder on April 4.