Let the cleaning commence
CITY HALL — A ballot measure aimed at cleaning area beaches that proved too close to call immediately following last month’s election appears as though it has garnered enough votes to pass.
Measure V, a clean beaches and ocean parcel tax initiative that would raise $40 million over the next 10 years to fund the city’s Watershed Management Plan, passed in last month’s election, according to unofficial final results by the Los Angeles County Clerk.
The results will be certified by the LA County Board of Supervisors today before heading to the California Secretary of State.
With almost 70 percent of votes cast supporting the clean beaches initiative, Measure V received more than the necessary two-thirds (or 67 percent) vote requirement for passage.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on December 5, 2006. Read the original PDF.