What does a YES vote on Los Angeles County Measure A mean?

LA County's charter would ban strikes by certain public safety and civilian employees, restate the duty to negotiate in good faith, and set up impartial binding arbitration for labor disputes with certified public safety employee groups.

What does a NO vote on Los Angeles County Measure A mean?

LA County's charter would not add this strike ban or binding arbitration process.

How many votes does Los Angeles County Measure A need to pass?

A simple majority: more than half of the YES and NO votes on this measure must be YES. Leaving it blank doesn't count either way.

Should I vote yes or no on Los Angeles County Measure A?

SpectrumVote doesn't endorse anyone or tell you how to vote. Read what a YES and a NO vote each do, and the official text, then decide based on what you want to happen.

The general election was Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Counts are unofficial until each state certifies its results over the following weeks; your state or county election office has the official results.

Los Angeles County Measure A

Last updated Sat, Nov 7, 4:03 PM ET

Ballot measure · November 3, 2026

What it does: LOS ANGELES COUNTY CHARTER AMENDMENT REITERATING GOOD FAITH NEGOTIATION OBLIGATIONS AND ESTABLISHING IMPARTIAL BINDING ARBITRATION FOR CERTIFIED PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEE DISPUTES Shall the measure amending the Los Angeles County Charter to prohibit strikes by district attorney investigators, medical examiners, and lifeguards; their supervisors; and nonadministrative civilian employees working in the Fire Department, Sheriff's Department, and the Department of Medical Examiner, reiterate existing legal obligations for good faith negotiations, and establish an impartial binding arbitration process for resolving labor disputes with certified public safety employee organizations representing County employees including firefighters, sheriffs, and the abovementioned employees, as specified in the charter amendment ordinance, be adopted?
A YES vote means: LA County's charter would ban strikes by certain public safety and civilian employees, restate the duty to negotiate in good faith, and set up impartial binding arbitration for labor disputes with certified public safety employee groups.
A NO vote means: LA County's charter would not add this strike ban or binding arbitration process.
Needed to pass: A simple majority: more than half of the YES and NO votes on this measure must be YES. Leaving it blank doesn't count either way.
Left–right lean: Unclear: our AI read of the official summary isn't confident enough (we require 70%) to place this on the left–right spectrum, so we don't. Read the summary and decide for yourself.

The YES and NO lines are SpectrumVote's plain-language reading of the official text above; the official text is what you vote on.

Official text: source

Background

According to the Acting Chief Executive Officer's February 9, 2026 letter to the Board, union representatives had begun gathering signatures for a November 2026 measure that would replace the County's mediation and fact-finding process for bargaining impasses with binding arbitration for unions representing firefighters, deputy sheriffs, district attorney investigators, deputy medical examiners, lifeguards, their supervisors, and certain civilian employees.

On February 10, 2026 the Board of Supervisors approved a motion by Supervisors Horvath and Solis directing County Counsel to draft a Charter amendment establishing binding arbitration, according to the Board's resolution.

County Counsel's analysis says a three-member Board of Arbitrators would choose between each side's final offer on each disputed issue, and its decision would be binding with no further approval by the Board of Supervisors or voters; the two sides would split the cost of arbitration.

The Board first adopted the election ordinance on March 17, 2026; after a July 14, 2026 motion by Supervisor Horvath to revise the ballot title and summary, it adopted a replacement ordinance with the updated ballot label on August 4, 2026.

Put on the ballot by Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, ordinance adopted March 17, 2026 (No. 2026-0005), replaced with revised ballot label August 4, 2026.

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Quick answers

What does a YES vote on Los Angeles County Measure A mean?: LA County's charter would ban strikes by certain public safety and civilian employees, restate the duty to negotiate in good faith, and set up impartial binding arbitration for labor disputes with certified public safety employee groups.
What does a NO vote on Los Angeles County Measure A mean?: LA County's charter would not add this strike ban or binding arbitration process.
How many votes does Los Angeles County Measure A need to pass?: A simple majority: more than half of the YES and NO votes on this measure must be YES. Leaving it blank doesn't count either way.
Should I vote yes or no on Los Angeles County Measure A?: SpectrumVote doesn't endorse anyone or tell you how to vote. Read what a YES and a NO vote each do, and the official text, then decide based on what you want to happen.
When is the vote?: The general election was Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Counts are unofficial until each state certifies its results over the following weeks; your state or county election office has the official results.

Not sure how to decide? Read our nonpartisan guide to the Los Angeles County ballot.

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