Noncitizen voting, police oversight measures fail to make Nov. 3 ballot in L.A.
The flurry of votes brought an underwhelming end to the yearlong effort at rewriting the City Charter, L.A.'s municipal governing document.
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LA City Council pulls noncitizen voting proposal at the last minute
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