Has the LAT endorsed other races, like Senate, Congress, State offices?

[question everything]

Is the Presidential the only exception? or the rule? Just curious

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. I believe they have.

They recently posted their recommendations for those offices.

[TwilightZone]

2. From a quick Google search.

First result:

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-09-10/los-angeles-times-elections-endorsements-2024-november

Archive: https://www.archivebuttons.com/articles?article=https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-09-10/los-angeles-times-elections-endorsements-2024-november

[question everything]

4. Thanks. The good old ballot measures.

When I lived in CA I would vote NO to most of them. All the propositions have to be written with a YES or NO answer and this is not how life is. This is why we have a legislative body; to debate and to compromise.

I think that the parent of them all, Prop. 13, has been undergoing many changes.

[TwilightZone]

5. There are so many because that's how CA works.

It's an inherent part of the system and has been for more than a century.

About half of them come from the legislature, on average. Any bond issues or constitutional amendments must be approved by voters, so the legislature can't just debate and decide those and not make them ballot initiatives. The other half are issues introduce via petition, which are often issues that someone couldn't get the legislature to consider, so they go around them.

https://today.usc.edu/election-2024-inside-californias-ballot-propositions/

[JohnSJ]

3. If so then an even more f**k u to the owner than usual.