Voters in L.A. County approved a government overhaul in November, which inadvertently repealed Measure J, a significant criminal justice reform dedicated to alternatives to incarceration. This error arose from the county's executive office failing to update the county charter to include Measure J after its approval in 2020, leading to its repeal when Measure G passed. The issue was highlighted by John Fasana of the governance reform task force, causing concern among advocates of Measure J regarding the impact of this oversight on years of advocacy efforts.
"We can confirm that due to an inadvertent administrative error by a prior Executive Officer administration, Measure J was not placed in the County's Charter after its passage in 2020."
"Someone goofed," said Fasana, who was appointed to the taskforce by Supervisor Kathryn Barger. "I couldn't believe it when I saw it."
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