LA votes to put $1.2 billion homeless measure on ballot

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to place a $1.2 billion bond measure before voters to raise money to fight homelessness.

The council voted 14-0 to put a measure on the November ballot to provide a decade's worth of money for shelters, permanent housing, drug and alcohol treatment and mental health services to the homeless.

In May, the City Council approved a budget plan that set aside $138 million to provide services and 600 units of housing.

In San Francisco, several supervisors there are trying to place a measure on the November ballot that would create a 1.5 percent payroll tax on technology companies to pay for homeless and housing services.