However, they said they would stop pursuing the ballot measure if Garcetti makes key concessions in the next week. Earlier this year, the mayor had joined with City Council members to announce that he was seeking reforms to the development process in Los Angeles. The ballot measure is being promoted by the Coalition to Preserve L.A., which is sponsored by AIDS Healthcare Foundation. The proposed measure has triggered sharp debate over how L.A. should regulate its development boom and protect affordable housing. Unions have pushed a different measure for the November ballot -- dubbed Build Better L.A. -- that would impose affordable housing and labor requirements on some projects.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 18, 2016 00:33 UTC