2024 Los Angeles Measure G, officially theLos Angeles County Government Structure, Ethics and Accountability Charter Amendment, is a ballot measure which was approved by voters in Los Angeles County, California on November 5, 2024. The measure appeared on the ballot forall Los Angeles County elections.
This measure would amend the county's charter to establish a directly-electedcounty executive position in Los Angeles County, as well as an independent ethics commission and a nonpartisan legislative analyst. Aside fromSan Francisco, which is a consolidated city-county, this would make Los Angeles the only Californian county to have a directly elected county executive. TheBoard of Supervisors would also increase from five to nine elected members and county departments would be required to present annual budgets in public meetings.[1]
The measure is the first significant amendment to the charter's definition of county government since the approval of the charter in 1912.
Los Angeles County is currently governed by a five-member Board of Supervisors, which has appointed a Chief Administrative Officer since 1938 (renamedChief Executive Officer since 2007). In addition, theChair of Los Angeles County, the presiding officer over the Board of Supervisors, servesde facto as the executive leader of the county government.
On July 3, 2024, County ChairLindsey Horvath and SupervisorJanice Hahn introduced Measure G to the Board. The Board voted 3-0 on July 30 to refer the measure to the voters, with supervisorsKathryn Barger andHolly Mitchell abstaining from the vote.[2][3]
Under the plan, the directly-electedcounty executive will:
Supporters included supervisorsLindsey Horvath andJanice Hahn, as well as theLos Angeles Times; the opposition included supervisorsHolly Mitchell andKathryn Barger, as well as thecounty fire andsheriff's departments.[4][5]
On November 5, 2024, Los Angeles County voters approved the measure, with most news outlets calling the result by November 12.[6]
| Choice | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
 Yes | 1,665,735 | 52 |
| No | 1,561,068 | 48 |
| Total votes | 3,226,803 | 100.00 |
Following voters approval of the measure, the Board unanimously approved the creation of a Governance Reform Task Force for reorganizing the county government ahead of the elections for the future offices. Under the plan for implementation:
In 2025, it was reported that an unintentional clerical error had resulted in Measure G erasing Measure J, a 2020 county ballot measure that established a mechanism allocating a certain percent of county funds to "anti-incarceration initiatives." As Measure G involved a significant change to the county's charter, the section previously containing Measure J was accidentally not included in Measure G, meaning that county voters effectively voted to rewrite the charter without Measure J. While the county established a budget that is identical to Measure J, the measure effectively lost its constitutional protection and became vulnerable to potential future county board decisions to remove it.[9]