Voters Strike Down Measure S

Mark Tarczynski is an EVP at Colliers International.

LOS ANGELES—Voters struck down Measure S at the ballot box yesterday. Also known as the Neighborhood Integrity Initiative, the development measure would have placed a two-year moratorium on any development that would require an exemption to the general plan. Many high-profile public officials spoke out in opposition to the measure, along with the majority of the commercial real estate industry. The measure was defeated with nearly 70% of the vote.

“I think that Mayor Garcetti, the City Council and the L.A. Times did a yeoman’s job of really calling Measure S out for what it was,” Mark Tarczynski, EVP at Colliers International and a development expert in Downtown Los Angeles, tells GlobeSt.com. “I have renewed faith in the voters to recognize that this was nothing more than a petty squabble between a guy that doesn’t want to lose his view of the Hollywood sign and the City Council.”