The Daily Bruin endorses Measure B, which would raise property taxes in Los Angeles County to maintain the fiscal viability of L.A. county trauma hospitals. Two UCLA affiliates, Harbor-UCLA and Olive View-UCLA medical centers, are facing massive cuts or possible closure due to funding scarcity. Read more...

The superiority of online voting in UCLA elections was proven last Wednesday and Thursday when 4,967 students logged onto the my.ucla Web site to cast a vote in the Undergraduate Students Association Programming Referendum. Read more...

Students should not be made to fund the university’s quest to house a higher percentage of students on campus, period. But perplexingly, the state deems all housing expenses to be auxiliary to the costs of education, meaning they aren’t included in taxpayers’ financial responsibility to the UC. Read more...

Last summer, four soldiers at Fort Bragg, North Carolina killed their wives within a span of six weeks. Three of the murderers had just returned from service in Afghanistan. Read more...

Students have the chance on Tuesday to pass two measures that will change not only their futures, but also the future of the entire state. It is imperative that all members of the campus community use their voting might to pass Propositions 47 and 52 ““ two of the most relevant measures on the ballot. Read more...

They may have looked like fairies, superheros and monsters, but anyone who spent Halloween distributing fun-sized packets of fruity and chocolatey candy to groups of rambunctious “children” knows this is a far cry from the truth. Read more...

Mike Hansen recently attacked the Santa Monica living wage in these pages (Viewpoint, Oct. 29). But having watched this issue closely for more than three years, I am confident that Measure JJ is a fair way to lift thousands of workers out of poverty, relieve taxpayers of a welfare burden, and maintain Santa Monica’s prosperity. Read more...