In a drama-filled session of the LA County Board of Supervisors today, Chairman Zev Yaroslavsky voted with Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas and Supervisor Don Knabe to put the proposed extension of Measure R on the November ballot. Supervisor Michael Antonovich voted against the measure, arguing that the ballot language was misleading, and Supervisor Gloria Molina was not at the meeting.

The meeting provided high drama, with the conclusion uncertain until the board returned from a closed session and Yaroslavsky called for a vote but didn't get a second. Ridley-Thomas then asked for a roll call, Yaroslavsky pointed out his motion hadn't been seconded, and Ridley-Thomas agreed to second it.

By that point many people in attendance had assumed the vote was going the other way.