Local ballot measures for the November general election are being finalized, with local jurisdictions facing an Aug. 7 deadline to complete them, according to the LA County Registrar’s office. At the county level, at least two countywide measures are expected. One would enshrine LA County’s new independent ethics commission into the county charter; the seven-member commission will enforce ethics laws, conduct investigations and levy penalties, with three members appointed by elected officials and the rest selected through a public application process. The Board of Supervisors is also using that measure to correct an administrative error discovered after Measure G passed, which inadvertently put Measure J and its mandated funding for community investment and alternatives to incarceration on the chopping block. A second county measure would require binding arbitration in certain labor disputes between the county and public safety organizations, covering unions representing firefighters, deputy sheriffs, sworn law enforcement supervisors and lifeguards; because these employees cannot strike under California law, the measure aims to equalize a power imbalance. At the city level, Angelenos will decide a half-cent sales tax to fund the Los Angeles Fire Department, plus six charter reform measures covering ethics and campaign finance rules, doubling the Recreation and Parks Department’s budget percentage over time, moving the city to a two-year budget cycle, removing a restriction on commercial activities, changing lowest-bidder contracting rules, and requiring a capital infrastructure plan. The City Council controversially opted to forgo a slate of major changes, including measures on LAPD oversight and expanding the City Council.