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Zach Behrens

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Zach Behrens was KCET's Director of News, Region and State. He worked on digital and on-air news products that related to Southern California and beyond. He was also the Digital Executive Producer for "SoCal Connected."

Behrens previously ran LAist and has held positions at the city of Santa Clarita and California Institute of the Arts, where he earned a degree in music. He has won awards from the Los Angeles Press Club, L.A. Weekly, and the San Fernando Valley Business Journal. In 2008, he was named—somewhat arbitrarily, but it's fun to say anyway—as the 8th most influential person in Los Angeles by NowPublic.com.

He is currently a member of the Outdoors Writers Association of California and has served as an Associate Member on the Los Angeles chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists as well as the CalArts Alumni Board, San Fernando Valley Jaycees, and the Sherman Oaks Neighborhood Council.

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Proposal Seeks to Add Alternative Voting Options in L.A.
Voter turnout in Los Angeles is not that high so one council member wants to add expanded options like satellite, early, and weekend voting.
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340,000 L.A. County Ballots Left to be Processed
The new count gave a slight jump for Measure J, the sales tax extension for transportation projects.
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More than 520,000 Ballots Still Uncounted in L.A. County
Logan has deemed five races to be "close contests," including the Measure J, which would extend an existing countywide sales tax by 30 years to fund transit projects.
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More than 792,000 L.A. County Ballots Left to be Counted
L.A. County officials have more uncounted ballots than they did four years ago.
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L.A. County Transit Tax Measure Too Close to Call
Measure J and four other races in the county were flagged as "close contests" based on the number of outstanding provisional and vote-by-mail ballots still to tally.
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California Results Cheat Sheet: What Propositions Won, Lost?
Here's an updated list of what propositions have passed and failed, as called by various news outlets.
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Live California Election 2012 Results
It's election night, and shortly after 8:00 p.m., the California Secretary of State will begin releasing results for this November 6, 2012 election. Follow the results live with KCET's Ballot Brief.
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Attention, UpDaily RSS Readers: We're Changing Feeds
KCET will very soon be going through some structural changes. That means if you subscribe to the full UpDaily RSS feed, you'll stop getting updates in your reader.
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Election 2012: Get Live Results for California Props & Races
Stay with KCET election night to get updated results throughout the night and upcoming days.
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Expert Panel Discussion: Understanding Props 30 and 38
Whether to vote on Proposition 30 or Proposition 38 is a big question for lots of voters in California. Here's what the experts think.
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Expert Panel Discussion: Understanding Prop 31
As moderator Val Zavala says, Prop 31 has not received much attention, thanks to its complicated and policy wonkish nature.
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Expert Panel Discussion: Understanding Prop 39
What is a multi-state corporation? How do they currently pay taxes and how would Prop 39 change that? And what exactly are the costs and benefits of voting either way on this fiscal changing proposition.
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