Polling place in Los Angeles // credit: atvn.org

Polling place in Los Angeles // credit: atvn.org

Unofficial results from the LA City Clerk's office indicate that Proposition C has passed with 76.56 percent of Los Angeles voters supporting the ballot measure.

(Credit: Gage Skidmore)

(Credit: Gage Skidmore)

In reaction to the scandal that the U.S. Justice Department seized the phone records of Associated Press journalists, a small bipartisan group of legislators is attempting to rein in some of the excesses of the Executive Branch.