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Like King Belshazzar of Babylon in the Book of Daniel, SunCal saw the proverbial writing on the wall the night before voters went to the polls on Tuesday.

In a press release issued on Monday, Feb. 1, David Soyka, SunCal's vice-president for public affairs said that "despite a vigorous and intensively executed Yes on Measure B campaign, recent polling suggests that the initiative will not secure enough votes to pass on Feb. 2."