Congratulates Our Los Angeles County Supported Candidates
Who Won their Elections?
State Senate
Suzette Martinez Valladares
Mayor
Alex Vargas Mayor – Hawthorne
City Council
Patsy Ayala – Santa Clarita
Victoria Garcia – San Fernando
Patty Lopez – San Fernando
Fay Johnson – Hawthorne
Adrin Nazarian – L.A. City
School Board
Scott Mark Schmerelson – LAUSD
Russell Stewart – Beverly Hills School Board
Ron Esquivel – Rosemead School District
Community College
Sharlene Rose Johnson – Santa Clarita CC District
High School
Erin Wilson – Willian S Hart Union High School District
Aakash Ahuja – William S. Hart Union High School District.
Los Angeles District Attorney
Nathan Hochman
Judges
Sharon Ranson
Georgia Huerta
Tacey Blount
US House of Representatives Races in LA County
District 26: Mike Koslow
District 27: Mike Garcia
District 28: April Verlato
District 29: Benito Bernal
District 30: Alex Balekian
District 31: Daniel Jose Bocic Martinez
District 32: Larry Thompson
District 35: Mike Cargile
District 36: Melissa Toomim
District 38: Eric Ching
District 42: John Briscoe
District 43: Steve Williams
State Assembly Races in Los Angeles County
District 34: Tom Lackey
District 39: Paul Andre Marsh
District 40: Patick Gipson
District 41: Michelle Martinez
District 42: Ted Nordblum
District 43: Victoria Garcia
District 44: Tony Rodriguez
District 46: Tracey Schroeder
District 48: Dan Tran
District 49: David Liu
District 51: Stephan Hohil
District 53: Nick Wilson
District 55: Keith Cascio
District 56: Jessica Martinez
District 61: Alfonso Hernandez
District 62: Paul Jones
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District 64: Raul Ortiz
District 65: Lydia Gutierrez
District 66: George Barks
District 67: Elizabeth Culver
District 69: Joshua Rodriguez
State Senate Races in Los Angeles County
District 23: Suzette Martinez Valladares
District 25: Elizabeth Wong Ahlers
District 27: Lucie Volotzky
District 33: Mario Paz
JUDGES
SUPERIOR COURT
No. 039
Steve Napolitano
No.048 Renee Rose
No. 097
no recommendation
No.
135 Georgia Huerta
No.
137 Tracey M. Blount
LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL
District
2
Adrin
Nazarian
District
14
Kevin De
Leon
LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL BOARD
District
3
Scott
Mark Schmerelson
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
Nathan
Hochman
CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR NON -PARTISAN OFFICES IN LA COUNTY
Beverly
Hills City Council Russell Stewart
Hawthorne
City Council Marie Poindexter
Hawthorne
City Council Faye Johnson
WILLMAN S HART SCHOOL BOARD
District 4
Erin
Wilson
District 1
Dr.
Aakash Ahuja
LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT, BOARD OF TRUSTEES
CANDIDATES
Seat
1 Baltazar Fedalizo
Seat 3
Louis Shappario
Seat 5 Elaine Alaniz
SANTA CLARITA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT, BOARD OF TRUSTEE
Seat 3 Sasha Hogatt
State Ballot Measures
Recommending a YES vote on 34 & 36 and a NO vote on everything else.
Proposition 2:
Authorizes $10 billion in bonds for repairing, upgrading, and constructing facilities at K-12 schools, community colleges, and technical education programs, with required annual audits. It will increase state costs by about $500 million annually for 35 years.
Proposition 3:
Amends the California Constitution to establish a fundamental right to marry regardless of sex or race, removing existing language that limits marriage to a man and woman. This amendment has no fiscal impact on state or local government revenues or costs.
Proposition 4:
Authorizes $10 billion in bonds for safe drinking water, wildfire prevention, and climate risk protection, with mandatory annual audits. The state will face increased costs of about $400 million annually over 40 years to repay the bonds.
Proposition 5:
Allows local governments to approve affordable housing and infrastructure bonds with a 55% voter majority, including accountability requirements. This could lead to increased local borrowing, funded through higher property taxes, with the total amount depending on local decisions.
Proposition 6:
Removes a constitutional provision that allows involuntary servitude for incarcerated persons as a punishment for crime. The fiscal impact is uncertain but is unlikely to exceed tens of millions of dollars annually.
Proposition 32:
Increases the minimum wage to $17 immediately for larger employers and progressively raises it to $18 over the next few years for all employers. It could lead to changes in state and local government costs and revenues by up to hundreds of millions of dollars annually.
Proposition 33:
Repeals the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act, allowing local governments to implement broader rent control measures. It could reduce local property tax revenues by at least tens of millions of dollars annually.
Proposition 34:
Requires certain health care providers to spend 98% of revenues from a federal prescription drug discount program on direct patient care and allows state negotiation of Medi-Cal drug prices. The state will incur additional costs likely in the millions of dollars annually for enforcement, covered by fees from affected entities.
Proposition 35:
Makes permanent the tax on managed health care plans to provide continuous funding for Medi-Cal health services, pending federal approval. This will result in a short-term cost increase of $1 billion to $2 billion annually, with an unknown long-term fiscal impact.
Proposition 36:
Allows felony charges and increased sentences for certain drug and theft crimes if the defendant has two prior convictions. This will likely increase state criminal justice costs by tens to hundreds of millions of dollars annually and local costs in the tens of millions.
Los Angeles County Ballot Measures
Recommending a YES vote on G and NO Vote on Measures A & E
Measure G
PROPOSED COUNTY CHARTER AMENDMENT. LOS ANGELES COUNTY GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE, ETHICS AND ACCOUNTABILITY CHARTER AMENDMENT. Shall the measure amending the Los Angeles County Charter to create an elected County Executive; create an independent Ethics Commission to increase restrictions on lobbying and investigate misconduct; establish a nonpartisan Legislative Analyst to review proposed County policies; increase the Board of Supervisors from five to nine elected member….
Measure A
HOMELESSNESS SERVICES AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING ORDINANCE. To require accountability and results, create affordable housing, support home ownership, provide rental assistance, increase mental health and addiction treatment, reduce and prevent homelessness; and provide services for children, families, veterans, domestic violence survivors, seniors, and disabled people experiencing homelessness; shall the measure repealing the Measure H tax and replacing it with a 1/2 cent sales tax, raising approximately $1,076,076,350 annually until voters decide to end it, with new audits and oversight, be adopted?
Measure E
CONSOLIDATED FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND INFRASTRUCTURE ORDINANCE. Shall an ordinance ensuring local firefighter/paramedic emergency response, involving wildfires, house fires, heart attacks, strokes, and car accidents; to hire/train firefighters/paramedics, upgrade/replace aging firefighter safety equipment, fire engines, helicopters, facilities, lifesaving rescue tools, and 911 communications technology; by levying 6 cents per square foot of certain parcel improvements, providing $152 million annually, limited to 2% annual adjustment, until ended by voters, exempting low-income seniors, with independent citizens oversight, be adopted?
City of Los Angeles Ballot Measures
Recommending a NO vote on all City Ballot Measures
DD
INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING COMMISSION FOR THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. CHARTER AMENDMENT DD. Shall the City Charter be amended to establish an independent redistricting commission to redraw Council district lines every ten years in the City of Los Angeles?
HH
CITY GOVERNANCE, APPOINTMENTS, AND ELECTIONS. CHARTER AMENDMENT HH. Shall the City Charter be amended to: require that commission appointees file financial disclosures before they can be confirmed; clarify the Controller’s auditing
authority regarding City contractors; expand the City Attorney’s subpoena power; authorize temporary appointments to certain general manager positions; establish a process to evaluate the impacts of laws proposed by initiative petition; and make other changes and clarifications regarding City governance, appointments, and elections?
II.
Shall the City Charter be amended to: clarify that the El Pueblo Monument and the Zoo are park property; clarify that departments may sell merchandise to support City operations; include gender identity in non-discrimination rules applicable to employment by the City; clarify the Airport Commission’s authority to establish fees and regulations; and make other changes and clarifications related to City administration and operations? Supporters: None submitted.
ER
Shall the City Charter be amended to establish a minimum annual budget for the City Ethics Commission; increase the
Commission’s authority over spending decisions and hiring matters; allow the Commission to obtain outside counsel in limited circumstances; impose additional qualification requirements on Commission members; require the City Council to hold a public hearing on Commission proposals; and increase penalties for violations of City laws?
FF
Shall the City Charter be amended to: allow peace officers employed by the Police, Airport, Harbor, and Recreation and
Parks Departments to transfer membership and service from the Los Angeles City Employees’ Retirement System to the Los Angeles Fire and Police Pension Plan; and require the City to pay associated costs, including refunds to certain Airport and Police Department members for prior transfers?
LL
Shall the City Charter be amended to establish an independent redistricting commission to redraw Board of Education district lines every ten years in the Los Angeles Unified School District?
US
Local Public Schools Safety and Upgrades Measure: To update school facilities for 21st century student learning and career/college preparedness; improve school facilities for safety, earthquakes and disability access; upgrade plumbing,
electrical, HVAC; replace leaky roofs; provide learning technology; and create green outdoor classrooms/schoolyards; shall Los Angeles Unified School District’s measure be adopted authorizing $9,000,000,000 in bonds at legal rates, levying approximately 2.5¢ per $100 of assessed valuation (generating $456,123,000 annually) until approximately 2059, with audits/citizens’ oversight?