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Los Angeles County 2022 Midterm results updated

The race to become the next mayor of LA remained too close to call Wednesday & it may be several days before there’s a declared winner

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LOS ANGELES – The following results are as of November 9 after noon. The race to become the next mayor of Los Angeles remained too close to call Wednesday, and it may be several days before one of the candidates is declared the winner.

With about 44% of votes counted, developer Rick Caruso had a 51% to 49% lead over U.S. Rep. Karen Bass.

County Measures

COUNTY MEASURE A

CHARTER AMENDMENT – PROVIDING AUTHORITY TO REMOVE AN ELECTED SHERIFF FOR CAUSE. Shall the measure amending the County of Los Angeles Charter to grant the Board of Supervisors authority to remove an elected Sheriff from office for cause, including a violation of law related to a Sheriff’s duties, flagrant or repeated neglect of duties, misappropriation of funds, willful falsification of documents, or obstructing an investigation, by a four-fifths vote of the Board of Supervisors, after written notice and an opportunity to be heard, be adopted?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES838,98068.46%
NO386,51431.54%

Majority of votes cast

COUNTY MEASURE C

Los Angeles County Cannabis Business Tax Measure. Shall the measure enacting a tax in the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County on cannabis businesses at annual rates not to exceed $10 per square foot for cultivation (adjusted for inflation) and a percentage of gross receipts for various cannabis businesses, including retail (6 percent), testing laboratory (2 percent), distribution (3 percent), manufacturing and for all other cannabis businesses (4 percent), generating approximately $10,360,000 to $15,170,000 annually, until ended by voters, be adopted?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES698,67458.88%
NO487,99141.12%

Majority of votes cast

Governor

GOVERNOR

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
GAVIN NEWSOM (D)816,44963.45%
BRIAN DAHLE (R)470,31936.55%

Voter Nominated

Lieutenant Governor

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
ELENI KOUNALAKIS (D)789,17962.86%
ANGELA E. UNDERWOOD JACOBS (R)466,32637.14%

Voter Nominated

Secretary of State

SECRETARY OF STATE

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
SHIRLEY N. WEBER (D)799,60963.70%
ROB BERNOSKY (R)455,72936.30%

Voter Nominated

Controller

CONTROLLER

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
MALIA M. COHEN (D)727,00058.05%
LANHEE J. CHEN (R)525,43241.95%

Voter Nominated

Treasurer

TREASURER

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
FIONA MA (D)781,11662.56%
JACK M. GUERRERO (R)467,42337.44%

Voter Nominated

Attorney General

ATTORNEY GENERAL

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
ROB BONTA (D)787,98262.72%
NATHAN HOCHMAN (R)468,30837.28%

Voter Nominated

Insurance Commissioner

INSURANCE COMMISSIONER

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
RICARDO LARA (D)787,02263.77%
ROBERT HOWELL (R)447,08036.23%

Voter Nominated

Board of Equalization

MEMBER STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION 3rd District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
TONY VAZQUEZ (D)759,55866.65%
Y. MARIE MANVEL (N)379,97933.35%

Voter Nominated

United States Senator

UNITED STATES SENATOR – Full Term

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
ALEX PADILLA (D)836,48165.25%
MARK P. MEUSER (R)445,57534.75%

Voter Nominated

UNITED STATES SENATOR – Short Term (Unexpired term ending January 3, 2023)

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
ALEX PADILLA (D)824,50964.99%
MARK P. MEUSER (R)444,20435.01%

Voter Nominated

U.S. Representative

UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE, 23rd District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
JAY OBERNOLTE (R)1,00357.09%
DEREK MARSHALL (D)75442.91%

Voter Nominated

UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE, 26th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
JULIA BROWNLEY (D)7,09955.85%
MATT JACOBS (R)5,61144.15%

Voter Nominated

UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE, 27th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
MIKE GARCIA (R)65,54557.58%
CHRISTY SMITH (D)48,28542.42%

Voter Nominated

UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE, 28th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
JUDY CHU (D)69,34665.75%
WES HALLMAN (R)36,12134.25%

Voter Nominated

UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE, 29th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
TONY CARDENAS (D)38,03462.03%
ANGÉLICA MARÍA DUEÑAS (D)23,28137.97%

Voter Nominated

UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE, 30th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
ADAM B. SCHIFF (D)78,81272.05%
G “MAEBE A. GIRL” PUDLO (D)30,56927.95%

Voter Nominated

UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE, 31st District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
GRACE F. NAPOLITANO (D)47,07155.00%
DANIEL BOCIC MARTINEZ (R)38,50845.00%

Voter Nominated

UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE, 32nd District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
BRAD SHERMAN (D)86,99764.82%
LUCIE LAPOINTE VOLOTZKY (R)47,20635.18%

Voter Nominated

UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE, 34th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
JIMMY GOMEZ (D)33,26353.06%
DAVID KIM (D)29,42946.94%

Voter Nominated

UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE, 35th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
NORMA J. TORRES (D)7,23062.98%
MIKE CARGILE (R)4,24937.02%

Voter Nominated

UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE, 36th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
TED W. LIEU (D)98,15664.84%
JOE E. COLLINS III (R)53,21535.16%

Voter Nominated

UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE, 37th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
SYDNEY KAMLAGER (D)41,54061.38%
JAN C. PERRY (D)26,14038.62%

Voter Nominated

UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE, 38th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
LINDA T. SÁNCHEZ (D)46,09954.01%
ERIC J. CHING (R)39,25045.99%

Voter Nominated

UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE, 42nd District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
ROBERT GARCIA (D)48,41063.80%
JOHN BRISCOE (R)27,46736.20%

Voter Nominated

UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE, 43rd District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
MAXINE WATERS (D)49,10173.88%
OMAR NAVARRO (R)17,36326.12%

Voter Nominated

UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE, 44th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
NANETTE DIAZ BARRAGAN (D)51,44167.99%
PAUL JONES (R)24,22132.01%

Voter Nominated

UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE, 45th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
JAY F. CHEN (D)6,85253.94%
MICHELLE STEEL (R)5,85246.06%

Voter Nominated

State Senator

STATE SENATOR, 20th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
CAROLINE MENJIVAR (D)42,65654.26%
DANIEL HERTZBERG (D)35,95845.74%

Voter Nominated

STATE SENATOR, 22nd District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
SUSAN RUBIO (D)40,40056.27%
VINCENT TSAI (R)31,40143.73%

Voter Nominated

STATE SENATOR, 24th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
BEN ALLEN (D)128,01362.35%
KRISTINA IRWIN (R)77,31637.65%

Voter Nominated

STATE SENATOR, 26th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
MARIA ELENA DURAZO (D)75,39878.48%
CLAUDIA AGRAZ (R)20,68021.52%

Voter Nominated

STATE SENATOR, 28th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
LOLA SMALLWOOD-CUEVAS (D)55,76055.66%
CHERYL C. TURNER (D)44,41444.34%

Voter Nominated

STATE SENATOR, 30th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
BOB ARCHULETA (D)61,26657.83%
MITCH CLEMMONS (R)44,67342.17%

Voter Nominated

STATE SENATOR, 34th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
TOM UMBERG (D)3,57250.59%
RHONDA SHADER (R)3,48949.41%

Voter Nominated

STATE SENATOR, 36th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
KIM CARR (D)6,40553.07%
JANET NGUYEN (R)5,66446.93%

Voter Nominated

Member of the Assembly

MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY, 34th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
TOM LACKEY (R)15,45270.17%
THURSTON “SMITTY” SMITH (R)6,56829.83%

Voter Nominated

MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY, 39th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
JUAN CARRILLO (D)12,64556.30%
PAUL ANDRE MARSH (R)9,81643.70%

Voter Nominated

MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY, 40th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
SUZETTE MARTINEZ VALLADARES (R)49,11754.31%
PILAR SCHIAVO (D)41,31945.69%

Voter Nominated

MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY, 41st District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
CHRIS HOLDEN (D)44,27162.66%
MICHAEL MCMAHON (R)26,38337.34%

Voter Nominated

MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY, 42nd District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
JACQUI IRWIN (D)24,05759.47%
LORI MILLS (R)16,39440.53%

Voter Nominated

MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY, 43rd District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
LUZ MARIA RIVAS (D)27,69270.23%
SIAKA MASSAQUOI (R)11,74129.77%

Voter Nominated

MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY, 44th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
LAURA FRIEDMAN (D)55,39166.30%
BARRY CURTIS JACOBSEN (R)28,15433.70%

Voter Nominated

MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY, 46th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
JESSE GABRIEL (D)39,56560.40%
DANA CARUSO (R)25,94039.60%

Voter Nominated

MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY, 48th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
BLANCA RUBIO (D)31,03855.94%
RYAN MAYE (R)24,44444.06%

Voter Nominated

MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY, 49th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
MIKE FONG (D)33,53962.23%
BURTON BRINK (R)20,35537.77%

Voter Nominated

MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY, 51st District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
RICK CHAVEZ ZBUR (D)39,09254.86%
LOUIS ABRAMSON (D)32,16245.14%

Voter Nominated

MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY, 52nd District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
WENDY CARRILLO (D)33,80960.35%
MIA LIVAS PORTER (D)22,21539.65%

Voter Nominated

MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY, 53rd District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
FREDDIE RODRIGUEZ (D)7,65064.43%
TONI HOLLE (R)4,22335.57%

Voter Nominated

MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY, 54th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
MIGUEL SANTIAGO (D)27,73174.26%
ELAINE ALANIZ (R)9,61325.74%

Voter Nominated

MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY, 55th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
ISAAC G. BRYAN (D)55,42780.05%
KEITH GIROLAMO CASCIO (R)13,81119.95%

Voter Nominated

MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY, 56th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
LISA CALDERON (D)31,55354.08%
JESSICA MARTINEZ (R)26,78945.92%

Voter Nominated

MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY, 57th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
REGGIE JONES-SAWYER (D)21,620100.00%

Voter Nominated

MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY, 61st District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
TINA SIMONE MCKINNOR (D)29,79960.88%
ROBERT PULLEN-MILES (D)19,14639.12%

Voter Nominated

MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY, 62nd District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
ANTHONY RENDON (D)20,45763.22%
MARIA ESTRADA (D)11,90236.78%

Voter Nominated

MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY, 64th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
BLANCA PACHECO (D)24,69057.55%
RAUL ORTIZ, JR. (R)18,21042.45%

Voter Nominated

MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY, 65th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
MIKE ANTHONY GIPSON (D)24,37764.41%
FATIMA IQBAL-ZUBAIR (D)13,46935.59%

Voter Nominated

MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY, 66th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
AL MURATSUCHI (D)52,82255.52%
GEORGE BARKS (R)42,31044.48%

Voter Nominated

MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY, 67th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
SHARON QUIRK-SILVA (D)6,32351.67%
SOO YOO (R)5,91448.33%

Voter Nominated

MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY, 69th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
JOSH LOWENTHAL (D)33,04159.85%
AL AUSTIN II (D)22,16340.15%

Voter Nominated

Supreme Court Justices

For Associate Justice of the Supreme Court – GOODWIN LIU

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES711,47771.36%
NO285,59828.64%

For Associate Justice of the Supreme Court – JOSHUA P. GROBAN

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES689,66771.10%
NO280,35828.90%

For Associate Justice of the Supreme Court – MARTIN J. JENKINS

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES708,62072.40%
NO270,09227.60%

For Chief Justice of California – PATRICIA GUERRERO

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES741,68673.00%
NO274,28127.00%

Appellate Court Justices

For Associate Justice, Court of Appeal, Second District, Division Eight – ELIZABETH ANNETTE GRIMES

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES715,72377.20%
NO211,36522.80%

For Associate Justice, Court of Appeal, Second District, Division Eight – JOHN SHEPARD WILEY JR.

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES651,54370.70%
NO270,02429.30%

For Associate Justice, Court of Appeal, Second District, Division Five – LAMAR W. BAKER

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES667,41472.03%
NO259,17727.97%

For Associate Justice, Court of Appeal, Second District, Division Four – AUDREY B. COLLINS

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES682,23773.17%
NO250,15626.83%

For Associate Justice, Court of Appeal, Second District, Division Four – BRIAN S. CURREY

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES655,23470.79%
NO270,37029.21%

For Associate Justice, Court of Appeal, Second District, Division Seven – JOHN L. SEGAL

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES659,31671.35%
NO264,72728.65%

For Associate Justice, Court of Appeal, Second District, Division Six – HERNALDO J. BALTODANO

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES655,62070.80%
NO270,38629.20%

For Associate Justice, Court of Appeal, Second District, Division Three – LUIS A. LAVIN

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES668,15671.79%
NO262,52628.21%

For Associate Justice, Court of Appeal, Second District, Division Two – JUDITH M. ASHMANN

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES707,32775.62%
NO228,01424.38%

For Presiding Justice, Court of Appeal, Second District, Division Eight – MARIA E. STRATTON

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES684,94572.86%
NO255,11227.14%

For Presiding Justice, Court of Appeal, Second District, Division Five – LAURENCE D. RUBIN

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES679,42672.19%
NO261,77227.81%

For Presiding Justice, Court of Appeal, Second District, Division One – FRANCES ROTHSCHILD

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES673,67670.39%
NO283,32329.61%

Superintendent Public Inst

SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
TONY K. THURMOND (N)690,51866.09%
LANCE RAY CHRISTENSEN (N)354,34433.91%

State Measures

STATE MEASURE 1

CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM. LEGISLATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. Amends California Constitution to expressly include an individual’s fundamental right to reproductive freedom, which includes the fundamental right to choose to have an abortion and the fundamental right to choose or refuse contraceptives. This amendment does not narrow or limit the existing rights to privacy and equal protection under the California Constitution. Fiscal Impact: No direct fiscal effect because reproductive rights already are protected by state law.

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES863,33168.72%
NO393,03031.28%

Majority of votes cast

STATE MEASURE 26

ALLOWS IN-PERSON ROULETTE, DICE GAMES, SPORTS WAGERING ON TRIBAL LANDS. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT AND STATUTE. Also allows: sports wagering at certain horseracing tracks; private lawsuits to enforce certain gambling laws. Directs revenues to General Fund, problem-gambling programs, enforcement. Fiscal Impact: Increased state revenues, possibly reaching tens of millions of dollars annually. Some of these revenues would support increased state regulatory and enforcement costs that could reach the low tens of millions of dollars annually.

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES412,69533.05%
NO836,06866.95%

Majority of votes cast

STATE MEASURE 27

ALLOWS ONLINE AND MOBILE SPORTS WAGERING OUTSIDE TRIBAL LANDS. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT AND STATUTE. Allows Indian tribes and affiliated businesses to operate online/mobile sports wagering outside tribal lands. Directs revenues to regulatory costs, homelessness programs, nonparticipating tribes. Fiscal Impact: Increased state revenues, possibly in the hundreds of millions of dollars but not likely to exceed $500 million annually. Some revenues would support state regulatory costs, possibly reaching the mid-tens of millions of dollars annually.

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES248,57119.73%
NO1,011,15480.27%

Majority of votes cast

STATE MEASURE 28

PROVIDES ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR ARTS AND MUSIC EDUCATION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. INITIATIVE STATUTE. Provides additional funding from state General Fund for arts and music education in all K-12 public schools (including charter schools). Fiscal Impact: Increased state costs of about $1 billion annually, beginning next year, for arts education in public schools.

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES827,15365.60%
NO433,82434.40%

Majority of votes cast

STATE MEASURE 29

REQUIRES ON-SITE LICENSED MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL AT KIDNEY DIALYSIS CLINICS AND ESTABLISHES OTHER STATE REQUIREMENTS. INITIATIVE STATUTE. Requires physician, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant on site during treatment. Requires clinics to: disclose physicians’ ownership interests; report infection data. Fiscal Impact: Increased state and local government costs likely in the tens of millions of dollars annually.

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES430,24834.38%
NO821,16865.62%

Majority of votes cast

STATE MEASURE 30

PROVIDES FUNDING FOR PROGRAMS TO REDUCE AIR POLLUTION AND PREVENT WILDFIRES BY INCREASING TAX ON PERSONAL INCOME OVER $2 MILLION. INITIATIVE STATUTE. Allocates tax revenues to zero-emission vehicle purchase incentives, vehicle charging stations, and wildfire prevention. Fiscal Impact: Increased state tax revenue ranging from $3.5 billion to $5 billion annually, with the new funding used to support zero-emission vehicle programs and wildfire response and prevention activities.

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES493,64939.12%
NO768,24360.88%

Majority of votes cast

STATE MEASURE 31

REFERENDUM ON 2020 LAW THAT WOULD PROHIBIT THE RETAIL SALE OF CERTAIN FLAVORED TOBACCO PRODUCTS. A “Yes” vote approves, and a “No” vote rejects, a 2020 law prohibiting retail sale of certain flavored tobacco products. Fiscal Impact: Decreased state tobacco tax revenues ranging from tens of millions of dollars annually to around $100 million annually.

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES797,77063.48%
NO459,05336.52%

Majority of votes cast

Sheriff

SHERIFF

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
ROBERT LUNA (N)687,12756.78%
ALEX VILLANUEVA (N)522,92643.22%

Board of Supervisors

SUPERVISOR 3RD DISTRICT

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
BOB HERTZBERG (N)133,94250.78%
LINDSEY HORVATH (N)129,83849.22%

Judge Superior Court

JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT Office No. 60

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
ABBY BARON (N)586,32658.59%
ANNA SLOTKY REITANO (N)414,47941.41%

JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT Office No. 67

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
FERNANDA MARIA BARRETO (N)556,52554.77%
ELIZABETH LASHLEY-HAYNES (N)459,59545.23%

JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT Office No. 70

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
HOLLY L. HANCOCK (N)569,16855.41%
RENEE YOLANDE CHANG (N)458,05544.59%

JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT Office No. 90

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
MELISSA LYONS (N)572,80857.77%
LESLIE GUTIERREZ (N)418,79342.23%

JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT Office No. 118

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
MELISSA HAMMOND (N)655,69765.09%
CAROLYN “JIYOUNG” PARK (N)351,62434.91%

JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT Office No. 151

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
PATRICK HARE (N)558,15155.81%
KAREN A. BRAKO (N)441,95044.19%

Cities

AGOURA HILLS CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
DEBORAH KLEIN LOPEZ (N)3,10128.65%
JEREMY WOLF (N)2,98327.56%
CHRIS ANSTEAD (N)2,37821.97%
DAVID BRAMANTE (N)1,36412.60%
JAN GERSTEL (N)9969.20%

Vote for no more than three

ALHAMBRA CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council, Fifth District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
ADELE ANDRADE-STADLER (N)1,41168.53%
JEFFREY GOMEZ (N)64831.47%

ALHAMBRA CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council, First District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
KATHERINE LEE (N)87144.26%
STEPHEN SHAM (N)58829.88%
ARI GUTIÉRREZ ARÁMBULA (N)50925.86%

ALHAMBRA CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council, Second District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
ROSS J. MAZA (N)1,300100.00%

ALHAMBRA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Member, Board of Education, Trustee Area No. 4

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
ROBERT L. GIN (N)2,48970.89%
WEN “TONY” FAN (N)1,02229.11%

ALHAMBRA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Member, Board of Education, Trustee Area No. 5

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
FRED L. CHANG (N)95958.69%
BRYAN Y. KIM (N)67541.31%

ARCADIA CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE CA

Shall the City Charter be amended to provide for election of City Councilmembers by-district, to set the general municipal election for the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November in even-numbered years to align with the Statewide General Election date, to amend the procedure to fill vacant elective offices, to change the City Clerk from elected to appointed, to establish a City Prosecutor, to modify City procurement procedures, and to make other modernizing amendments?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES4,96164.61%
NO2,71735.39%

Majority of votes cast

ARCADIA CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE HT

Shall a measure be adopted to increase the maximum rate of the City’s Transient Occupancy Tax (also known as Hotel Tax) charged to guests of hotels and any other overnight lodging facilities from a maximum of 10% to 12% as of January 1, 2023, providing an additional estimated $730,000 annually until ended by voters for City services including public safety response, street repair and maintenance, park construction and maintenance, and for general government use?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES4,18052.16%
NO3,83447.84%

Majority of votes cast

ARCADIA CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE SW

Shall the measure to establish a Sports Wagering Tax at a rate of up to 5% of sports wagering gross revenues, providing approximately $1,000,000 annually until ended by voters for general government use such as City parks, streets and public safety, be adopted?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES4,88261.19%
NO3,09638.81%

Majority of votes cast

ARCADIA CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council, 2nd District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
SHARON KWAN (N)89942.51%
BOB HARBICHT (N)68932.58%
TRACY JENSEN HAN (N)52724.92%

ARCADIA CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council, 3rd District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
EILEEN WANG (N)65360.74%
SHENG CHANG (N)42239.26%

ARCADIA CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council, 5th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
MICHAEL CAO (N)84941.88%
JASON J. LEE (N)71435.22%
MICHAEL DANIELSON (N)43521.46%
DANIEL MALKI (N)291.43%

ARTESIA CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
MELISSA RAMOSO (N)1,23931.48%
ALI TAJ (N)1,15329.29%
RENE J. TREVINO (N)1,05526.80%
ALMA L. GRIFFIN (N)48912.42%

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AZUSA CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION City Clerk

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
JEFFREY LAWRENCE CORNEJO, JR. (N)3,533100.00%

AZUSA CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION City Treasurer

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
ARTHUR M. VASQUEZ, JR. (N)3,493100.00%

AZUSA CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Mayor

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
ROBERT GONZALES (N)2,75863.40%
JONNY M. LIU (N)1,59236.60%

AZUSA CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
ANDREW N. MENDEZ (N)2,52141.16%
EDWARD J. ALVAREZ (N)2,21836.21%
KIMBERLY HUFF (N)1,38622.63%

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AZUSA CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council (Unexpired term ending November 12, 2024)

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
DENNIS BECKWITH (N)3,436100.00%

BALDWIN PARK CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE BP

To fund Baldwin Park services, including keeping public parks and facilities safe and clean; street maintenance and traffic management; prioritize police response for schools, enhance gang and crime prevention; improve senior, youth, and job programs; shall an ordinance establishing a ¾ cent sales tax be adopted, providing approximately 6 million dollars annually for general government use in Baldwin Park until ended by voters, with annual audits, stakeholders oversight committee, no funds to LA, all funds for Baldwin Park?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES3,24158.83%
NO2,26841.17%

Majority of votes cast

BALDWIN PARK CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE CB

Shall the measure authorizing cannabis retailers to sell and deliver medical cannabis and cannabis products to adults, and adult-use cannabis and cannabis products to persons 21 years and older, with retailers paying a 0.5% tax and 4% tax on gross receipts from sales, respectively, providing $300,000 to $3 million annually for general government use, and authorizing City Council to modify rates up to 5%, until repealed by voters, be adopted?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES2,64048.22%
NO2,83551.78%

Majority of votes cast

BALDWIN PARK CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE CN

Shall City of Baldwin Park City Council Ordinance No. 1468, establishing campaign contribution limits and penalties lowering the maximum contribution from an individual or political action committee to $750 per candidate/PAC per election cycle be adopted by voters?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES3,85472.84%
NO1,43727.16%

Majority of votes cast

BALDWIN PARK CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE RM

Shall the voters elect five Councilmembers to a four-year term with an annually sequential rotating Mayor and Mayor Pro Tempore of the City Council of the City of Baldwin Park commencing in the year 2024?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES2,88754.61%
NO2,40045.39%

Majority of votes cast

BALDWIN PARK CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE TL

Shall the measure, establishing term limits so that no member of the City Council may serve more than three terms in office in their lifetime (12 years) and no directly-elected Mayor may serve more than six terms in office in their lifetime (12 years) and no member of the City Council or directly-elected Mayor may serve more than a combined 12 years in office, regardless of the office be adopted?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES4,23478.68%
NO1,14721.32%

Majority of votes cast

BALDWIN PARK CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION City Clerk

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
CHRISTOPHER SAENZ (N)2,57151.74%
MARIA DAVALOS (N)2,39848.26%

BALDWIN PARK CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION City Treasurer

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
JOANNA VALENZUELA (N)3,86376.46%
CHRISTOPHER F. GARRIDO (N)1,18923.54%

BALDWIN PARK CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Mayor

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
EMMANUEL J. ESTRADA (N)3,47663.72%
MANUEL LOZANO (N)1,57728.91%
ALBERT MURO (N)4027.37%

BALDWIN PARK CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
ALEJANDRA AVILA (N)2,00123.92%
RICARDO VAZQUES (N)1,71720.52%
JEAN M. AYALA (N)1,71020.44%
PAUL C. HERNANDEZ (N)1,65719.80%
RALPH GALVAN (N)1,28215.32%

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BELL GARDENS CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE AA

Shall an ordinance be adopted establishing term limits for Bell Gardens councilmembers where no person may serve more than 3 four-year terms of office cumulatively over the person’s lifetime and where service for the unexpired balance of a vacated City Council seat (whether by appointment or election) will also count as service for a full four-year term of office even if such service is for a period that is less than four years in duration?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES1,66583.63%
NO32616.37%

Majority of votes cast

BELL GARDENS CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
ALEJANDRA CORTEZ (N)82917.27%
MARCO BARCENA (N)69014.38%
MIGUEL DE LA ROSA (N)63913.32%
FRANCIS DE LEON SANCHEZ (N)63813.29%
JENNIFER RODRIGUEZ (N)53311.11%
LISSETH FLORES-FRANCO (N)4699.77%
CHRISTIAN MENDEZ (N)3737.77%
STEVE MARTIN FIGUEROA (N)2835.90%
JOSE ANGEL CRUZ (N)2635.48%
ANDREW LEON (N)821.71%

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BELLFLOWER CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council, 1st District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
RAYMOND Y. HAMADA (N)1,18374.54%
RICARDO FOSADO (N)40425.46%

BELLFLOWER CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council, 5th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
RAY DUNTON (N)91253.96%
JUAN GARZA (N)77846.04%

BURBANK CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION City Clerk

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
KIMBERLEY CLARK (N)7,67854.01%
VIVIANA GARZON (N)4,82033.91%
JAMAL EL-AMIN (N)1,71712.08%

BURBANK CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION City Treasurer

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
KRYSTLE PALMER (N)12,772100.00%

BURBANK CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
NIKKI PEREZ (N)8,45723.71%
ZIZETTE MULLINS (N)7,81421.91%
SHARON SPRINGER (N)7,52721.11%
TAMALA TAKAHASHI (N)7,24120.31%
CARMENITA HELLIGAR (N)4,62212.96%

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CALABASAS CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
JAMES R. BOZAJIAN (N)3,41929.88%
DAVID J. SHAPIRO (N)3,25028.40%
EDWARD ALBRECHT (N)1,78715.62%
BRIAN CAMERON (N)1,55213.56%
JASJEET (MONICA) KAUR PARMAR (N)1,43612.55%

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CARSON CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE R

CARSON ESSENTIAL SERVICES PROTECTION MEASURE. To maintain services such as 911 emergency response/public safety; natural disaster/public health emergency preparedness; protect local drinking water; repair streets/potholes and other general City services, shall the measure, continuing the existing 2% Utility Users Tax (no tax increase) limited to electric/gas utilities, exempting senior and low-income households, providing approximately $8,000,000 annually until ended by voters, requiring public spending disclosure, all funds for Carson, be adopted?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES9,46377.41%
NO2,76122.59%

Majority of votes cast

CARSON CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION City Clerk

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
KHALEAH BRADSHAW (N)6,10453.26%
VERA ROBLES DEWITT (N)2,72023.73%
SHARMA HENDERSON (N)1,44012.57%
YOLANDA CHAVEZ (N)1,19610.44%

CARSON CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION City Treasurer

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
MONICA COOPER (N)8,88076.77%
ISAIAS “ISA” JESUS PULIDO (N)2,68723.23%

CARSON CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council, 2nd District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
JIM DEAR (N)1,85671.52%
OSCAR B. RAMOS (N)47618.34%
RICARDO CONTRERAS (N)26310.13%

CARSON CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council, 4th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
ARLEEN BOCATIJA ROJAS (N)1,72865.18%
FREDERICK DOCDOCIL (N)92334.82%

CITY OF COMMERCE SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE SL

Commerce City Council Term Limits. Shall the City of Commerce modify existing term limits on the office of City Councilperson so that term limits allow for the extension of Council terms due to the change of election dates mandated by state law?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES55851.62%
NO52348.38%

Majority of votes cast

CLAREMONT CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council, 2nd District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
ED REECE (N)72954.61%
PETER S. YAO (N)60645.39%

CLAREMONT CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council, 3rd District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
JENNIFER STARK (N)87774.45%
MAURA CARTER (N)30125.55%

CLAREMONT CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council, 4th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
JED LEANO (N)95656.24%
AUNDRÉ JOHNSON (N)74443.76%

CLAREMONT CITY SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE CT

To fund City services, shall a measure establishing a tax on cannabis and hemp businesses of the following rates: 4%-7% of gross receipts for retail businesses; and the higher of 1%-4% of gross receipts or $1-$10 per square foot for other businesses, with certain rates increasing annually, generating an estimated $500,000 annually if cannabis and hemp businesses were to be authorized in the future, until ended by voters, be adopted?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES4,62760.95%
NO2,96439.05%

Majority of votes cast

COMPTON CITY SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE AM

Shall the measure amending the Compton City Charter to reduce the number of required monthly regular City Council meetings from four to two be adopted?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES2,48141.01%
NO3,56958.99%

Majority of votes cast

COMPTON CITY SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE ED

Shall the measure amending the Compton City Charter to change the City’s general municipal election date to coincide with the statewide primary election, change the date of the City’s primary nominating election to an established election date, and make other related and technical changes to the City’s election procedures and terms of office, be adopted?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES3,80863.30%
NO2,20836.70%

Majority of votes cast

CUDAHY CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE BA

Cannabis Businesses Accountability Measure To increase funding for parks, recreational programs, roads and sidewalks and other general governmental purposes, shall an ordinance authorizing and regulating storefront retail cannabis sales and other commercial cannabis activities be approved with prohibitions on retail operations within 600 feet of schools, churches, childcare facilities and other sensitive uses and with retailers required to pay a 15% gross receipts tax to raise approximately $3,581,952.75 annually until ended by Cudahy voters?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES50453.11%
NO44546.89%

Majority of votes cast

CUDAHY CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
ELIZABETH ALCANTAR (N)58530.09%
CYNTHIA GONZALEZ (N)42621.91%
MARTIN U. FUENTES (N)28614.71%
BLANCA LOZOYA (N)27914.35%
MARIA JIMENEZ (N)1859.52%
PATRICIA COVARRUBIAS (N)1839.41%

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CULVER CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE BL

Measure BL: Shall the measure updating Culver City’s business license tax to either a flat tax up to $1,000, or 0.13%-0.35% of gross receipts (depending on business type), 4% for oil well operations, and an additional 0.01% for gross receipts over $100,000,000, exempting the first $200,000 in gross receipts, updating business classifications, generating approximately $10,000,000 annually, until ended by voters, for such general fund services as emergency response, parks, homelessness services, and requiring annual independent audits, be adopted?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES4,58258.05%
NO3,31141.95%

Majority of votes cast

CULVER CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE VY

Measure VY: Shall the measure amending the City of Culver City Charter to allow Culver City residents aged 16 and 17, who are otherwise eligible to vote under state and local law, to vote on City and School District candidates and ballot measures, provided that each legislative body has approved budgetary funds and determined logistical systems are in place, and that inclusion would not prevent consolidation of City or School District elections with county elections, be adopted?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES3,70145.71%
NO4,39554.29%

Majority of votes cast

CULVER CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
DAN O’BRIEN (N)3,92326.74%
DENICE RENTERIA (N)3,24422.11%
FREDDY PUZA (N)3,11021.20%
HARDEN ALEXANDER “ALEX” FISCH (N)3,02520.62%
KHIN KHIN GYI (N)7335.00%
DEVIN YAEGER (N)6344.32%

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DIAMOND BAR CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council, 1st District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
STEVE TYE (N)1,26368.98%
RUBEN TORRES (N)56831.02%

DIAMOND BAR CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council, 3rd District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
ANDREW CHOU (N)1,15179.32%
JIANGUO JASON WANG (N)30020.68%

DIAMOND BAR CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council, 4th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
CHIA YU TENG (N)83350.48%
LEE MAO (N)81749.52%

DOWNEY CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE D

Downey Transient Occupancy Tax Measure: “Shall the measure to increase the rate of the City’s Transient Occupancy (Room) Tax from 9% to 13%, providing approximately $950,000 annually until ended by voters for general government use such as City parks, streets and public safety, and applying the tax to all rent charged to hotel guests, including by online travel and short term rental companies, for transient occupancy of any hotel, be adopted?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES3,93532.55%
NO8,15567.45%

Majority of votes cast

DOWNEY CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Council Member, District 2

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
HECTOR SOSA (N)1,73962.04%
ANTHONY FELIX (N)58820.98%
ART MONTOYA (N)47616.98%

DOWNEY CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Council Member, District 4

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
CLAUDIA M. FROMETA (N)2,42068.87%
JOAQUÍN BELTRÁN (N)83123.65%
JUAN MARTINEZ (N)2637.48%

DUARTE CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE J

Measure J: An Ordinance Establishing a Healthcare Workers Minimum Wage Ordinance in the City of Duarte Shall an ordinance establishing a minimum wage of at least $25 per hour for defined healthcare workers in the City of Duarte; requiring an annual healthcare workers minimum wage increase beginning January 2024; requiring enforcement at the City’s expense; establishing judicial remedies for violations including penalties up to $120 per healthcare worker for each day a violation occurs, attorneys’ fees, and treble damages be adopted?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES1,17536.03%
NO2,08663.97%

Majority of votes cast

DUARTE CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council, 1st District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
MARGARET E. FINLAY (N)44767.73%
LUZ YESENIA PAEZ (N)21332.27%

DUARTE CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council, 4th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
TERA MARTIN DEL CAMPO (N)329100.00%

DUARTE CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council, 5th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
SAMUEL KANG (N)387100.00%

DUARTE CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council, 6th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
CESAR ANDRES GARCIA (N)20561.38%
ART RODRIGUEZ, JR. (N)12938.62%

EL MONTE CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE OT

To enhance funding for police protection and public safety services, community code enforcement and beautification efforts and other general governmental purposes, shall the City of El Monte increase its existing transient occupancy tax paid only by hotel and motel guests from its current rate 10% to a new increased rate of 14% providing an estimated $350,000 annually in additional general fund revenues, until ended by El Monte voters?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES3,29651.54%
NO3,09948.46%

Majority of votes cast

EL MONTE CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION City Clerk

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
GABRIEL RAMIREZ (N)3,32555.96%
CATHERINE A. EREDIA (N)2,61744.04%

EL MONTE CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION City Treasurer

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
VIVIANA LONGORIA (N)3,68461.43%
RICHARD THOMAS (N)2,31338.57%

EL MONTE CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Mayor

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
JESSICA ANCONA (N)3,65657.55%
MARIA MORALES (N)2,69742.45%

EL MONTE CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council, 2nd District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
MARTIN HERRERA (N)54352.06%
MARYANN G. BARRIOS (N)50047.94%

EL MONTE CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council, 3rd District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
JULIA RUEDAS (N)73771.62%
JOAQUINA QUIÑONES (N)29228.38%

EL MONTE CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council, 5th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
RICHARD J. ROJO (N)35154.76%
MARIO MARTINEZ (N)29045.24%

EL MONTE CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council, 6th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
MARISOL CORTEZ (N)55061.52%
IRMA ZAMORANO (N)34438.48%

EL SEGUNDO CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE BT

Shall an ordinance amending business taxes, including: $150 for specified businesses; for others, $150 up to five employees, $138 per additional employee, and $0.26 to $0.30 per square foot above 2,000 square feet; for apartments and hotels or motels, $150 up to three units or rooms plus $150 for each additional; sunsetting current tax credits; generating approximately $3,000,000 annually for public safety, maintaining parks and streets, and other general purposes, until repealed, be adopted?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES1,77148.72%
NO1,86451.28%

Majority of votes cast

EL SEGUNDO CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE W

City Initiative for Commercial Cannabis Regulation. Shall an ordinance be adopted to repeal the City’s current prohibition on commercial cannabis activities to authorize commercial cannabis retailers east of Pacific Coast Highway in the Multimedia Overlay District by right, if no less than 1,750 square feet, with sensitive receptor buffers and away from major arterial frontages, subject to a City permitting process; and authorize the City Council to subsequently regulate non-retail cannabis businesses?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES1,49739.70%
NO2,27460.30%

Majority of votes cast

EL SEGUNDO CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE Y

Shall an ordinance (a “yes” vote taxing cannabis does “not” make cannabis businesses legal in El Segundo; it creates a tax in case a cannabis business ever becomes legal) funding general municipal expenses such as police, fire, streets, and parks, by establishing taxes upon cannabis businesses not to exceed $20 per square foot for cultivation and 10% of gross receipts for other cannabis businesses, until ended by voters, generating approximately $600,000 to $1,500,000 annually, be adopted?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES2,63570.04%
NO1,12729.96%

Majority of votes cast

EL SEGUNDO CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
CHRISTOPHER PIMENTEL (N)1,69227.37%
RYAN W. BALDINO (N)1,66927.00%
MICHELLE KELDORF (N)1,47223.81%
JOHN PICKHAVER (N)84713.70%
ROBIN PATCH (N)5028.12%

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HAWAIIAN GARDENS CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
DANDY DE PAULA (N)53821.15%
MARIA TERESA DEL RIO (N)46718.36%
JESSE ALVARADO (N)40916.08%
REYNALDO O. RODRIGUEZ (N)39715.61%
LUIS ROA (N)38815.25%
FRANCISCO NOYOLA (N)34513.56%

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HAWAIIAN GARDENS CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council (Unexpired term ending November 5, 2024)

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
ERNIE VARGAS (N)59560.90%
MICHAEL GOMEZ (N)38239.10%

HAWTHORNE CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE I

CHARTER ADOPTION. Shall the measure to adopt a Charter to provide the City maximum authority over municipal affairs; allow all Councilmembers to appoint members to City commissions subject to approval of the Council; preserve the authority of the City Attorney to prosecute misdemeanors; and set annual compensation for Councilmembers at the 2021 HUD low-income level for a family of two ($75,700), with any future salary adjustments subject to general law, be adopted?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES2,81941.60%
NO3,95858.40%

Majority of votes cast

HAWTHORNE CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION City Clerk

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
DAYNA S. WILLIAMS-HUNTER (N)3,87360.99%
JOHN L. JEFFERSON (N)2,47739.01%

HAWTHORNE CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION City Treasurer

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
GREGORY A. FALLON (N)3,20750.96%
MARIE POINDEXTER-HORNBACK (N)3,08649.04%

HAWTHORNE CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
KATRINA MANNING (N)2,01817.75%
ALEXANDRE “ALEX” MONTEIRO (N)1,81315.94%
DONNISHA SANFORD (N)1,77415.60%
HUGO M. ROJAS (N)1,44412.70%
JUAN ANTONIO “TONY” REYNOSO (N)1,19610.52%
AMIE SHEPARD (N)1,1329.96%
MUHAMAD AWADALLAH (N)1,0669.37%
EDDYFUNN IKEMEFUNA (N)9288.16%

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HERMOSA BEACH CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE B

To maintain Hermosa Beach’s long-term financial stability with locally controlled funds, to be used for programs such as public safety/911 response, enforcement against property crime; street/pothole repair; protection of beach/coastal waters; school safety; cleaning of public areas; retention/attraction of local businesses; homeless services and for general governmental use; shall an ordinance be adopted establishing a ¾¢ sales tax requiring public spending disclosure/independent audits, generating approximately $3,000,000 annually until ended by voters?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES1,99343.20%
NO2,62056.80%

Majority of votes cast

HERMOSA BEACH CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE M

Shall an ordinance proposed by initiative petition be adopted that repeals the City’s existing ban on cannabis businesses and allows by City-approved permit up to two cannabis retail storefront businesses, including home delivery from those stores?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES1,29627.36%
NO3,44172.64%

Majority of votes cast

HERMOSA BEACH CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE T

Shall an ordinance be adopted enacting a local business tax on cannabis/hemp businesses up to $20.00 per square foot for cultivation and up to 10% of gross receipts for all other cannabis/hemp businesses, estimated to generate $700,000 – $1,500,000 annually (assuming two retail stores operating and taxed at maximum rate), until ended by voters, for general governmental use, subject to independent audits, to be effective only if cannabis business operations are allowed in the City?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES3,07366.04%
NO1,58033.96%

Majority of votes cast

HERMOSA BEACH CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE U

Shall Ordinance No. N.S. 211, establishing a civil service system, adopted on June 7, 1960, be repealed to enable the Hermosa Beach City Council to adopt an updated personnel/civil service ordinance?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES2,64661.79%
NO1,63638.21%

Majority of votes cast

HERMOSA BEACH CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
RAYMOND A. JACKSON (N)1,86417.48%
ROB SAEMANN (N)1,46413.73%
DEAN FRANCOIS (N)1,44013.50%
JEFF RAEDY (N)1,38512.99%
DANIEL F. GODWIN (N)1,21811.42%
RITA A. GERACE (N)1,19711.22%
KIERAN HARRINGTON (N)1,14910.77%
MATT MCCOOL (N)9498.90%

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HIDDEN HILLS CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
LAURA MCCORKINDALE (N)32631.26%
JOE LOGGIA (N)29928.67%
BRET KATZ (N)21020.13%
LARRY G. WEBER (N)20819.94%

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HUNTINGTON PARK CITY SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE PP

Huntington Park Overnight Parking Permit Program A YES vote by the residents will establish a City-Wide Overnight Parking Permit Program on public streets. Should there be a City-wide overnight parking permit program of which times and dates will be set by resolution by the City? Fiscal impact will be minimal because permit fees will offset the City costs of processing the permits.

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES1,44351.61%
NO1,35348.39%

Majority of votes cast

INGLEWOOD CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE HC

Ordinance To Establish Minimum Wage For Certain Employees Of Privately Owned Covered Healthcare Facilities. Shall the ordinance to establish a $25 per hour minimum wage, subject to annual increase, for certain employees employed to work at or by a privately owned covered healthcare facility located within the City of Inglewood, and provide for enforcement by the City, a Healthcare Worker or their representative, or another person acting on behalf of the public be approved?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES6,16353.49%
NO5,35946.51%

Majority of votes cast

INGLEWOOD CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Mayor

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
JAMES T. BUTTS (N)6,43255.64%
FREDRISHA “SHA” DIXON (N)1,84615.97%
MIYA ANGELOU WALKER (N)1,46212.65%
RAINA CARRILLO (N)1,33611.56%
ANGELIQUE Y. JOHNSON (N)3913.38%
CHIKA OGOKE (N)93.80%

INGLEWOOD CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council, 1st District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
GEORGE W. DOTSON (N)1,19932.34%
GLORIA GRAY (N)87323.54%
YOLANDA DAVIDSON (N)79021.31%
ALENA CINDY GIARDINA (N)38610.41%
LEONARD REDWAY (N)3318.93%
TAJ POWELL (N)912.45%
KEVIN GLENN TAYLOR II (N)381.02%

INGLEWOOD CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council, 2nd District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
ALEX PADILLA (N)1,98368.03%
BOBBY BROWN (N)93231.97%

IRWINDALE CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
HECTOR “MANUEL” ORTIZ (N)20331.67%
ALBERT F. “ALBIE” AMBRIZ (N)17927.93%
JASON L. HICKMAN (N)13821.53%
ROSEMARY P. MARTINEZ (N)12118.88%

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LA PUENTE CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
CHARLIE KLINAKIS (N)1,69134.31%
VALERIE MUÑOZ (N)1,56331.72%
RICARDO MARTINEZ (N)94519.18%
AMADEO RODRIGUEZ (N)72914.79%

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LA PUENTE CITY SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council (Unexpired term ending December 10, 2024)

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
NADIA MENDOZA (N)1,61355.20%
JOHN MICHAEL SOLIS (N)1,30944.80%

LAWNDALE CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION City Clerk

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
ERICA HARBISON (N)2,028100.00%

LAWNDALE CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Mayor

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
ROBERT PULLEN-MILES (N)1,89577.79%
WARRENDELL JACKSON (N)54122.21%

LAWNDALE CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
BERNADETTE LOURDES SUAREZ (N)1,32234.81%
PAT KEARNEY (N)90123.72%
SAMUEL CRUZ (N)61516.19%
DAN REID (N)56714.93%
WANZA TOLLIVER (N)39310.35%

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LONG BEACH CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE BB

Long Beach Water and Gas Consolidation. Shall the City Charter be amended to merge the existing water, sewer and gas utilities into a single publicly-owned utility, governed by the existing independent Water/Utility Commission; eliminate duplicative costs by consolidating like operations, improve customer service efficiency with increased flexibility in sharing of staffing/equipment, reduce impacts to streets through coordinated utility pipeline street repairs; and achieve cost savings through greater economies of scale?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES34,77863.00%
NO20,42337.00%

Majority of votes cast

LONG BEACH CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE E

Shall the Long Beach City Charter be amended to establish a Police Oversight Commission and add a Police Oversight Director, to redesign City’s police oversight and accountability through modified practices, including a Director with authority to audit Police Department complaint investigations, review major use of force incidents, and make recommendations on Police Department operations, policies, procedures, and trainings, and a Commission to provide feedback to the Director, and which would replace the Citizen Police Complaint Commission?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES31,88057.61%
NO23,45842.39%

Majority of votes cast

LONG BEACH CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE LBC

Realign City and State Election Dates Shall the City Charter of Long Beach be amended to realign the City’s primary and general election dates with the State’s primary and general election dates held in even-numbered years, and make other related and technical changes to City election procedures?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES40,00373.12%
NO14,70926.88%

Majority of votes cast

LONG BEACH CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Mayor

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
REX RICHARDSON (N)30,32153.40%
SUZIE PRICE (N)26,46246.60%

LONG BEACH CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council, 3rd District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
KRISTINA DUGGAN (N)6,10660.22%
KAILEE CARUSO (N)4,03439.78%

LONG BEACH CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council, 5th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
MEGAN KERR (N)5,38650.53%
IAN PATTON (N)5,27349.47%

LONG BEACH CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council, 9th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
JONI RICKS-ODDIE (N)2,12764.99%
GINNY GONZALES (N)1,14635.01%

LOS ANGELES CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE LH

AUTHORIZATION FOR ADDITIONAL LOW-INCOME HOUSING. PROPOSITION LH. Shall a measure authorizing public entities in the City of Los Angeles to develop, construct, or acquire up to 5,000 additional units of low-income rental housing in each Council District to address homelessness and affordable housing needs, subject to availability of funding and City development requirements, be adopted?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES309,21966.47%
NO155,95433.53%

Majority of votes cast

LOS ANGELES CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE SP

PARKS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES PARCEL TAX. PROPOSITION SP. Shall an ordinance providing funding for parks, recreational centers, pools, playgrounds, waterways, beaches, green spaces, open spaces, childcare and other facilities, and increasing park equity in the City of Los Angeles, through a tax of $0.08414 per square foot on improved parcels, reduced to $0.0222 upon completion of certain programs or in 30 years, with citizen oversight and exemptions for low-income households, generating approximately $227 million annually, be adopted?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES166,02935.66%
NO299,53064.34%

Majority of votes cast

LOS ANGELES CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE ULA

FUNDING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND TENANT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS THROUGH A TAX ON REAL PROPERTY TRANSFERS OVER $5 MILLION. INITIATIVE ORDINANCE ULA. Shall an ordinance funding and authorizing affordable housing programs and resources for tenants at risk of homelessness through a 4% tax on sales/transfers of real property exceeding $5 million, and 5.5% on properties of $10 million or more, with exceptions; until ended by voters; generating approximately $600 million – $1.1 billion annually; be adopted?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES251,56253.56%
NO218,07746.44%

Majority of votes cast

LOS ANGELES CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION City Attorney

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
HYDEE FELDSTEIN SOTO (N)245,30557.78%
FAISAL M. GILL (N)179,23642.22%

LOS ANGELES CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Controller

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
KENNETH MEJIA (N)261,83260.81%
PAUL KORETZ (N)168,71039.19%

LOS ANGELES CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Mayor

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
RICK J. CARUSO (N)252,47651.25%
KAREN RUTH BASS (N)240,19448.75%

LOS ANGELES CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council, 5th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
KATY YOUNG YAROSLAVSKY (N)25,42055.53%
SAM YEBRI (N)20,35744.47%

LOS ANGELES CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council, 11th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
TRACI PARK (N)28,94755.46%
ERIN DARLING (N)23,24844.54%

LOS ANGELES CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council, 13th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
HUGO SOTO-MARTINEZ (N)17,40152.26%
MITCH O’FARRELL (N)15,89647.74%

LOS ANGELES CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council, 15th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
TIM MCOSKER (N)15,32164.83%
DANIELLE SANDOVAL (N)8,31135.17%

LYNWOOD CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE TR

Shall the City adopt Ordinance No. 1752 establishing a 5%, but not to exceed 10% tax on businesses selling cannabis products at retail stores in the City to help fund City general fund services such as senior citizen programs, City beautification efforts, enforcement of illegal cannabis operations, public safety, housing programs, recreation services, infrastructure, and homeless reduction and other City efforts? Estimated revenues are $3 to $6 million annually until terminated by the City Council.

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES2,39165.27%
NO1,27234.73%

Majority of votes cast

LYNWOOD CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
JOSE LUIS SOLACHE (N)1,66020.17%
GABRIELA CAMACHO (N)1,63519.87%
MARISELA SANTANA (N)1,61619.64%
JUAN MUÑOZ-GUEVARA (N)1,31716.00%
LORRAINE AVILA MOORE (N)1,19714.54%
JORGE CASANOVA (N)8059.78%

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MALIBU CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE MC

To support such city services as public safety, crime and fire prevention, addressing homelessness, keeping public areas safe and clean, preventing speeding and reckless driving, protecting coastal waters and beaches from pollution, preserving natural areas, supporting local businesses, and other general city services; shall a measure be adopted establishing a 1/2¢ transactions and use (sales) tax providing approximately $3,000,000 annually until ended by voters, requiring public spending disclosures and local control of funds?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES1,54453.09%
NO1,36446.91%

Majority of votes cast

MALIBU CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
DOUG STEWART (N)1,37627.11%
MARIANNE RIGGINS (N)1,05220.72%
BILL SAMPSON (N)1,02920.27%
HAP HENRY (N)81416.04%
RYAN EMBREE (N)4939.71%
JIMY TALLAL (N)3126.15%

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MANHATTAN BEACH CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE MB

Shall a measure repealing Manhattan Beach’s existing prohibition of all commercial cannabis activity; allowing three cannabis retailers within city limits; allowing the Manhattan Beach City Council discretion to legalize other cannabis uses; and imposing operational, design, and location requirements on such businesses, be adopted?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES2,12721.77%
NO7,64478.23%

Majority of votes cast

MANHATTAN BEACH CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE V

Shall the measure readopting Manhattan Beach’s existing: (1) prohibition of all commercial cannabis activities in the City; and (2) allowance of limited indoor cannabis cultivation consistent with state law, be adopted?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES6,55567.81%
NO3,11232.19%

Majority of votes cast

MANHATTAN BEACH CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
AMY HOWORTH (N)4,03022.89%
DAVID LESSER (N)3,96922.54%
SUZANNE HADLEY (N)3,31618.83%
FRANK CHIELLA (N)2,16312.28%
RITA CRABTREE-KAMPE (N)1,85910.56%
MARK BURTON (N)1,78210.12%
STEWART L. FOURNIER (N)4902.78%

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MAYWOOD CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION City Clerk (Unexpired term ending December 1, 2024)

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
ANDREA AGUILAR (N)1,112100.00%

MAYWOOD CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
MAYRA AGUILUZ (N)65121.36%
EDUARDO “EDDIE” DE LA RIVA (N)64521.16%
HEBER MARQUEZ (N)58519.19%
MARIA ROSAS (N)45614.96%
CARMEN PEREZ (N)42513.94%
CARLOS ALVAREZ (N)2869.38%

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MONTEBELLO CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION City Treasurer

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
DAVID MATANGA (N)3,17161.03%
OSVALDO LIRA (N)2,02538.97%

MONTEBELLO CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council, 1st District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
GEORGINA TAMAYO (N)62335.74%
KIMBERLY A. COBOS-CAWTHORNE (N)55431.78%
ROSIE VASQUEZ (N)38422.03%
EDWARD FRANCO (N)18210.44%

MONTEBELLO CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council, 2nd District (Unexpired term ending November 5, 2024)

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
SCARLET PERALTA (N)72665.46%
STEVEN ANDRADE (N)38334.54%

MONTEBELLO CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council, 3rd District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
SALVADOR MELENDEZ (N)50154.10%
MARIE LEDEZMA (N)42545.90%

MONTEBELLO CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council, 4th District (Unexpired term ending November 5, 2024)

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
DAVID TORRES (N)63560.42%
RAFAEL GUTIERREZ (N)41639.58%

MONTEBELLO CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council, 5th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
ANGIE JIMENEZ (N)38442.86%
RICK ALONZO (N)33337.17%
JOSEPH R. SANCHEZ (N)14215.85%
EDUARDO GARFIAS (N)374.13%

MONTEREY PARK CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE MP

Shall an ordinance maintaining Monterey Park’s long term financial stability and locally controlled services such as 9-1-1 emergency/safety response; conducting neighborhood/park police patrols; helping prevent thefts/property crimes; protecting local drinking water; preparing for drought; retaining/attracting local businesses/jobs; repairing streets/potholes; addressing homelessness; and allowing other government use by establishing a ¾¢ transactions and use (sales) tax until ended by voters, generating approximately $6,000,000 annually, with audits/public spending disclosure, be adopted?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES3,73358.75%
NO2,62141.25%

Majority of votes cast

MONTEREY PARK CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION City Clerk

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
MAYCHELLE YEE (N)3,14953.36%
HANS LIANG (N)2,75246.64%

MONTEREY PARK CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION City Treasurer

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
AMY LEE (N)3,09452.45%
VINCENT DIONICIO CHANG (N)2,80547.55%

MONTEREY PARK CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council, 1st District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
THOMAS WONG (N)90969.07%
JASON DHING (N)40730.93%

MONTEREY PARK CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council, 5th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
VINH T. NGO (N)78655.43%
TERESA REAL SEBASTIAN (N)49534.91%
JOE RAY AVILA (N)755.29%
DELARIO M. ROBINSON (N)624.37%

MONTEREY PARK CITY SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council, 3rd District (Unexpired term ending November 5, 2024)

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
JOSE SANCHEZ (N)75060.05%
TAMMY C. WONG (N)49939.95%

NORWALK CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
JENNIFER PEREZ (N)3,92526.02%
TONY AYALA (N)3,91225.93%
PETRA PEÑA (N)2,71017.96%
LUIS NAVAS (N)2,29015.18%
DORA SANDOVAL (N)2,25014.91%

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PALMDALE CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council, 3rd District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
LAURA BETTENCOURT (N)1,22346.95%
DAVE T. GOMEZ (N)78630.17%
MARCOS T. ALVAREZ (N)59622.88%

PALMDALE CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council, 4th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
ERIC OHLSEN (N)1,16447.55%
VERGION JESSE SMITH (N)67427.53%
GETRO F. ELIZE (N)61024.92%

PALMDALE CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council, 5th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
ANDREA ALARCON (N)1,27659.60%
ERIKA GLORIA ALVERDI (N)50923.77%
MARIO MOISES MELARA (N)35616.63%

PALOS VERDES ESTATES CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
VICTORIA A. LOZZI (N)2,52928.68%
MICHAEL KEMPS (N)2,45927.89%
DAVID MCGOWAN (N)2,15724.46%
DESIREE “DEZ” MYERS (N)1,67218.96%

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PASADENA CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE H

Pasadena Charter Amendment Initiative Petition Measure Imposing Rent Control Shall an amendment to the Pasadena City Charter limiting rent adjustments in the City of Pasadena annually to 75% of the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for multifamily rental units built before February 1, 1995; prohibiting evictions from rental units, except for just cause based on 11 specified criteria; and creating an independent Rental Housing Board appointed by the City Council to oversee and adopt rules and regulations, be adopted?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES11,93950.27%
NO11,81049.73%

Majority of votes cast

PASADENA CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE L

Pasadena Public Library Services Continuation Measure To keep City libraries well-maintained; provide books/materials, youth reading/homework programs; maintain library hours/days open; retain qualified librarians; ensure computer access; shall the City of Pasadena continue the voter-approved annual parcel tax, currently $41 for single-family residences and condominium units and specified rates for other parcel types, generating $2,800,000 annually for 15 years, limiting annual increases to the Consumer Price Index; requiring audits, locally controlled funds, be adopted?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES19,67181.63%
NO4,42618.37%

2/3 of votes cast

PICO RIVERA CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE AB

To improve 911 response, prevent crime/thefts; protect local drinking water sources; repair streets/potholes; address homelessness; other general City services; shall an ordinance to simplify/update Pico Rivera’s 64-year-old business license fee, to protect local small businesses and ensure all businesses operating in the City pay their fair share; with no tax increase on residents, be adopted, generating approximately $5,800,000 annually until ended by voters; requiring City spending disclosure/local control of funds?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES4,70973.95%
NO1,65926.05%

Majority of votes cast

PICO RIVERA CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE F

Term Limits for Members of the City Council Shall the terms served by City Council Members in the City of Pico Rivera be limited to not more than three (3) consecutive four (4) year terms, after which City Council Member shall not be qualified to serve in that elected office for a period of four (4) years?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES5,36184.25%
NO1,00215.75%

Majority of votes cast

PICO RIVERA CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
GUSTAVO V. CAMACHO (N)3,51334.61%
JOHN “JOHNNY” GARCIA (N)2,76627.25%
RAUL ELIAS (N)2,00219.72%
ANTONIO “TONY” HERNANDEZ (N)1,86918.41%

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POMONA CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE PC

For the Campaign Finance Measure: Shall the City Charter be amended to change the City’s campaign finance and conflict of interest laws; including updates to the City’s campaign contribution limits, voluntary expenditure ceiling, rules for use of surplus campaign funds, and mandating disclosure of certain campaign contributions by a Councilmember prior to casting a vote on a City matter where the contributor is the applicant?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES7,82472.24%
NO3,00627.76%

Majority of votes cast

POMONA CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE PE

For the Ethics Commission Measure Shall the City Charter be amended to create an ethics commission of Pomona residents who shall be responsible for monitoring, advising, educating and responding to issues regarding applicable State and local governmental ethics laws, including campaign finance limits and disclosure, nepotism, lobbying, conflict of interest and open meeting laws, and for the administration and implementation of programs to accomplish the goals and purposes of the commission?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES7,78269.51%
NO3,41330.49%

Majority of votes cast

POMONA CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE PG

For the General Charter Update Measure: Shall the City Charter be amended to make various updates and clarifications to City policy, including addition of a preamble outlining the City’s values, updating rules for filling Mayoral and Council vacancies, increasing notice of public meetings, updating rules for appointed commissions and boards, and making various other technical changes as specified therein?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES7,58070.49%
NO3,17329.51%

Majority of votes cast

POMONA CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE PI

For the Independent Redistricting Commission Measure: Shall the City Charter be amended to create an independent citizens’ redistricting commission of Pomona residents who shall determine the boundaries of City Council electoral districts every ten years or as needed after the United States Census in accordance with applicable Federal and State law?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES6,95863.23%
NO4,04636.77%

Majority of votes cast

POMONA CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE PL

For the Local Primary Measure: Shall the City Charter be amended to establish a local primary election for the office of Mayor and City Councilmember to coincide with the Statewide Primary Election, beginning in the year 2024; whereby if a candidate secures majority voter approval in the local primary, he or she will be elected, and if no candidate secures majority voter approval, the top two candidates shall stand for a run-off election to coincide with the Statewide General Election?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES8,05473.92%
NO2,84126.08%

Majority of votes cast

POMONA CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE PO

For the Police Oversight Commission Measure Shall the City Charter be amended to create a police oversight commission of Pomona residents who shall be authorized to receive community complaints and concerns about police matters; to review, investigate and report on incidents in connection with the Pomona Police Department; and to advise City officials and conduct public outreach on policing/community relations issues?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES7,71267.83%
NO3,65732.17%

Majority of votes cast

POMONA CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE PR

For the Resign to Run Measure: Shall the City Charter be amended to establish a “resign to run” rule whereby any current City Councilmember running for Mayor must resign his or her Council seat if the new Mayoral term will begin before the City Councilmember’s current term ends?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES7,41767.69%
NO3,54132.31%

Majority of votes cast

POMONA CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE PS

Shall the City of Pomona adopt the measure enacting a $0.15 per gross square foot special tax on industrial parcels located within the City, subject to annual CPI adjustment, generating approximately $14,000,000 annually in dedicated revenue that may be used solely for the capital improvement, operation, maintenance, repair and/or restoration of Pomona public streets, roadways, sidewalks, roadway lighting, traffic signals or other right of way improvements that implement a Complete Streets Plan, until ended by voters?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES5,94353.53%
NO5,16046.47%

2/3 of votes cast

POMONA CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE PT

For the Term Limits Measure: Shall the City Charter be amended to enact a three consecutive term limit on elected service in Pomona, whether serving as Mayor or as a Council Member, followed by a four-year “cooling off” period after serving three consecutive terms during which a person may not serve on the City Council?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES8,23274.13%
NO2,87325.87%

Majority of votes cast

POMONA CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council, 2nd District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
VICTOR PRECIADO (N)61650.12%
JACKY ELIZALDE (N)61349.88%

POMONA CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council, 3rd District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
NORA GARCIA (N)79369.02%
LARRY ORTEGA (N)35630.98%

POMONA CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council, 5th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
STEVE LUSTRO (N)1,97170.22%
DE’ANDRE VALENCIA (N)83629.78%

RANCHO PALOS VERDES CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
DAVID L. BRADLEY (N)5,95025.79%
BARBARA FERRARO (N)4,97521.56%
PAUL SEO (N)4,55119.73%
STEPHEN PERESTAM (N)3,77916.38%
KEVIN JAY YOURMAN (N)2,42110.49%
MICHELE P. CARBONE (N)1,3966.05%

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ROLLING HILLS CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
PAT WILSON (N)34124.91%
LEAH MIRSCH (N)32323.59%
JAMES BLACK (N)31923.30%
ARUN “ABLE” BHUMITRA (N)27620.16%
JAMES H. AICHELE (N)1108.04%

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SAN FERNANDO CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
JOEL FAJARDO (N)1,11126.87%
MARY MENDOZA (N)87921.26%
MARY SOLORIO (N)74417.99%
SYLVIA BALLIN (N)73017.65%
VICTORIA GARCIA (N)67116.23%

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SAN GABRIEL CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION City Clerk

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
THU “JULIE” NGUYEN (N)2,22264.95%
MARY ACUNA GARCIA (N)1,19935.05%

SAN GABRIEL CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION City Treasurer

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
KEVIN B. SAWKINS (N)2,36972.27%
DAVID LOCALIO (N)90927.73%

SAN GABRIEL CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
JOHN WU (N)1,91321.36%
DENISE MENCHACA (N)1,50416.79%
ERIC CHAN (N)1,48716.60%
JORGE HERRERA AVILA (N)1,12212.53%
CARINA RIVERA (N)1,04111.62%
JEANNE E. RAYA (N)1,01811.36%
REYNA ISELA LOPEZ BOWLES (N)8739.75%

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SAN MARINO CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE Z

Shall the measure to levy an annual special parcel tax on specified vacant commercial and residential properties within the City of San Marino to fund public safety services (including police, fire protection, and code enforcement), maintenance of school facilities and school staffing, in the flat amount of $10,000, estimated to generate $4,700,000 annually (assuming a 10% vacancy rate), subject to an annual cost of living increase, for ten years, be adopted?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES1,49255.22%
NO1,21044.78%

2/3 of votes cast

SAN MARINO CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
GRETCHEN SHEPHERD ROMEY (N)1,41522.71%
TONY CHOU (N)1,30420.92%
CALVIN LO (N)1,24920.04%
SUBHADRA SU VISWANATHAN (N)78812.64%
DIANA MILKIE NIXON (N)5418.68%
GRANT FUJIWARA (N)5338.55%
STEVEN JONES (N)4026.45%

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SANTA CLARITA CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
BILL MIRANDA (N)19,49120.30%
LAURENE WESTE (N)19,39820.20%
MARSHA MCLEAN (N)16,53717.22%
DENISE LITE (N)15,00815.63%
SELINA M. THOMAS (N)7,8858.21%
JEFFREY MALICK (N)7,5307.84%
DAVID BARLAVI (N)6,7537.03%
DOUGLAS FRASER (N)2,3372.43%
KODY AMOUR (N)1,0711.12%

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SANTA FE SPRINGS CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
JUANITA MARTIN (N)1,13820.12%
BILL ROUNDS (N)1,12819.94%
ANNETTE RODRIGUEZ (N)1,07018.91%
JOHN MORA (N)1,00117.69%
GABRIEL JIMENEZ (N)75713.38%
BLAKE CARTER (N)5639.95%

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SANTA MONICA CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE CS

MEASURE CS: To address homelessness, improve 911 emergency response times and neighborhood police protection, make public areas safer and cleaner, including streets, sidewalks, parks, and the beach, and provide other vital City services, shall the City of Santa Monica increase the transient occupancy tax – which is paid entirely by overnight visitors – by 1% for hotels and motels, and by 3% for home-shares, providing approximately $4.1 million annually, until ended by voters, with all funds benefitting Santa Monica?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES12,82872.26%
NO4,92527.74%

Majority of votes cast

SANTA MONICA CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE DT

MEASURE DT: Shall the measure to enhance the City of Santa Monica’s general governmental services by increasing the one-time tax on real property sales over $8 million, and establishing an additional incremental tax of $25.00 per $1000 of the value in excess of $8 million, excepting transfers: per State law, involving tax-exempt charitable organizations, and certain ground leases; providing an estimated $12-25 million annually through February 28, 2033, subject to a five-year extension by Council supermajority vote, be adopted?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES5,87934.06%
NO11,38165.94%

Majority of votes cast

SANTA MONICA CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE DTS

MEASURE DTS: ADVISORY VOTE ONLY: If the “Comprehensive Real Property Transfer Tax Measure” is enacted, should at least 30% of its additional revenue be used for housing assistance to protect seniors and low-income families from housing displacement, with the remainder of the additional revenue to be used for homelessness services; behavioral health services; public safety and emergency response teams for City streets and parks; reopening public libraries; after-school programs; and crossing guards near public schools?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES9,28756.61%
NO7,11743.39%

Majority of votes cast

SANTA MONICA CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE EM

PROPOSITION EM: Shall the City Charter be amended to allow the Rent Control Board to disallow or modify annual general rent adjustments for rent controlled units during a declared state of emergency by the President of the United States, the Governor, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Officer, or the City Council or Director of Emergency Services while maintaining the landlord’s ability to petition for a rent adjustment per Section 1805 of the City Charter?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES9,56657.32%
NO7,12242.68%

Majority of votes cast

SANTA MONICA CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE GS

MEASURE GS: Shall the measure adding Santa Monica Municipal Code Chapter 4.90 to establish designated funds for schools, homelessness prevention, and affordable housing, and an eleven-member resident oversight committee, and amending Chapter 6.96 to provide a third tier transfer tax rate of $56.000 per $1,000 of value for property transfers of $8,000,000 or more, providing an estimated $50,000,000 annually for homelessness prevention, affordable housing, and schools, until repealed, be adopted?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES9,07551.82%
NO8,43748.18%

Majority of votes cast

SANTA MONICA CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE HMP

Measure HMP: Shall the measure to establish a business tax on every licensed cannabis business (including adult-use nonmedicinal cannabis retailers, distribution, manufacturing, cultivation, laboratory testing, or any other licensed cannabis business) and retailers of products containing psychoactive cannabinoids, including cannabinoids derived from industrial hemp, up to 10% of gross receipts on cannabis and/or hemp-derived psychoactive products sold in the City, which all together could generate an estimated $3-5 million annually until repealed, be adopted?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES11,37466.22%
NO5,80333.78%

Majority of votes cast

SANTA MONICA CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE PB

MEASURE PB: Shall the City Charter be amended to: (a) expand eligibility requirements for service on the City’s Personnel Board to include, in addition to City of Santa Monica (“City”) residents, residents of Los Angeles County that are employed full-time within the City, or own real property in the City, or have been issued a business license by the City; and (b) reduce the term of service for Personnel Board members from five to four years?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES9,71159.48%
NO6,61640.52%

Majority of votes cast

SANTA MONICA CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE RC

PROPOSITION RC: Shall the City Charter be amended to require intended owner occupancy of rent-controlled units for two years before tenant eviction; require owner occupancy within 60 days of vacancy; reduce the maximum Annual General Adjustment from 6% to 0.8% from 2/1/23 through 8/31/23, or average not to exceed 3%, with a 3% maximum Annual General Adjustment thereafter; and require elections only if the number of qualified candidates exceeds the number of open Board positions?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES9,41256.89%
NO7,13343.11%

Majority of votes cast

SANTA MONICA CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
CAROLINE M. TOROSIS (N)8,32718.91%
JESSE ZWICK (N)7,32116.63%
LANA NEGRETE (N)5,49412.48%
ELLIS RASKIN (N)5,00211.36%
ARMEN MELKONIANS (N)4,99411.34%
NATALYA ZERNITSKAYA (N)4,94311.23%
WHITNEY BAIN (N)1,9374.40%
ALBIN GIELICZ (N)1,7293.93%
TROY HARRIS (N)1,5783.58%
SAMANTHA MOTA (N)1,0462.38%
JONATHAN MANN (N)9132.07%
ARTHUR JEON (N)7421.69%

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SANTA MONICA CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the Rent Control Board

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
ERICKA LESLEY (N)9,93836.13%
DANIEL S. IVANOV (N)9,20733.48%
KURT GONSKA (N)8,35930.39%

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SIERRA MADRE CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE HR

Shall the general plan land use designation change from “Institutional” to “Hillside” and the zoning designation change from “Institutional” to “Hillside Management” for the Mater Dolorosa Property?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES1,16039.84%
NO1,75260.16%

Majority of votes cast

SIERRA MADRE CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
KRIS LOWE (N)1,58323.60%
GENE GOSS (N)1,54122.97%
EDWARD GARCIA (N)1,44721.57%
COLIN BARR (N)1,24618.57%
CHRISTINE MORAN (N)89213.30%

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SIGNAL HILL CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION City Clerk

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
CARMEN BROOKS (N)1,375100.00%

SIGNAL HILL CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION City Treasurer

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
DAVID HOPPER (N)1,377100.00%

SIGNAL HILL CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
KEIR JONES (N)96237.01%
TINA L. HANSEN (N)95036.55%
RICHARD DASKAM (N)40115.43%
SALVADOR HERNANDEZ (N)28611.00%

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SOUTH EL MONTE CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE CM

Shall the measure, permitting and thoroughly regulating limited cannabis retail businesses (1 adult-use/medical with option of up to 3 total after the measure’s 1st year), establishing a general tax at a maximum 8% of noncultivation cannabis business proceeds and $25/square foot of cultivation space (with CPI increases) applicable to permitted/unpermitted businesses, generating approximately $720,000 annually until ended by voters, for general City services (e.g., police, maintenance), be adopted?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES75653.85%
NO64846.15%

Majority of votes cast

SOUTH EL MONTE CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE X

Shall the measure, permitting/regulating limited cannabis businesses (5 dispensaries, 2 cultivation, 1 testing facility, 2 manufactures/distributors); regulating personal cannabis use; establishing a maximum 6% special excise tax on retail cannabis/edibles sales generating approximately $126,000 annually until ended by voters for implementation costs, clinical trials, municipalities where cannabis business are located, senior/youth programs, infrastructure (streets/roads/sidewalks), public safety (sheriffs/fire department), existing/future commercial, industrial, and affordable housing developments, be adopted?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES61544.66%
NO76255.34%

Majority of votes cast

SOUTH EL MONTE CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
MANUEL “MANNY” ACOSTA (N)87940.08%
GRACIE RETAMOZA (N)66230.19%
RUDY BOJORQUEZ (N)65229.73%

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SOUTH GATE CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE PD

Business License Tax Measure. To assist in maintaining public safety, repair streets, maintain parks, services for seniors, and other general city services, shall the annual taxes and solid waste processing fees paid by Material Recovery Facilities be increased to $500 plus $1.94 per ton and annual CPI adjustment, and provide for increases every three years to all other Business License Taxes based on cost of living increases, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), be adopted?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES2,58446.74%
NO2,94453.26%

Majority of votes cast

SOUTH GATE CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION City Clerk

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YODIT GLAZE (N)4,614100.00%

SOUTH GATE CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION City Treasurer

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
JOSE DELAPAZ (N)2,75953.26%
GREG MARTINEZ (N)2,42146.74%

SOUTH GATE CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
AL RIOS (N)2,27327.81%
JOSHUA BARRON (N)2,15126.32%
RUBY M. NAVARRO (N)1,42517.44%
JOVANNA LABORIN (N)1,07113.11%
ROBERT MONTALVO (N)87910.76%
ADOLFO VARAS (N)3734.56%

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SOUTH PASADENA CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION – MEASURE LL

To maintain funding for the operation and maintenance of the South Pasadena Public Library, including technology upgrades, resources for students, and programs such as family story time and summer reading, shall an ordinance be adopted extending South Pasadena’s Library Special Tax, which is due to expire on June 30, 2024, to remain in effect until otherwise terminated by a majority vote of the South Pasadena electorate?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES4,40483.35%
NO88016.65%

2/3 of votes cast

SOUTH PASADENA CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION City Treasurer

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
ZHEN TAO (N)2,87963.08%
ALAN M. EHRLICH (N)1,68536.92%

SOUTH PASADENA CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council, 4th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
MICHAEL A. CACCIOTTI (N)798100.00%

SOUTH PASADENA CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council, 5th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
JANET BRAUN (N)988100.00%

WEST COVINA CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION City Clerk

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
NICKOLAS LEWIS (N)9,536100.00%

WEST COVINA CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION City Treasurer

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
COLLEEN B. ROZATTI (N)5,19347.23%
MARSHA SOLORIO (N)3,59432.68%
SUE AUGINO (N)2,20920.09%

WEST COVINA CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council, 2nd District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
LETTY LOPEZ (N)1,883100.00%

WEST COVINA CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council, 4th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
OLLIE CANTOS (N)1,16145.37%
DANIEL LUNA (N)84232.90%
YARA WOLFF (N)55621.73%

WEST COVINA CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council, 5th District

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
TONY WU (N)1,18144.58%
FREDRICK SYKES (N)1,00137.79%
RICHARD REYES (N)36913.93%
HOSSEIN RAMBOD SOTOODEH (N)983.70%

WEST HOLLYWOOD CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
LAUREN MEISTER (N)3,38817.54%
JOHN HEILMAN (N)2,29611.88%
JOHN DURAN (N)2,08710.80%
ROBERT OLIVER (N)1,8489.57%
CHELSEA BYERS (N)1,7969.30%
ZEKIAH N. WRIGHT (N)1,6738.66%
STEVE MARTIN (N)1,3757.12%
SARAH ADOLPHSON (N)1,2476.45%
BEN SAVAGE (N)1,1866.14%
MARQUITA THOMAS (N)1,0375.37%
JORDAN COCKERAM (N)9905.12%
ADAM DARVISH (N)3962.05%

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WESTLAKE VILLAGE CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
BRAD HALPERN (N)1,64828.43%
SUSAN MCSWEENEY (N)1,38223.84%
RAY PEARL (N)1,34923.27%
MARC BAKERMAN (N)77913.44%
PAM JOHNSON (N)63911.02%

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Schools

ABC UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area No. 2

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
SOO YOO (N)1,51857.52%
BRIAN LOUIS FERRER (N)1,12142.48%

ABC UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area No. 3

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
ERNIE NISHII (N)1,60569.18%
SAM DESAI (N)71530.82%

ABC UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area No. 6

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
OLGA RIOS (N)64150.00%
VERONICA MICHELLE LUCIO (N)64150.00%

ANTELOPE VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area No. 2

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
STEVE D. BUFFALO (N)3,93657.03%
MIGUEL S. CORONADO (N)1,84026.66%
GIOVANNI CHRISTON-POPE (N)1,12616.31%

ANTELOPE VALLEY JOINT UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area No. 1

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
CHARLES F. HUGHES (N)6,82355.61%
SUSAN STROM (N)5,44644.39%

ANTELOPE VALLEY JOINT UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area No. 4

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
CARLA CORONA (N)2,43346.48%
RAQUEL ALVA DERFLER (N)1,75933.60%
JUAN BLANCO (N)1,04319.92%

ANTELOPE VALLEY JOINT UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area No. 5

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
MIGUEL SANCHEZ (N)4,00362.62%
VLADIMIR GOMEZ (N)2,39037.38%

AZUSA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area No. 3

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
SANDRA BENAVIDES (N)59153.73%
DIANA REYES WILLIAMS (N)50946.27%

BALDWIN PARK UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
JOHN BERNARD DE LEON (N)3,09040.74%
DEANNA CORONADO ROBLES (N)2,26529.86%
ANNALYNN C. APOLINARIO (N)2,23029.40%

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BASSETT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
DOLORES CASTRO RIVERA (N)1,05628.75%
PATRICE STANZIONE (N)1,03928.29%
AARON SIMENTAL (N)79821.73%
VIRGINIA GARCIA (N)78021.24%

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BELLFLOWER UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
BRAD CRIHFIELD (N)4,42626.22%
AMIE M. STEWART (N)4,18924.81%
RENITA ARMSTRONG (N)3,83622.72%
TOMAS IVENS (N)3,16518.75%
RICHARD O. DOWNING (N)1,2667.50%

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BEVERLY HILLS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
RACHELLE MARCUS (N)3,18432.45%
JUDITH MANOUCHEHRI (N)2,90629.62%
MICHAL A. SALKIN (N)1,80418.39%
FARRAH DODES (N)1,50215.31%
JANESSA LAVOICE (N)4164.24%

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BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area No. 2

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
DEREK HAMID BAHMANOU (N)1,06958.38%
CRYSTAL JONES-BACON (N)76241.62%

BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area No. 3

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
JIM ELLIOT (N)1,42059.29%
JOSEPH M. MUSGROVE (N)97540.71%

BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT SPECIAL ELECTION Governing Board Member (Unexpired term ending December 13, 2024)

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
CHRIS ANN HORSLEY (N)6,32856.47%
BRITTANY ALLISON (N)4,87843.53%

BURBANK UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
CHARLENE TABET (N)5,24021.48%
ABBY PONTZER KAMKAR (N)4,95720.32%
LARRY APPLEBAUM (N)4,87319.97%
BRIAN J. SMITH (N)4,31417.68%
HARUTYUN KETIKYAN (N)1,8797.70%
JAMES L. MORRISON (N)1,6616.81%
MICHAEL MORGAN (N)1,4766.05%

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CASTAIC UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area E

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
MAYREEN BURK (N)39661.59%
TRACY FORD (N)24738.41%

CENTINELA VALLEY UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area No. 1

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
MARISELA RUIZ (N)7,845100.00%

CENTINELA VALLEY UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area No. 2

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
HUGO M. ROJAS (N)7,850100.00%

CENTINELA VALLEY UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area No. 5

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
ESTEFANY ALEJANDRA CASTANEDA (N)4,88958.23%
VIRGINIA V. GOMEZ (N)3,50741.77%

CERRITOS COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area No. 7

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
ZURICH LEWIS (N)4,30465.43%
ANGELO GANDALF MALDONADO (N)2,27434.57%

CERRITOS COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT SPECIAL ELECTION – MEASURE CC

CERRITOS COLLEGE SAFETY, REPAIR, CAREER TRAINING MEASURE. To repair, upgrade, and replace instructional, training, and support facilities; remove asbestos/ lead paint; maintain safe drinking water; earthquake/fire safety; prepare local workforce, students/veterans with modern job training and university transfer; acquire equipment, facilities, sites, shall Cerritos Community College District’s measure authorizing $425,000,000 in bonds at legal rates, levying $25/$100,000 assessed valuation, raising $19,000,000 annually while bonds are outstanding, be adopted, requiring independent audits/ public disclosure of spending?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES26,56855.35%
NO21,43444.65%

55% of votes cast

CITRUS COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area No. 3

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
CHERYL A. ALEXANDER (N)1,99553.47%
PAUL NACCACHIAN (N)94525.33%
IRENE MURRAY (N)79121.20%

CLAREMONT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area No. 4

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
STEVEN LLANUSA (N)1,06051.73%
AARON T. PETERSON (N)98948.27%

COMPTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area No. 1

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
ANDRES RAMOS (N)1,52251.51%
ANTHONY PERRY (N)89630.32%
SKYY D. FISHER (N)53718.17%

COMPTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area No. 4

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
JUANITA DOPLEMORE (N)2,38671.65%
ALFREDO BAÑUELOS (N)94428.35%

COMPTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area No. 5

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
SHARONI DENISE LITTLE (N)2,75255.31%
LETICIA VASQUEZ WILSON (N)2,22444.69%

COMPTON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT SPECIAL ELECTION – MEASURE AAA

To fix deteriorating roofs, plumbing, heating, electrical, and other systems, enhance school safety, and construct, reconstruct, renovate, rehabilitate and modernize classrooms, sites and facilities, including media and performing arts centers, technology centers and athletic complexes, shall Compton Unified School District’s measure authorizing $350,000,000 in bonds at legal rates be adopted, levying $0.06 per $100 of assessed valuation ($21,526,770 annually) while bonds are outstanding, with mandatory audits, citizen oversight, no money for administrator salaries, and all money staying local?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES7,37571.06%
NO3,00428.94%

55% of votes cast

COVINA-VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area No. 4

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
JOHN P. SIMON WRIGHT (N)1,29657.81%
GARY C. RODRIGUEZ (N)94642.19%

CULVER CITY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
BRIAN GUERRERO (N)3,20216.66%
TRISTON EZIDORE (N)3,04015.81%
STEPHANIE LOREDO (N)2,97115.45%
HOWARD ADELMAN (N)2,71214.11%
DARREL MENTHE (N)2,69013.99%
SUMMER MCBRIDE (N)2,47412.87%
MARCI BAUN (N)2,13611.11%

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DOWNEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT SPECIAL ELECTION – MEASURE K

To repair and improve Downey’s aging neighborhood schools, improve school safety/security systems, fix deteriorating roofs, plumbing, electrical, ventilation; repair, construct, acquire classrooms, labs, facilities/ equipment, support student achievement and college/career readiness in math, science, technology, engineering, arts/ skilled trades, shall Downey Unified School District’s measure be adopted authorizing $504,000,000 in bonds at legal rates, levying 5 cents per $100 assessed value ($20,000,000 annually) while bonds are outstanding, with independent citizen oversight and all money locally-controlled?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES7,23055.42%
NO5,81744.58%

55% of votes cast

DUARTE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area No. 4

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
ROSA E. HOLGUIN (N)35157.45%
ALTON W. PRESTON (N)26042.55%

DUARTE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area No. 5

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
REYNA E. DIAZ (N)29772.44%
BETTY SANCHEZ (N)11327.56%

DUARTE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT SPECIAL ELECTION Governing Board Member (Unexpired term ending December 13, 2024)

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
KEN BELL (N)1,99055.63%
TOM N. REYES (N)1,58744.37%

EASTSIDE UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT SPECIAL ELECTION – MEASURE ES

To repair and improve East Lancaster’s aging neighborhood elementary and middle schools, fix deteriorating roofs, plumbing, electrical systems, upgrade school safety systems, repair, construct, and acquire classrooms, labs, facilities/ equipment, support hands-on instruction in math, science/ technology, shall Eastside Union School District’s measure be adopted authorizing $23,000,000 in bonds, without raising taxes above current rates, levying 3 cents per $100 assessed value ($1,000,000 annually) while bonds are outstanding, with independent citizen oversight and all money locally-controlled?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES1,54562.42%
NO93037.58%

55% of votes cast

EL MONTE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
LISETTE IDALIA MENDEZ (N)3,08328.48%
ELIZABETH “BETH” RIVAS (N)3,04328.11%
CHRISTINA FLORES (N)2,53423.41%
V. “MAJOR” PATEL (N)2,16419.99%

Vote for no more than three

EL MONTE UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area No. 4

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
FLORENCIO BRIONES (N)76151.14%
SALVADOR RAMIREZ (N)72748.86%

EL MONTE UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area No. 5

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
RICARDO PADILLA (N)1,11755.41%
RUBY ROSE YEPEZ (N)65732.59%
MICHAEL LINN GEORGIA (N)24212.00%

EL RANCHO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
ESTHER MEJIA (N)2,92823.62%
JOHN CONTRERAS (N)2,64621.35%
HECTOR LAFARGA JR (N)2,33418.83%
JACQUELINE PEREZ VALENCIA (N)2,33018.80%
CAROLYN CASTILLO (N)2,15817.41%

Vote for no more than three

EL SEGUNDO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
TRACEY I. MILLER-ZARNEKE (N)1,90624.08%
MEREDITH J. BEACHLY (N)1,76322.27%
FRANK GLYNN (N)1,59420.14%
YADRANKA LUCIA DRASKOVIC (N)1,36517.24%
DAWN GARRETT (N)1,28816.27%

Vote for no more than three

GLENDORA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area No. 1

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
GARY CLIFFORD (N)1,05160.40%
ZONDRA BORG (N)68939.60%

GLENDORA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area No. 2

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
SHAUNNA ELIAS (N)1,05253.51%
MONICA GARCIA (N)91446.49%

HACIENDA LA PUENTE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area No. 2

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
NANCY LOERA (N)93054.42%
NOEMI AGUILAR (N)46126.97%
PALOMA CAROLINA ORTIZ-ROJAS (N)31818.61%

HACIENDA LA PUENTE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area No. 4

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
GINO KWOK (N)2,24074.10%
ELKE TAPIA (N)78325.90%

HACIENDA LA PUENTE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area No. 5

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
JEFFREY DE LA TORRE (N)1,82161.58%
TIM FOX (N)81227.46%
RICHARD BERGERON (N)32410.96%

HUGHES-ELIZABETH LAKES UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area No. 5

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
LOLA SKELTON (N)9055.90%
JUSTICE PETER BALDWIN (N)7144.10%

INGLEWOOD UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Member of the Board of Education, District 1

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
JOYCE RANDALL (N)2,59069.21%
ZYRA MCCLOUD (N)71519.11%
RONALD GOMEZ (N)43711.68%

INGLEWOOD UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Member of the Board of Education, District 2

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
CARLISS R. MCGHEE (N)3,039100.00%

INGLEWOOD UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Member of the Board of Education, District 3

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
BRANDON GEORGE MYERS (N)1,456100.00%

INGLEWOOD UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT SPECIAL ELECTION Member of the Board of Education, District 5 (Unexpired term ending December 16, 2024)

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
ERNESTO CASTILLO (N)1,300100.00%

KEPPEL UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
ANDREW STEVEN RAMIREZ (N)1,04325.56%
ALMA I. RODRIGUEZ (N)90722.22%
ANA LAURA QUILES (N)73518.01%
BLANCA NAVA (N)70317.23%
GEORGIA HALLIMAN (N)69316.98%

Vote for no more than three

LA CAÑADA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
JOE RADABAUGH (N)2,74528.77%
DAN JEFFRIES (N)2,57326.97%
OCTAVIA THUSS (N)2,12322.25%
DEBRA N. BARSOM (N)2,10022.01%

Vote for no more than three

LAS VIRGENES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
ANGELA CUTBILL (N)8,06529.29%
LESLI STEIN (N)7,97128.95%
DALLAS B. LAWRENCE (N)7,34426.68%
JOSHUA ALPERT (N)4,15115.08%

Vote for no more than three

LAS VIRGENES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT SPECIAL ELECTION – MEASURE S

To upgrade classrooms, science labs, career-training facilities and instructional technology to support college/career readiness in math, science, technology, engineering, arts and skilled trades; improve safety/security systems; remove asbestos, repair, construct/acquire classrooms, facilities, sites/equipment, shall Las Virgenes Unified School District’s measure be adopted authorizing $340,000,000 in bonds at legal rates, without increasing current tax rates, levying $36 per $100,000 assessed value ($23,000,000 annually) while bonds are outstanding, with citizen oversight and all money staying local?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES9,11161.33%
NO5,74538.67%

55% of votes cast

LAWNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area No. 2

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
SHIRLEY RUDOLPH (N)47164.97%
ANGEL JESUS SANCHEZ (N)25435.03%

LONG BEACH COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT Member, Board of Trustees, Trustee Area No. 3

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
SUNNY ZIA (N)4,95072.51%
MARIANNE CASE (N)1,87727.49%

LONG BEACH COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT Member, Board of Trustees, Trustee Area No. 5

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
VIRGINIA L. BAXTER (N)10,30460.30%
JUAN CEPEDA-RIZO (N)6,78339.70%

LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member, District 1

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
MARIA ISABEL LOPEZ (N)4,95754.59%
NUBIA FLORES (N)4,12345.41%

LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT SPECIAL ELECTION – MEASURE LBU

Realign Long Beach Unified School District and State Election Dates. Shall the City Charter of Long Beach be amended to realign the Long Beach Unified School District’s primary and general election dates with the State’s primary and general election dates held in even-numbered years, and make other related and technical changes to Long Beach Unified School District election procedures?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES44,69671.13%
NO18,13728.87%

Majority of votes cast

LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT SPECIAL ELECTION – MEASURE Q

LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT CLASSROOM REPAIR, STUDENT HEALTH/SAFETY/ACHIEVEMENT MEASURE. To repair/upgrade neighborhood public schools, vocational, technology, math, science classrooms/labs; provide safe drinking water; upgrade security, door locks, cameras, earthquake/fire safety; remove lead paint/asbestos; repair, construct, acquire facilities/equipment, shall Long Beach Unified School District’s measure authorizing $1,700,000,000 in bonds, at legal rates levying $0.06 per $100 of assessed valuation ($105,000,000 annually) while bonds are outstanding be adopted, requiring oversight, public spending disclosure, all funds used locally?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES37,66957.71%
NO27,59942.29%

55% of votes cast

LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT Member of the Board of Trustees, Seat 2

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
STEVEN VERES (N)328,41264.18%
JASON R. AULA (N)106,64520.84%
GLENN TRUJILLO BAILEY (N)76,66614.98%

LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT Member of the Board of Trustees, Seat 4

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
SARA HERNANDEZ (N)270,98252.30%
ERNEST H. MORENO (N)159,61630.80%
CHRISTINE T. LAMONICA (N)87,57516.90%

LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT Member of the Board of Trustees, Seat 6

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
GABRIEL BUELNA (N)354,16070.37%
ROBERT L. PAYNE (N)149,11329.63%

LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT SPECIAL ELECTION – MEASURE LA

LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT SAFETY, REPAIR, JOB TRAINING MEASURE. To repair/upgrade local community colleges, classrooms, water pipes, sewer/gas lines, technology, science labs for nurses, paramedics, firefighters, veterans; prepare students for jobs/university transfer; remove asbestos, lead paint; acquire, construct, repair facilities, sites, equipment; shall Los Angeles Community College District’s measure authorizing $5,300,000,000 in bonds at legal rates, levying $25 per $100,000 of assessed valuation, generating $345,000,000 annually while bonds are outstanding, be adopted, requiring oversight, all funds used locally?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES363,47060.36%
NO238,72839.64%

55% of votes cast

LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT SPECIAL ELECTION Member of the Board of Trustees, Seat 7 (Unexpired term ending December 13, 2024)

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
KELSEY IINO (N)299,32657.93%
NANCY PEARLMAN (N)148,09228.66%
MARK DUTTON (N)69,28713.41%

LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Member of the Board of Education, District 2

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
MARIA BRENES (N)27,14050.80%
ROCÍO RIVAS (N)26,28849.20%

LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Member of the Board of Education, District 6

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
KELLY GONEZ (N)26,92150.28%
MARVIN A. RODRÍGUEZ (N)26,62349.72%

LOWELL JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area No. 2

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
CHRISTINE BERG (N)68665.27%
KATHI LUNDSTROM (N)36534.73%

MANHATTAN BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
JENNIFER “JEN” FENTON (N)4,95020.58%
CHRISTINA “TINA” SHIVPURI (N)4,71319.59%
KRISTEN “WYSH” WEINSTEIN (N)4,44318.47%
CHRISTY BARNES (N)3,35413.94%
JOHN GEORGE URIOSTEGUI (N)3,31113.76%
MIKE WELSH (N)3,28613.66%

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MONROVIA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT SPECIAL ELECTION – MEASURE MM

To repair/upgrade classrooms, science labs, career-training facilities, and instructional technology to support student achievement and college/career readiness in math, science, technology, engineering, arts and skilled trades; fix deteriorating roofs, plumbing, electrical systems; and improve school safety/security systems, shall Monrovia Unified School District’s measure be adopted authorizing $75,000,000 in bonds at legal rates, levying 3 cents per $100 assessed value ($4,700,000 annually) while bonds are outstanding, with independent citizen oversight and all money locally-controlled?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES4,25058.69%
NO2,99141.31%

55% of votes cast

MONTEBELLO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
JENNIFER GUTIERREZ (N)5,95823.61%
CARLOS CERDAN (N)4,99519.80%
MARISOL M. URIBE (N)4,81119.07%
AARON REVELES (N)3,65914.50%
JAMES SANTANA (N)3,08012.21%
NELLY NIEBLAS (N)2,72910.82%

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MOUNTAIN VIEW SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
CINDY WU (N)1,31223.29%
ADAM C. CARRANZA (N)1,13120.07%
VERONICA SIFUENTES (N)99917.73%
GRISELDA S. OLIVARES (N)94116.70%
DARLENE REYES (N)5309.41%
DINORAH JIMENEZ (N)5209.23%
ARNOLD HERNANDEZ (N)2013.57%

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NEWHALL SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area No. 1

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
BRIAN D. WALTERS (N)1,20451.76%
DONNA MICHELLE ROBERT (N)1,12248.24%

NEWHALL SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area No. 2

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
RACHELLE HADDOAK (N)1,63452.46%
SUVERNA MISTRY (N)1,48147.54%

NORWALK-LA MIRADA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
LORENA E. VIDAURRE (N)5,04814.20%
NARCIS BRASOV (N)5,00414.08%
ROBERTO “ROB” CANCIO (N)4,93813.89%
NORMA AMEZCUA (N)4,75013.36%
CASEY P. CHATTLE (N)4,69113.20%
JORGE ALBERTO TIRADO (N)4,23311.91%
BECKY LANGENWALTER (N)4,10611.55%
RUDY O. MIRANDA (N)2,7817.82%

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PALMDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
NANCY K. SMITH (N)5,28527.89%
RALPH VELADOR (N)5,11226.98%
SIMONE ZULU (N)4,87725.74%
TONYA ALENNA SCHOFIELD (N)3,67419.39%

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PALMDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT SPECIAL ELECTION – MEASURE PRM

To continue improving local District schools; replacing leaky roofs/windows; making school safety, security, energy, water efficiency improvements; modernizing science, technology, engineering, arts, and math labs; and acquiring learning technology/equipment; shall Palmdale (Elementary) School District’s measure authorizing $120,000,000 in bonds, at legal rates, levying approximately 3 cents per $100 of assessed value on average (raising $6,338,000 annually) while bonds are outstanding, with independent oversight, audits, no money for administrators and all funds staying local, be adopted?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES6,05654.41%
NO5,07445.59%

55% of votes cast

PALOS VERDES PENINSULA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
LINDA KURT (N)5,82616.77%
SARA H. DEEN (N)5,66416.30%
JEREMY VANDERHAL (N)5,29815.25%
JULIE HAMILL (N)5,21115.00%
MATTHEW R. BRACH (N)4,33612.48%
JENNIFER “JENNY” HANDJIAN (N)4,24012.21%
JEAN LIU CHRISTEN (N)4,16311.98%

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PALOS VERDES PENINSULA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT SPECIAL ELECTION Governing Board Member (Unexpired term ending December 13, 2024)

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
AMI GANDHI (N)6,81750.93%
AARON C. CHAN (N)6,56749.07%

PARAMOUNT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
SONIA OLMOS DE LEON (N)1,92018.46%
ALICIA LINDEN ANDERSON (N)1,73816.71%
CARMEN PATRICIA GOMEZ (N)1,50214.44%
YESENIA MARIA CUARENTA (N)1,47014.13%
ROSE MARY MENDEZ (N)1,44013.85%
SANDRA NILDA CUEVAS (N)1,27712.28%
MARCIE GARCIA-BRIDGES (N)1,05310.13%

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PARAMOUNT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT SPECIAL ELECTION – MEASURE P

Shall the members of the Paramount Unified School District Board of Education be limited to three (3) four-year terms of office for a maximum of 12 years?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES3,57872.17%
NO1,38027.83%

Majority of votes cast

PASADENA AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT SPECIAL ELECTION – MEASURE PCC

To upgrade aging labs, instructional technology, classrooms and career-training facilities, improve student access to affordable, high quality education in subjects like nursing, health sciences, engineering, technology and skilled trades; fix deteriorating roofs, plumbing and electrical systems; and remove asbestos/ lead pipes, shall the Pasadena Area Community College District bond measure authorizing $565,000,000 at legal rates be adopted, levying 2¢ per $100 of assessed value ($32,000,000 annually) while bonds are outstanding, with citizen oversight and all money locally controlled?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES44,26967.22%
NO21,58832.78%

55% of votes cast

PASADENA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Board of Education, District No. 1

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
KIMBERLY KENNE (N)2,64654.22%
BILLY MALONE (N)1,52131.17%
RITA MILLER (N)71314.61%

PASADENA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Board of Education, District No. 3

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
MICHELLE RICHARDSON BAILEY (N)1,92360.82%
PAT AMSBRY (N)1,23939.18%

PASADENA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Board of Education, District No. 5

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
PATRICE MARSHALL MCKENZIE (N)2,26353.45%
XILIAN C. STAMMER (N)1,97146.55%

PASADENA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Board of Education, District No. 7

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YARMA VELÁZQUEZ (N)3,82764.06%
JUAN PABLO ALBÁN (N)2,14735.94%

POMONA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area No. 1

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
LISA NASHUA (N)2,14768.86%
JOHN MENDOZA (N)97131.14%

POMONA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area No. 4

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
ROBERTA A. PERLMAN (N)1,18242.92%
SANDRA BIBLE (N)89032.32%
JOHN KISSINGER (N)68224.76%

POMONA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area No. 5

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
PATRICIA “PATTY” TYE (N)2,35064.52%
CHIDI BENJAMIN UDENGWU (N)1,29235.48%

RIO HONDO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area No. 1

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
ANAIS MEDINA DIAZ (N)2,53954.21%
DAVID SIEGRIST (N)2,14545.79%

RIO HONDO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area No. 5

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
OSCAR VALLADARES (N)5,55858.11%
VANESSA C. TYSON (N)4,00741.89%

ROSEMEAD SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
NANCY ARMENTA (N)1,37931.77%
JOHN QUINTANILLA (N)1,30930.15%
DIANE BENITEZ (N)1,07224.69%
JONATHAN L. SMITH (N)58113.38%

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ROWLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area No. 5

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
KEVIN T. HAYAKAWA (N)1,43453.21%
DONNA FREEDMAN (N)1,26146.79%

SAN MARINO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
C. JOSEPH CHANG (N)1,91531.36%
SHELLEY RYAN (N)1,84730.25%
JOANNA LAM (N)1,22820.11%
JAMES F. BARGER (N)1,11618.28%

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SAN MARINO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT SPECIAL ELECTION Governing Board Member (Unexpired term ending December 13, 2024)

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
FRANCESCA GILL (N)1,33457.20%
MACKENZIE MARIE BROWN (N)99842.80%

SANTA MONICA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT Member of the Board of Trustees

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
SION ROY (N)11,69923.58%
NANCY GREENSTEIN (N)11,56123.30%
TOM PETERS (N)11,21422.60%
BARRY SNELL (N)10,85421.87%
PATRICK ACOSTA II (N)4,2958.66%

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SANTA MONICA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT SPECIAL ELECTION – MEASURE SMC

SANTA MONICA COLLEGE AFFORDABLE HIGHER EDUCATION, CAREER TRAINING, CLASSROOM UPGRADES. To improve access to affordable education for local students, veterans, first-generation college students; provide affordable housing for homeless students; modernize instructional labs for nursing, healthcare, sustainability, media, science career training; repair/upgrade obsolete vocational classrooms/aging facilities, shall Santa Monica Community College District authorize $375,000,000 in bonds at legal rates, levying 2.5 cents per $100 assessed valuation, raising $23,000,000 annually while bonds are outstanding, with citizens oversight, public spending disclosure?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES11,30054.57%
NO9,40745.43%

55% of votes cast

SANTA MONICA-MALIBU UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Member of the Board of Education

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
LAURIE LIEBERMAN (N)9,90217.29%
STACY ROUSE (N)9,29616.23%
RICHARD TAHVILDARAN-JESSWEIN (N)9,18616.04%
ALICIA MIGNANO (N)8,92315.58%
ESTHER HICKMAN (N)5,97110.42%
ANGELA DIGAETANO (N)5,85710.22%
MILES WARNER (N)5,5879.75%
KEITH COLEMAN (N)2,5634.47%

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SAUGUS UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area No. 1

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
JESUS H. HENAO (N)1,58150.64%
CASSANDRA NICOLE LOVE (N)1,54149.36%

SAUGUS UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area No. 2

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
ANNA GRIESE (N)2,78858.68%
LAURA ARROWSMITH (N)1,96341.32%

SAUGUS UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area No. 5

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
CHRISTOPHER TRUNKEY (N)1,73750.79%
SHARLENE ROSE DUZICK (N)1,68349.21%

SNOWLINE JOINT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area No.1

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
CHRISTINA L. BEHRINGER (N)2363.89%
JOHN E. KOZYRA (N)1336.11%

VALLE LINDO SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
JACQUELINE J. RUBIO (N)46432.49%
RUDY T. MARTINEZ (N)36925.84%
VERONICA LAURIA (N)36325.42%
REYNALDO REY SOTO (N)23216.25%

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WALNUT VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
HELEN HALL (N)5,27729.64%
YI TONY TORNG (N)5,14528.90%
CINDY RUIZ (N)4,45225.01%
HONG DIANA ZHAO (N)2,92816.45%

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WEST COVINA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
ROSE LOPEZ (N)3,73140.05%
EILEEN MIRANDA JIMENEZ (N)3,24934.87%
FRANCES GONZALEZ (N)2,33725.08%

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WHITTIER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area No. 5

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
LINDA LEE ANN SMALL (N)1,00862.11%
ALANA JADE GRIEGO-MELGAR (N)61537.89%

WHITTIER UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area No. 4

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
CHRIS HARDEMAN (N)3,50252.44%
IRMA RODRIGUEZ MOISA (N)3,17647.56%

WHITTIER UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area No. 5

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
GARY MENDEZ (N)1,99156.05%
MIGUEL “MIKE” BEJARANO (N)1,56143.95%

WILLIAM S. HART UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area No. 2

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
BOB JENSEN (N)7,07569.72%
ANDREW TABAN (N)3,07330.28%

WILLIAM S. HART UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area No. 3

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
CHERISE MOORE (N)3,95158.98%
TERESA TODD (N)2,74841.02%

WILLIAM S. HART UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area No. 5

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
JOE MESSINA (N)7,55862.24%
REBECCA HINDMAN (N)4,58537.76%

WILSONA SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area No. 3

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
DANIELA “DANI” SANCHEZ (N)9359.62%
ROBERT HARRIS (N)6340.38%

WISEBURN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT SPECIAL ELECTION – MEASURE EE

To upgrade school security, emergency communications and fire safety systems, upgrade classroom technology, science, computer and engineering labs; repair aging gas/water lines, leaky roofs; ensure school drinking water remains safe; repair, construct, acquire equipment, sites/facilities; shall Wiseburn Unified School District’s locally controlled measure authorizing $98,000,000 in bonds at legal rates, levying 3¢ per $100 of assessed valuation, generating $6,300,000 annually while bonds are outstanding be adopted, requiring audits, independent oversight and public disclosure of all spending?

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
YES1,61953.89%
NO1,38546.11%

55% of votes cast

Water Districts

ANTELOPE VALLEY-EAST KERN WATER AGENCY Member, Board of Directors, Division 3

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
FRANK S. DONATO (N)4,93676.65%
MIKE LANG (N)1,50423.35%

CENTRAL BASIN MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT Member, Board of Directors, Division 3

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
ARTURO CHACON (N)14,88672.22%
LEONARD MENDOZA (N)5,72527.78%

CRESCENTA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT Member, Board of Directors

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
JAMES BODNAR (N)2,26036.29%
KERRY ERICKSON (N)1,98331.84%
JEFFERY W. JOHNSON (N)1,24419.97%
ALEC HYELER (N)74111.90%

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LAS VIRGENES MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT Member, Board of Directors, Division 3

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
GARY BURNS (N)1,39251.75%
LEE RENGER (N)1,29848.25%

ORCHARD DALE WATER DISTRICT Member, Board of Directors

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
JOSEPH VELASCO III (N)1,18435.78%
DENISE DOLOR (N)82124.81%
CHARLES LUAS (N)81024.48%
KEVIN NOONAN (N)49414.93%

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PALMDALE WATER DISTRICT Member, Board of Directors, Division 2

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
DON F. WILSON (N)1,19861.98%
YVETTE SILVA (N)73538.02%

ROWLAND WATER DISTRICT Member, Board of Directors, Division 3

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
JOHN EDWARD BELLAH (N)50575.37%
KARL JOHAN LJUNGBERG (N)16524.63%

SANTA CLARITA VALLEY WATER AGENCY Member, Board of Directors, Division 1

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
BILL COOPER (N)9,24766.09%
NICOLE WILSON (N)2,51918.00%
MELISSA K. CANTU (N)2,22515.90%

SANTA CLARITA VALLEY WATER AGENCY Member, Board of Directors, Division 2

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
DIRK MARKS (N)9,44257.09%
SAGE G. RAFFERTY (N)4,84529.29%
KATHY COLLEY (N)2,25213.62%

SANTA CLARITA VALLEY WATER AGENCY Member, Board of Directors, Division 3

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
MARIA GUTZEIT (N)8,09751.74%
LYNNE PLAMBECK (N)7,55348.26%

THREE VALLEYS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT Member, Board of Directors, Division 1

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
CARLOS GOYTIA (N)2,68958.10%
FRANK CARLOS GUZMAN (N)1,93941.90%

THREE VALLEYS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT Member, Board of Directors, Division 3

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
JEFF HANLON (N)6,98150.63%
BRIAN BOWCOCK (N)4,68333.96%
JAVIER AGUILAR (N)2,12515.41%

UPPER SAN GABRIEL VALLEY MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT Member, Board of Directors, Division 1

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
TONY FELLOW (N)10,73556.51%
SERGE HADDAD (N)8,26243.49%

UPPER SAN GABRIEL VALLEY MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT Member, Board of Directors, Division 5

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
JENNIFER SANTANA (N)10,11680.16%
ROMAN RODRIGUEZ (N)2,50419.84%

WALNUT VALLEY WATER DISTRICT Member, Board of Directors, Division 2

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
EDWIN M. HILDEN (N)1,61854.66%
ANDREW Y. WONG (N)1,34245.34%

WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Member, Board of Directors, Division 1

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
JOY LANGFORD (N)28,52054.14%
GERARD MCCALLUM (N)16,22730.80%
JANNA ELIZABETH ZURITA (N)7,93615.06%

WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Member, Board of Directors, Division 3

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
JOHN ALLEN (N)37,93649.77%
MIKE MURCHISON (N)19,84526.04%
GERRIE SCHIPSKE (N)18,43924.19%

WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Member, Board of Directors, Division 4

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
SERGIO JOSEPH CALDERON (N)25,65664.11%
JOSE R. GONZALEZ (N)14,36535.89%

WEST BASIN MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT Member, Board of Directors, Division 1

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
HAROLD WILLIAMS (N)13,79452.59%
CAROL KWAN (N)12,43647.41%

WEST BASIN MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT Member, Board of Directors, Division 4

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
SCOTT HOUSTON (N)17,22164.42%
SANJAY GAUR (N)9,51235.58%

Health Care

ANTELOPE VALLEY HEALTH CARE DISTRICT Member, Board of Directors

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
DODDANNA KRISHNA (N)19,54329.21%
DON V. PARAZO (N)15,53423.22%
MICHAEL P. RIVES (N)9,47814.17%
STEVE FOX (N)8,69413.00%
GETRO F. ELIZE (N)4,3236.46%
JOHN BRYSON (N)3,6945.52%
OLLIE M. MCCAULLEY (N)3,5335.28%
GORDON V. JEFFERSON (N)2,0983.14%

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ANTELOPE VALLEY HEALTH CARE DISTRICT SPECIAL ELECTION Member, Board of Directors (Unexpired term ending December 6, 2024)

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
STEVEN D. HOFBAUER (N)14,48236.02%
JAWAD BERMANI (N)13,77734.27%
MATEO OLIVAREZ (N)11,94329.71%

BEACH CITIES HEALTH DISTRICT Member, Board of Directors

Candidate(s)VotesPercent
MICHELLE ANNE BHOLAT (N)16,17745.33%
NOEL LEE CHUN (N)15,14242.43%
MICHAEL KELLY MARTIN (N)4,36812.24%

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51 lawmakers sign letter to Rubio about Andry Hernández Romero

U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) spoke about gay Venezuelan asylum seeker

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Andry Hernández Romero (Photo courtesy of the Immigrant Defenders Law Center)

Forty nine members of Congress and two U.S. senators, all Democrats, signed a letter Monday to Secretary of State Marco Rubio demanding information about Andry Hernández Romero, a gay Venezuelan national who was deported to El Salvador and imprisoned in the country’s notorious Terrorism Confinement Center, a maximum-security prison known by the Spanish acronym CECOT

“We are deeply concerned about the health and wellbeing of Mr. Hernández Romero, who left Venezuela after experiencing discriminatory treatment because of his sexual orientation and opposition to Venezuela’s authoritarian government,” the lawmakers wrote. They urged the State Department to facilitate his access to legal counsel and take steps to return him.

After passing a credible fear interview and while awaiting a court hearing in March, agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reportedly transported Hernández out of the U.S. without due process or providing evidence that he had committed any crime.

In the months since, pressure has been mounting. This past WorldPride weekend in Washington was kicked off with a rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court and a fundraiser, both supporting Hernández and attended by high profile figures including members of Congress, like U.S. Rep. Mark Takano (D-Calif.)

U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) was among the four members who wrote to Rubio about Hernández in April. On Friday, he spoke with the Los Angeles Blade before he and his colleagues, many more of them this time, sent the second letter to Rubio.

“There’s a lot of obviously horrible things that are happening with the asylum process and visas and international students and just the whole of our value system as it relates to immigration,” he said, which “obviously, is under attack.”

“Andry’s case, I think, is very unique and different,” the congressman continued. “There is, right now, public support that is building. I think he has captured people’s attention. And it’s growing — this is a movement that is not slowing down. He’s going to be a focal point for Pride this year. I mean, I think people around the world are interested in the story.”

Garcia said he hopes the momentum will translate to progress on requests for proof of life, adding that he was optimistic after meeting with Hernández’s legal team earlier on Friday.

“I mean, the president, Kristi Noem, Marco Rubio — any of these folks could could ask to see if just he’s alive,” the congressman said, referring to the secretary of Homeland Security, whom he grilled during a hearing last month. ICE is housed under the DHS.

“People need to remember, the most important part of this that people need to remember, this isn’t just an immigration issue,” Garcia noted. “This is a due process issue. This is an asylum case. We gave him this appointment. The United States government told him to come to his appointment, and then we sent him to another country, not his own, and locked him up with no due process. That’s the issue.”

Garcia said that so far neither he nor his colleagues nor Hernández’s legal team were able to get “any answers from the administration, which is why we’re continuing to advocate, which is why we’re continuing to reach out to Secretary Rubio.”

“A lot more Democrats are now engaged on this issue,” he said. U.S. Sens. Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla, both from California, joined Monday’s letter. “The more that we can get folks to understand how critical this is, the better. The momentum matters here. And I think Pride does provide an opportunity to share his story.”

Asked what the next steps might be, Garcia said “we’re letting his legal team really take the lead on strategy,” noting that Hernández’s attorneys have “already engaged with the ACLU” and adding, “It’s very possible that the Supreme Court could take this on.”

In the meantime, the congressman said “part of our job is to make sure that that people don’t forget Andry and that there is awareness about him, and I think there’s a responsibility, particularly during WorldPride, and during Pride, all throughout the month — like, this is a story that people should know. People should know his name and and people should be aware of what’s going on.”

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Controversy brews in the City of Glendale over support of Pride event

Republican Mayor Ara Najarian pushes back on funding family-friendly Pride event

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Over the last three weeks, glendaleOUT — a local LGBTQ group based in Glendale, California and city leadership have been at odds over securing financial support of a family-friendly Pride event set to happen on Saturday, June 7. As of Tuesday, Glendale’s city council voted 3-2 in favor of funding the event, ending a weeks-long argument over securing the funds.

The controversy began when the group highlighted how neighboring cities have visibly demonstrated support for Pride Month celebrations across the county, while the City of Glendale has yet to sponsor events with banners, city logos and financial sponsorship. 

Councilmember Dan Brotman proposed $5,000 in sponsorship funds, noting that the city has funded other cultural events with much larger amounts. 

Local leaders, but specifically Mayor Ara Najarian — who was just re-elected for a fifth term — are pushing back and opposing the proposal for funding. According to sources, Mayor Najarian openly opposed the proposal, stating a distant conflict of interest as the reason for the opposition. 

LGBTQ advocates have been quoted as saying this is a “bad-faith political tactic, not grounded in any real conflict of interest.” 

The next potential vote is expected to happen today at a city council meeting. Organizers say that the Pride event will happen regardless, but that they still hope to shed light on the patterns of sexual orientation-based discrimination in the city council. 

For more information about the free community Pride event, visit glendaleOUT’s website.

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LA County officially kicks off Pride Month with blessing from The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence

‘This needs to be done, because once again, our county and our nation houses people who want us gone, who wish us harm’

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The LA County Board of Supervisors and the LA County LGBTQ+ Committee gathered on Tuesday, June 3, to officially kick off Pride Month across the county with a blessing from The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, who purified the space with their sacred chicken, then led everyone in blessing the Progress Pride flag before raising it at the Kenneth Hall of Administration. 

“By raising this flag, the emblem of our souls and of our souls, of our love, of our survival, and of the gifts we offer to every Angeleno in this county — you all declare and you declare to everyone both here and abroad, that we are your people and you affirm that this is our home too,” said Sister Unity. “This needs to be done, because once again, our county and our nation houses people who want us gone, who wish us harm.” 

LA County Supervisors and other community leaders gathered on Tuesday at the Kenneth Hall of Administration to raise the Progress Pride flag in honor of Pride Month. (Photo credit to Diandra Jay)

Supervisors Janice Hanh, Holly J. Mitchell, Lindsey P. Hovarth and Hilda L. Solis spoke on the importance of representation in the face of discrimination, homophobia and transphobia. 

Supervisor Hahn mentioned in her speech that her father, Kenneth Frederick Hahn designed the LA County flag and it was clear to her that he believed that a flag was more than just a piece of fabric. 

“My dad, the original Supervisor Hanh, designed the LA County flag and he understood that a flag is not just fabric. A flag is a symbol. It’s a visual representation of who we are, what we value and what we stand for.” 

Two years ago, Supervisor Hahn started the tradition to raise the flag alongside the one her father designed and then it was Supervisor Horvath who suggested that the Pride flag be flown on all county facilities across Los Angeles. 

“Now, in every corner of our vast county — from our lifeguard stations on our beaches, to every library, fire station — and may I add: all eight county buildings in the city of Downey. Wherever there is a county facility, the Progress Pride flag will send a clear, powerful message to our LGBTQ residents: ‘your county government unequivocally and unapologetically has your back.’”

The comment about the city of Downey is in regards to a controversial Pride flag ban that was enacted last year. 

Supervisor Hahn then introduced LA County Assessor Jeff Prang, one of the longest-serving, out, elected officials in the state of California. Due to his long history in government and as a member of the LGBTQ community, Assessor Prang helped launch the LA County LGBTQ Elected Officials Association with over 50 active members from all levels of government. 

“We are in a moment of crisis in the nation. Across the country, an extremist movement is working to dismantle LGBTQ rights — from banning books to criminalizing gender-affirming care, to silencing drag performers, to targeting our youth and families with cruelty disguised as policy,” said Assessor Prang. “These are not isolated incidents, this is a campaign of fear and repression.” 

Héctor Trinidad-Plascencia, the Chair of LGBTQ+ Commission, encouraged attendees who are not from the queer and trans communities, to remove the blockages that keep them from being in solidarity with queer and trans people. 

“With your solidarity, we are creating a different world together starting in our county home and for the nation to follow,” they said.

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DOJ launches investigation into Calif. trans student-athlete policy

State AG vows to defend Golden State laws

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One day after President Donald Trump threatened to strip California of “large scale federal funding” over its policy on transgender student-athletes, his Justice Department announced it is investigating the state for potentially violating Title IX.

“The investigation is to determine whether California, its senior legal, educational, and athletic organizations, and the school district are engaging in a pattern or practice of discrimination on the basis of sex,” the DOJ said in a statement. 

The DOJ said it notified State Attorney General Rob Bonta, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond, the Jurupa Unified School District, and the California Interscholastic Federation of its investigation. 

AB Hernandez, 16, is an out trans female student-athlete at Jurupa Valley High School who qualified for this weekend’s state track and field championship. As the Los Angeles Blade reported earlier this week, the CIF announced a change in the rules at the finals to accommodate girls who were displaced by Hernandez, including giving medals to cisgender competitors who earn a podium spot should Hernandez place ahead of them.

“We remain committed to defending and upholding California laws and all additional laws which ensure the rights of students, including transgender students, to be free from discrimination and harassment,” said Bonta in a statement. “We will continue to closely monitor the Trump administration’s actions in this space.”

As KTLA reported, California is one of 22 states that allow trans student-athletes to participate in sports consistent with their gender identity. Former Gov. Jerry Brown signed that policy into law in 2013.

The DOJ announced it is also now supporting a federal lawsuit targeting Bonta and the state Department of Education, claiming that California law and CIF policy discriminate against cisgender girls by allowing trans female athletes to compete according to their gender identity. 

The lawsuit was filed by a conservative law group, Advocates for Faith and Freedom, representing the families of two girls at Martin Luther King High School in Riverside. Their suit claims the school’s cross-country team dropped one athlete from her varsity spot in favor of a trans athlete and that school administrators compared their “Save Girls Sports” T-shirts to swastikas.

Officials in Washington also weighed-in, referring to trans girls and women as “males.” 

“Title IX exists to protect women and girls in education,” said Assistant U.S. Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet K. Dhillon. “It is perverse to allow males to compete against girls, invade their private spaces, and take their trophies.”

“The law is clear: Discrimination on the basis of sex is illegal and immoral,” said U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli. “My office and the rest of the Department of Justice will work tirelessly to protect girls’ sports and stop anyone — public officials included — from violating women’s civil rights.”

According to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office, out of the 5.8 million students in California’s K-12 public school system, the number of active trans student-athletes is estimated to be in the single digits.

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Garcia confronts Noem over gay asylum seeker ‘forcibly removed’ to El Salvador

Andry Hernández Romero is makeup artist from Venezuela

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California Congressman Robert Garcia on Wednesday asked Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem about the well-being of a gay asylum seeker from Venezuela who the U.S. “forcibly removed” to El Salvador.

The gay Democrat during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing asked Noem whether Andry Hernández Romero is “alive” and whether “we can check and do a wellness check on him.”

“This individual is in El Salvador, and the appeal would be best made to the president and to the government of El Salvador,” Noem told Garcia.

The Trump-Vance administration in March “forcibly removed” Hernández, who asked for asylum because of persecution he suffered due to his sexual orientation and political beliefs, and other Venezuelans from the U.S. and sent them to El Salvador.

The White House on Feb. 20 designated Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan gang, as an “international terrorist organization.” President Donald Trump on March 15 invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, which the Associated Press notes allows the U.S. to deport “noncitizens without any legal recourse.”

Alvaro M. Huerta, director of litigation and advocacy for the Immigrant Defenders Law Center, a Los Angeles-based organization that represents Hernández, said officials with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection claimed their client is a Tren de Aragua member because of his tattoos.

The Washington Blade on April 17 reported Hernández was sent to El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center, a maximum-security prison known by the Spanish acronym CECOT.

Garcia, along with U.S. Reps. Maxwell Alejandro Frost (D-Fla.), Maxine Dexter (D-Ore.), and Yassamin Ansari (D-Ariz.) last month met with U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador William Duncan and embassy staffers in San Salvador, the Salvadoran capital. The lawmakers did not visit CECOT, but Garcia told the Blade that the embassy agreed to ask the Salvadoran government to “see how (Hernández) is doing and to make sure he’s alive.”

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Zbur continues fight for LGBTQ rights amid Trump attacks

He continues to cement a pro-equality legacy in state legislature

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Assemblymember Rick Chavez Zbur (D-51), 68, grew up in a rural farming community
surrounded by animals and land in Rio Grande Valley, New Mexico — ultimately becoming the first person in his rural community to attend an Ivy League university. 

Since then, he has continued to build his reputation as an advocate and as a
political leader in environmental justice and LGBTQ rights. 

Most recently, Zbur introduced Assembly Bill 309, which would support
California’s strategy to prevent the spread of HIV and viral hepatitis by preserving existing laws that increase access to sterile syringes at no added cost to the state. 

“Extensive research and data collection has repeatedly proven that increased access to sterile syringes significantly lowers rates of transmission and saves lives
without increasing rates of drug use,” said Zbur when presenting AB 309. 

He added that the average estimated cost for lifetime medical costs related to HIV treatment for one person is $326,500. “Syringe access not only saves lives, but it also saves individuals and the state from the steep cost of treatment,” he continued. 

As a gay man in the peak of the AIDS crisis, Zbur saw some of his own close friends become ill, motivating him to become an AIDS activist at a time when the federal government was failing to provide resources to the community that needed them the most. 

“Since I’ve been in the Assembly, I’ve always had a number of bills every year that focus on uplifting the LGBTQ community, as well as getting to zero, in terms of HIV — zero transmissions, zero deaths, zero stigma.”

Prior to this bill and a few others, Zbur also introduced AB 5, which he says was a culmination of eight years worth of work, from the time he started working for Equality California (EQCA), the state’s largest nonprofit organization dedicated toward advocating for LGBTQ civil rights.

AB 5, which was passed and is now known as the Safe and Supportive Schools
Act, is meant to improve the conditions for LGBTQ students in schools. 

“I think this bill has the most impact for LGBTQ youth and it’s the one I’m proudest of because it requires that every teacher in California schools has LGBTQ cultural competency training, to make sure that our schools are safe and supportive.”  Zbur, a longtime advocate for the LGBTQ community, has a long history of activism. 

In the early 1980s, Zbur campaigned for the fight against HIV/AIDS, helped found the Children Affected by AIDS Foundation and alongside the Los Angeles LGBT Center, organized fundraisers for Bill Clinton while he was governor of Arkansas, and Barbara Boxer, who was then running for U.S. Senate. 

“I think part of me coming out more publicly was due to the HIV epidemic and
the fact that I had friends that were getting sick,” he said. “I had a long-term boyfriend
back then and we started to get politically active, really trying to make sure that the
government was doing something about the HIV epidemic.”

He says that this is when he decided he was going to get Barbara Boxer elected, because she was the only Senate candidate during that time who was even mentioning the LGBTQ community. 

In 1996, Zbur ran for the United States House of Representatives in California’s 38th congressional district against Republican incumbent Steve Horn. He became the first openly gay non-incumbent congressional primary candidate to win an election when he won the Democratic primary election on March 26, 1996. 

During many years following that win, Zbur jumped into another pool of justice
fighting for environmental issues and then in 2014, joined Equality California as
executive director. Under his leadership, EQCA quadrupled in size, passed groundbreaking legislation to advance LGBTQ equality measures and sued the Trump-Pence administration twice, blocking attacks against the transgender community of California. 

In 2022, Zbur was elected to the California State Assembly to represent the 51st
Assembly District, a position he currently serves. He was appointed in July 2023 by
Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas to serve as the Democratic Caucus Chair of the California Assembly, one of the Speaker’s key leadership positions. During that time, he also led the advancement in civil rights and social justice for the many other marginalized communities within the LGBTQ umbrella, such as communities of color, communities of faith, immigrants women and people living with HIV. 

Zbur says that his work is never over. 

“We’re facing greater risks that are greater than I think we’ve faced in recent
years coming out of the [first] Trump administration. The targeting of transgender and
gender non-conforming people is an even greater part of his hostility toward our
community,” he said. “It’s very real, and we see that it’s not just rhetoric. He’s taking real
steps to try to shut down the healthcare that LGBTQ people and transgender people
need.”

Zbur says that he and the other members of the LGBTQ Caucus in Sacramento
are constantly thinking of those decisions and their repercussions. 

“I have another bill that is focused on helping transgender people get the
government documents they need, so they can protect themselves from the Trump
administration and so that they can travel easily to get medical care.” 

Zbur says that his own coming out story was positive, but he grew up in a time
where he did not know anyone who was out about their identity. He went through many
trials and tribulations to end up in a space where he was finally accepted. 

“For me, coming to terms with the fact that I was LGBTQ, was something that
took a number of years,” said Zbur. “The world was just a very different place back then
and the risks were high, coming out.” 

When he started his career as a lawyer, he became a partner in a law firm called
Latham and Walkins, where there was not a single person who was out. 

“I eventually came out when I was a fourth or fifth year associate and I became
the first out lawyer in the firm’s history, though there were other gay lawyers at the firm.”
Now, at 68, Zbur says that his only regret is that he lived in the closet for too long.

“When I look back at the things I regret, it’s that I lived in the closet for as long as
I did,” he said. “That is a very limiting thing that I think doesn’t allow your soul or your
spirit to flourish.”

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Governor Newsom supports bill to put LGBTQ helpline number on student ID’s

AB 727 would put the number for The Trevor Project on the back of students ID cards

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Gov. Gavin Newsom expressed support for LGBTQ suicide hotline measures for K-12 students in direct response to recent reports that Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s., plans to cut funding for the national nonprofit that provides the resource to LGBTQ people.

“Cutting off kids’ access to help is indefensible. While the Trump administration walks away from its responsibility, California will continue to expand access to life-saving resources, because the life of every child — straight, gay, trans — is worth fighting for,” said Gov. Newsom. 

Assembly Bill 727, introduced by Assemblymember Mark González, would aim to facilitate pupil and student safety by requiring schools and institutions to have the telephone number and text line for a specified LGBTQ suicide hotline provided by The Trevor Project, that is available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. 

Existing law that will be enforced July 1, 2025, requires a public or private school that serves pupils in any of grades 7 to 12, inclusive, and that issues pupil identification cards to have printed on the identification cards the number for the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. 

This bill would additionally require the list of K-12 public schools and institutions to provide support to youth and their families who have been subjected to school-based discrimination, harassment, intimidation or bullying on the basis of gender identity, sexual orientation or gender expression. 

Conservative organizations like the California Family Council are pushing back on this bill, stating that this bill is “forcing LGBTQ advocacy on every student ID — no exemptions for religious schools,” and saying it “undermines families.” 

A national 2024 survey by The Trevor Project on mental health of LGBTQ young people, reports that 1 in 10 young LGBTQ-indetifying people in the United States attempted suicide in 2023. Over a third of LGBTQ young people seriously considered suicide within the past year and that figure was even higher for trans and nonbinary-identifying youth, with that figure being  46%. 

The survey also found that half of LGBTQ youth who wanted mental health resources and care could not get them. Over 50% of survey respondents answered “a lot” when asked about how often recent politics negatively impact their well-being. 

The Trevor Project is one of the nonprofit organizations that is currently at high-risk for losing their funding under Trump’s budget cuts. 

The phone number to call for help is 1-866-488-7386 and the number to text for help is 678-678, or you can send them a message at the site link.

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Democratic lawmakers travel to El Salvador, demand information about gay Venezuelan asylum seeker

Congressman Robert Garcia led delegation

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Andry Hernández Romero (photo credit: Immigrant Defenders Law Center)

California Congressman Robert Garcia on Tuesday said the U.S. Embassy in El Salvador has agreed to ask the Salvadoran government about the well-being of a gay asylum seeker from Venezuela who remains incarcerated in the Central American country.

The Trump-Vance administration last month “forcibly removed” Andry Hernández Romero, a stylist who asked for asylum because of persecution he suffered because of his sexual orientation and political beliefs, and other Venezuelans from the U.S. and sent them to El Salvador.

The White House on Feb. 20 designated Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan gang, as an “international terrorist organization.” President Donald Trump on March 15 invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, which the Associated Press notes allows the U.S. to deport “noncitizens without any legal recourse.”

Garcia told the Los Angeles Blade that he and three other lawmakers — U.S. Reps. Maxwell Alejandro Frost (D-Fla.), Maxine Dexter (D-Ore.), and Yassamin Ansari (D-Ariz.) — met with U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador William Duncan and embassy staffers in San Salvador, the Salvadoran capital.

“His lawyers haven’t heard from him since he was abducted during his asylum process,” said Garcia.

The gay California Democrat noted the embassy agreed to ask the Salvadoran government to “see how he (Hernández) is doing and to make sure he’s alive.”

“That’s important,” said Garcia. “They’ve agreed to that … we’re hopeful that we get some word, and that will be very comforting to his family and of course to his legal team.”

The U.S. Embassy in El Salvador in 2023. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Embassy of El Salvador’s Facebook page)

Garcia, Frost, Dexter, and Ansari traveled to El Salvador days after House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) and House Homeland Security Committee Chair Mark Green (R-Tenn.) denied their request to use committee funds for their trip.

“We went anyways,” said Garcia. “We’re not going to be intimidated by that.”

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele on April 14 met with Trump at the White House. U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) three days later sat down with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who the Trump-Vance administration wrongfully deported to El Salvador on March 15.

Abrego was sent to the country’s Terrorism Confinement Center, a maximum-security prison known by the Spanish acronym CECOT. The Trump-Vance administration continues to defy a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that ordered it to “facilitate” Abrego’s return to the U.S.

Garcia, Frost, Dexter, and Ansari in a letter they sent a letter to Duncan and Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday demanded “access to” Hernández, who they note “may be imprisoned at” CECOT. A State Department spokesperson referred the Blade to the Salvadoran government in response to questions about “detainees” in the country.

Garcia said the majority of those in CECOT who the White House deported to El Salvador do not have criminal records.

“They can say what they want, but if they’re not presenting evidence, if a judge isn’t sending people, and these people have their due process, I just don’t understand how we have a country without due process,” he told the Blade. “It’s just the bedrock of our democracy.”

President Donald Trump greets Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele at the White House on April 14, 2025. (Public domain photo)

Garcia said he and Frost, Dexter, and Ansari spoke with embassy staff, Salvadoran journalists and human rights activists and “anyone else who would listen” about Hernández. The California Democrat noted he and his colleagues also highlighted Abrego’s case.

“He (Hernández) was accepted for his asylum claim,” said Garcia. “He (Hernández) signed up for the asylum process on an app that we created for this very purpose, and then you get snatched up and taken to a foreign prison. It is unacceptable and inhumane and cruel and so it’s important that we elevate his story and his case.”

The Blade asked Garcia why the Trump-Vance administration is deporting people to El Salvador without due process.

“I honestly believe that he (Trump) is a master of dehumanizing people, and he wants to continue his horrendous campaign to dehumanize migrants and scare the American public and lie to the American public,” said Garcia.

The State Department spokesperson in response to the Blade’s request for comment referenced spokesperson Tammy Bruce’s comments about Van Hollen’s trip to El Salvador.

“These Congressional representatives would be better off focused on their own districts,” said the spokesperson. “Instead, they are concerned about non-U.S. citizens.”

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EXCLUSIVE: Garcia demands answers on deportation of gay Venezuelan asylum seeker

Congressman’s correspondence was shared exclusively with the Blade

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Andry Hernández Romero (photo credit: Immigrant Defenders Law Center)

U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) is demanding answers from the Trump-Vance administration on its deportation of Andry Hernández Romero, a gay Venezuelan makeup artist who was sent to a prison in El Salvador in violation of a federal court order and in the absence of credible evidence supporting the government’s claims about his affiliation with a criminal gang.

Copies of letters the congressman issued on Thursday to Immigration and Customs Enforcement and CoreCivic, a private prison contractor, were shared exclusively with the Los Angeles Blade.

Garcia noted that Hernández, who sought asylum from persecution in Venezuela over his sexual orientation and political beliefs, had entered the U.S. legally, passed a preliminary screening, and had no criminal record.

Pro-bono lawyers representing Hernández during his detention in the U.S. pending an outcome in his asylum case were informed that their client had been removed to El Salvador a week after he failed to show for a hearing on March 13.

Hernández’s family now fears for his safety while he remains in El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), which has a well documented record of human rights abuses, Garcia said.

Additionally, the congressman wrote, while experts say Tren de Aragua does not use tattoos as identifiers, the “primary evidence” supporting Hernández’s deportation based on his supposed links to the transnational Venezuelan gang “appears to have been two crown tattoos labeled ‘Mom’ and ‘Dad,’ which are common cultural symbols in his hometown.”

The determination about his links to or membership in the organization was made by a CoreCivic employee whose criminal record and misconduct as a law enforcement officer led to his termination from the Milwaukee Police Department, Garcia wrote in his letter to the company.

Requesting a response by May 1, the congressman asked CoreCivic President Damon T. Hininger to address the following questions:

  • What qualifications and training does CoreCivic require for employees tasked with making determinations about detainees’ affiliations?
  • What protocols are in place to ensure that determinations of gang affiliation are based on credible and corroborated evidence?
  • How does CoreCivic oversee and review the decisions made by its employees in such critical matters?
  • What mechanisms exist to prevent and address potential misconduct?
  • What is the nature of CoreCivic’s collaboration with ICE in making determinations that affect deportation decisions? Are there joint review processes?
  • What background checks and ongoing assessments are conducted for employees involved in detainee evaluations, particularly those with prior law enforcement experience?
  • What guidelines does CoreCivic follow regarding the use of tattoos as indicators of gang affiliation, and how does the company ensure that cultural or personal tattoos are not misinterpreted?

In his letter to Tae D. Johnson, acting director of ICE, Garcia requested answers to the following questions by May 1:

  • Did ICE personnel independently review and approve the determination made by CoreCivic employee Charles Cross Jr. identifying Mr. Hernández Romero as a member of the Tren de Aragua gang?
  • What evidence, beyond Mr. Hernández Romero’s tattoos, was used to substantiate the claim of gang affiliation?
  • Under what legal authority are private contractors like CoreCivic permitted to make determinations that directly impact deportation decisions?
  • What vetting processes and background checks are in place for contractors involved in such determinations? Are there oversight mechanisms to ensure their credibility and adherence to due process?
  • What guidelines does ICE follow regarding the use of tattoos as indicators of gang affiliation, and how does the company ensure that cultural or personal tattoos are not misinterpreted?

Together with U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.), Garcia wrote to U.S. Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) on Tuesday requesting permission to bring a congressional delegation to CECOT for purposes of conducting a welfare check on detainees, expressing specific concern for Hernández’s wellbeing. The congressmen said they would “gladly include any Republican Members of the committee who wish to participate.” 

Hernández’s case has drawn fierce criticism of the Trump-Vance administration along with calls for his return to the U.S.

Influential podcaster and Trump ally Joe Rogan spoke out in late March, calling the deportation “horrific” and “a horrible mistake.”

Last week, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) sent a letter to Kristi Noem, secretary of the U.S. Homeland Security, which manages ICE, demanding Hernández’s immediate return and raising concerns with the right to due process amid the administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration.

Hernández “was denied the opportunity to defend himself against unsubstantiated allegations of gang involvement or to present his asylum claim,” the governor wrote. “We are not a nation that sends people to be tortured and victimized in a foreign prison for public relations victories.”

Immigrant Defenders Law Center President Lindsay Toczylowski, who is representing Hernández, has not been able to reach her client since his removal from the U.S., she told NBC News San Diego in a report published April 11.

“Under the Constitution, every single person has a right to due process, and that means they have a right to notification of any allegations the government is making against them and a right to go into court and prove that those allegations are wrong if that’s the case,” she said. “In Andry’s case, the government never gave us that opportunity. In fact, they didn’t even bring him to court, and they have forcefully sent him to El Salvador without ever giving us any notice or without telling us the way that we could appeal their decision.”

“CECOT, this prison where no one has ever left, where people are held incommunicado, is a very dangerous place for someone like Andry,” Toczylowski said.

In March, a DHS spokesperson posted on X that Hernández’s “own social media indicates he is a member of Tren de Aragua,” though they did not point to any specific posts and NBC reported that reviews of his known social media accounts turned up no evidence of gang activity.  

During a visit to CECOT in March, Time Magazine photographer Philip Holsinger photographed Romero and reported that the detainee plead his innocence — “I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a stylist.” — crying for his mother as he was slapped and his head was shaved.

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USCIS announces it now only recognizes ‘two biological sexes’

Immigration agency announced it has implemented Trump executive order

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An American flag flies in front of a privately-run U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in the Southeast U.S. on July 31, 2020. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced it now only recognizes "two biological genders, male and female." (Washington Blade photo by Yariel Valdés González)

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on Wednesday announced it now only “recognizes two biological sexes, male and female.”

A press release notes this change to its policies is “consistent with” the “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government” executive order that President Donald Trump signed shortly after he took office for the second time on Jan. 20.

“There are only two sexes — male and female,” said DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin in a statement. “President Trump promised the American people a revolution of common sense, and that includes making sure that the policy of the U.S. government agrees with simple biological reality.”

“Proper management of our immigration system is a matter of national security, not a place to promote and coddle an ideology that permanently harms children and robs real women of their dignity, safety, and well-being,” she added.

The press release notes USCIS “considers a person’s sex as that which is generally evidenced on the birth certificate issued at or nearest to the time of birth.”

“If the birth certificate issued at or nearest to the time of birth indicates a sex other than male or female, USCIS will base the determination of sex on secondary evidence,” it reads.

The USCIS Policy Manuel defines “secondary evidence” as “evidence that may demonstrate a fact is more likely than not true, but the evidence does not derive from a primary, authoritative source.”

“Records maintained by religious or faith-based organizations showing that a person was divorced at a certain time are an example of secondary evidence of the divorce,” it says.

USCIS in its press release notes it “will not deny benefits solely because the benefit requestor did not properly indicate his or her sex.”

“This is a cruel and unnecessary policy that puts transgender, nonbinary, and intersex immigrants in danger,” said Immigration Equality Law and Policy Director Bridget Crawford on Wednesday. “The U.S. government is now forcing people to carry identity documents that do not reflect who they are, opening them up to increased discrimination, harassment, and violence. This policy does not just impact individuals — it affects their ability to travel, work, access healthcare, and live their lives authentically.”  

“By denying trans people the right to self-select their gender, the government is making it harder for them to exist safely and with dignity,” added Crawford. “This is not about ‘common sense’—it is about erasing an entire community from the legal landscape. Transgender, nonbinary, and intersex people have always existed, and they deserve to have their identities fully recognized and respected. We will continue to fight for the rights of our clients and for the reversal of this discriminatory policy.” 

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