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Endorsements

Posted by · June 02, 2014 4:01 PM

June 5, 2018 Primary Election

Based on members’ votes at the November 2017, January 2018, and March 2018 EAPD meetings:

U.S. Senate: Dianne Feinstein (63% of members’ votes)

California Governor: No endorsement

Lt. Governor: No endorsement

Attorney General: Xavier Becerra (67% of members’ votes)

Secretary of State: Alex Padilla

State Controller: Betty Yee

Treasurer: No endorsement

Superintendent of Public Instruction: No endorsement

Insurance Commissioner: Dr. Asif Mahmood (63% of members’ votes)

Board of Equalization, District 3: No endorsement

State Senate District 24: No endorsement

L.A. County Assessor: Jeffrey Prang (97% of members’ votes)

L.A. County Sheriff: Alex Villanueva (88% of members’ votes)

Superior Court Seat #4: A. Veronica Sauceda (97% of members’ votes)

Superior Court Seat #20: Wendy Segall (94% of members’ votes)

Superior Court Seat #60: Tony Cho (100% of members’ votes)

Superior Court Seat #67: Lucy Armendariz (74% of members’ votes)

Superior Court Seat #71: Danielle Gibbons (100% of members’ votes)

Superior Court Seat #113: Javier Perez (by unanimous vote of members)

Superior Court Seat #118: David Diamond (95% of members’ votes)

Superior Court Seat #126: Rene Gilbertson (92% of members’ votes)

Superior Court Seat #146: Armando Duron (95% of members’ votes)

Prop 68 YES

State and local parks' creation and maintenance via $4 billion in bonds.

Prop 69 YES

Transportation funds for only that purpose, including public transit.

Prop 70 NO

Starting in 2024, cap-&-trade reserve funds can only be used with 2/3 legislative vote.

Prop 71 YES

Ballot measures that win a majority of voter support take effect 5 days after certification.

Prop 72 YES
Rain-capture improvements not subject to property-tax reassessment.

Assembly District 51, Special Election: October 3, 2017.

LUIS LOPEZ

June 27, 2017 Endorsement Considerations for the 51st Assembly District Special Election

Click on links to view candidate questionnaire responses.

2017 ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 51 SPECIAL ELECTION

RON BIRNBAUM
FRANKY CARRILLO
WENDY CARRILLO
ALEX DE OCAMPO
MIKE FONG (invited to participate, questionnaire not submitted)
LUIS LOPEZ
GABRIEL SANDOVAL (invited to participate, questionnaire not submitted)
MARK VARGAS (invited to participate, questionnaire not submitted)
DAVID VELA (invited to participate, questionnaire not submitted)

EAPD made the following endorsements for the March 7, 2017, municipal election:

LA County:

Measure H (services on homelessness: 1/4-cent sales tax, 10 years): YES

LA City:

Mayor: Eric Garcetti, by a vote of 69 percent

Council District 1: Joe Bray-Ali, by a vote of 69 percent Endorsement rescinded April 27, 2017

Council District 13: Mitch O'Farrell, pre-endorsed for re-election

Measure M (marijuana licensing, city regulations): YES

Measure N (marijuana licensing, city regulations): NO

Measure S (restrictions on development; moratorium on spot-zoning): NO, by a vote of 65 percent

LA Unified School District:

District 2: Lisa Alva, by a vote of 71 percent

LA Community College District:

Seat 4: Dallas Fowler

Seat 2: Steve Veres, by a vote of 75 percent

Seat 6: Nancy Pearlman, pre-endorsed for re-election

On the April 4, 2017, ballot:

Congressional District 34: No endorsement

Glendale Unified School District:

District D: Shant Sahakian, by a vote of 67 percent

Glendale City Council:

Zareh Sinanyan, by a vote of 62 percent

Mike VanGorder, by a vote of 74 percent

Glendale Community College District 4:

Victor Garcia

On the May 16, 2017, ballot:

L.A. City, Charter Amendment C (police discipline): NO, by a vote of 82 percent

Voting threshold for an endorsement is 60 percent of ballots cast with a selection in that contest.

CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRES FOR OUR MARCH 2017 ELECTIONS ENDORSEMENTS MEETING

Alphabetical listing

34TH CALIFORNIA CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

ROBERT AHN

JIMMY GOMEZ

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VANESSA ARAMAYO

WENDY CARRILLO

ALEXANDER POULTON

TENAYA WALLACE

1ST LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT

SEAT 2 LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT

THOMAS J. NORMAN

STEVE VERES

2ND LOS ANGELS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

LISA ALVA

MONICA GARCIA

CARL J. PETERSON

DISTRICT D GLENDALE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

Shant Sahakian

Joal Ryan

EAPD 2016 ENDORSEMENTS:

At a regularly scheduled EAPD meeting, to which various candidates were invited to participate, the voting members of the EAPD voted to endorse the following candidates:

U.S. Senate (Boxer's seat): With 82 percent of votes cast, Kamala Harris.

CA State Senate, 25th District: With 66 percent of votes cast, Anthony Portantino.

CA State Assembly, 43rd District: With 71 percent of votes cast, Ardy Kassakhian.

L.A. County Supervisor, District 5: With 72 percent of votes cast, Darrell Park.

These Democrats running countywide and seeking open seats for LA Superior Court also earned the endorsement of EAPD members ...

In seat #11: Debra Archuleta

In seat #42 (primary): Cyndy Zuzga

In seat #42 (run off): Efrain Matthew Aceves

In seat #84: Javier Perez

Download our November 2016 Ballot Guide for Statewide and Local Measures.

A special message from Dolores Huerta about California's Landmark Plastic Bag Ban

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Prop 51: YES

Prop 52: YES

Prop 53: NO

Prop 54: NO

Prop 55: YES

Prop 56: YES

Prop 57: YES

Prop 58: YES

Prop 59: YES

Prop 60: NO

Prop 61: YES

Prop 62: YES

Prop 63: YES

Prop 64: YES

Prop 65: NO

Prop 66: NO

Prop 67: YES

L.A. County Measure A: YES

L.A. County Measure M: YES

L.A. City propositions:

Measure HHH: YES

Measure JJJ: NO

Measure RRR: NO

Measure SSS: Position Not Taken

Community College District Proposition:

Measure CC: YES

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