Here in California (and in Los Angeles in particular), we have an election coming up. You know what that means: Every election, I do a detailed ballot analysis of my sample ballot. This is where I examine each candidate and share my conclusions, and invite you to convince me to vote for the other jerk. Because this is a long ballot, I’m splitting this analysis into a few chunks (note: links may not be available until all segments are posted):
- Governor of California
- Other State and National Offices (excluding judges)
- County and City (Los Angeles) Local Offices (excluding judges)
- Measures (nee Propositions)
- Judicial Offices (County and State)
- Summary
This part provides a summary of my ballot analysis results. Please read the full explanation of why I chose who I chose in the links above. Note: This summary is presented in the order of my Sample Ballot.
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(IV) Special Property Owners Ballot: Streetlight Assessment
| Streetlight Maintenance Assessment District № 5500: Assessment Ballot |
⚫ Yes |
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(III) City/Local Offices + (II) Other State and National Offices
| City of Los Angeles | |
| Mayor of Los Angeles | Karen Bass (NP/Leans 🐴) ⭐INC |
| City Attorney | Marissa Roy (NP/Leans 🐴) |
| City Controller | Kenneth Mejia (NP) ⭐INC |
| California State Assembly: 40th District | Pilar Schiavo ⭐INC (D) |
| US House of Representatives, 32nd District | (1st choice): Brad Sherman (D) ⭐INC. (2nd choice): Jake Levine (D) |
(IV) City and County Measures
| City Measure CB: Apply Marijuana Tax to Unlicensed Marijuana Businesses Measure |
Yes |
| City Measure TC: Expand Implementation of Local Hotel Tax Measure |
Yes |
| City Measure TT: Increase Local Hotel Tax Measure |
Yes |
(II) County Offices
| Supervisor, 3rd District | Lindsey Horvath (NP/Leans 🐴) ⭐INC |
| County Sheriff | (1st: Keep Luna) Robert Luna (NP/Leans 🐴, but 🐘 until 2022) ⭐INC (2nd Replace Luna) Karla Carranza (NP/Leans 🐴) |
| County Assessor | (1st: New Blood) Rob Newland (NP) (2nd: Keep Experience) Jeffrey Prang (NP) ⭐INC. |
(IV) Judges of the Superior Court
| Office № 2 | Tal Valbuena |
| Office № 14 | Irene Lee |
| Office № 39 | Binh Dang |
| Office № 60 | Ann Maurer |
| Office № 64 | Maria Ghobadi |
| Office № 65 | Anna Slotky Reitano |
| Office № 66 | Ben Forer |
| Office № 81 |
David B. Walgren ⭐INC |
| Office № 87 |
Anthony Bayne |
| Office № 116 |
Paul Thompson |
| Office № 131 | Donna Tryfman |
| Office № 141 | Mariela Torres |
| Office № 176 | Gloria Marin |
| Office № 181 | Ryan Dibble |
| Office № 196 | Candice Henry |
(III) County Measures
| Measure ER: Sales Tax Increase for Health Services Measure | No |
Statewide Election: (I) Governor + (II) Other Statewide Offices
| State of California |
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| Governor | (What I’ll do) Vote for the top polling Democratic candidate as of May 15 or later. (My favorite of Tier 1) ⚫ Katie Porter (D) (My likely vote from Tier 1) ⚫ Thomas Steyer (D) |
| Lt. Governor | Josh Fryday (D) |
| Secretary of State | Shirley Weber (D) ⭐INC |
| Controller | Malia Cohen (D) ⭐INC |
| Treasurer | Anna Caballero (D) |
| Attorney General | Rob Bonta (D) ⭐INC |
| Insurance Commissioner | (1st Choice): Patrick Wolff (D) (2nd Choice): Ben Allen (D) |
| Member, State Board of Equalization, 3rd District | Yvonne Yiu (D) |
| Supt. of Public Instruction | Richard Barrera (NP/Leans 🐴) |
