LA Progressive Majority Voter Guide to City Councils, Judges, State Legislature, District Attorney, and More - Los Angeles, California

Stakes are high for elections in across Los Angeles County this November — District Attorney, County Judges, State Legislature, City Councils and School Boards across the county, and much more.  Questions about how to vote? Check out LA Forward's extra comprehensive voter guide at https://www.laforward.org/voter-guide

It's so comprehensive we decided not to make our own guide for this election. Below is a summary of its recommendations: * = has the formal endorsement of LA Forward, all other candidates/measures are listed as recommendations

LA County Measures

  • Measure A - Affordable Housing and Homelessness Prevention: Yes *

  • Measure E - Funding for LA County Fire Department: Yes

  • Measure G - County Governance Reform: It’s Complicated

LA County Candidates

  • District Attorney

    • George Gascón *

  • Superior Court Judges

    • Seat 39: George Turner *

    • Seat 48: Ericka Wiley *

    • Seat 97: La Shae Henderson *

    • Seat 135: Georgia Huerta

    • Seat 137: Luz Herrera

LA City Council & Measures

  • District 2: Jillian Burgos *

  • District 10: Heather Hutt

  • District 14: Ysabel Jurado *

  • Measure DD - Independent Redistricting for City Council: Yes *

  • Measure ER - Expanding City Ethics Commission Power: Yes

  • Measure FF - Allow More City Employees Into the Police/Fire Pension System: No

  • Measure HH - Minor Governance Reform Charter Amendment: Yes

  • Measure II - City Admin & Operations Charter Amendment: Yes

LAUSD Candidates & Measures

  • LAUSD District 1: Sherlett Hendy Newbill

  • LAUSD District 3: Scott Schmerelson

  • LAUSD District 5: Karla Griego

  • Measure LL - Independent Redistricting for the LAUSD Board: Yes *

  • Measure US - Funding for LAUSD School Repair and Modernization: Yes

Long Beach Candidates & Measures

  • City Council District 4: Herlinda Chico

  • Long Beach Measure LB - Close Tax Loopholes for Power Plants: Yes

  • Long Beach City Measure JB - Personnel System Reform: No

  • Long Beach Measure HC - Harbor Department Governance Reform: Yes

Local Candidates & Ballot Measures

  • Alhambra, City Council

    • District 4: Je-Show Yang

  • Baldwin Park, City Council

    • Emmanuel J. Estrada

    • Daniel Damian

  • Bellflower  

    • Measure B: No

  • Bell Gardens, City Council

    • Jorgel Chavez and Gabriella Gomez

    • Miguel De La Rosa (special election)

  • Beverly Hills Unified School District

    • Amanda Stern

    • Dela Peykar Ronen

  • Burbank

    • City Council

      • Eddy Polon *

      • Konstantine Anthony *

    • School Board

      • Trustee Area 1: Laurette Cano

      • Trustee Area 5: Armond Aghakhanian

    • Measure ABC: Yes

  • Claremont, City Council

    • Rachel Forester *

  • Cudahy

    • City Council

      • Daisy Lomeli

      • Amanda Gomez

    • Cudahy Measure AA - Extend Term Limits: Yes

  • Culver City

    • City Council

      • Yasmine-Imani McMorrin *

      • Bryan “Bubba” Fish *

      • Nancy Barba *

    • Culver City Unified School District

      • Sameen Ahmadnia

      • Andrew Lachmann

      • Measure O: Yes

  • El Segundo, City Council

    • John Pickhaver

  • Glendora

    • City Council

      • District 3: Jenny Chan

    • School Board

      • Elizabeth Reuter

      • Robin Merkley

  • Lomita, City Council

    • District 2: Wade Kyle

  • Lynwood

    • City Council

      • Lorraine Avila Moore

    • Unified School District Board

      • Gary Hardie, Jr

    • Lynwood Unified School District Proposition U- School Funding: Yes

  • Montebello

    • City Council

      • District 2: Scarlet Peralta

      • District 4 David Huerta

    • Montebello Measure RR - Councilmember Recall: No

  • Monterey Park

    • City Council District 4: Henry Lo

    • Monterey Park Measure BE - Business License Tax: Yes

    • Monterey Park Measure LG - Transient Occupancy Tax Increase: Yes

  • Pasadena

    • Pasadena Measure PA - Special Elections: Yes

    • Pasadena Measure PB - City Council Leadership: Yes

    • Pasadena Measure PB - City Council Leadership: Yes

    • Pasadena Measure PF - Pension Fund Representation: Yes

    • Pasadena Measure PL - Central Library Retrofit : Yes

    • Pasadena Measure PR - Technical Fixes to Rent Control Laws: Yes

  • Pasadena USD

    • Pasadena USD Measure EE Special Parcel Tax: Yes

    • Pasadena USD Measure R Bond Funding for School Facilities: Yes

  • Pomona, City Council

    • District 1: John Nolte *

    • District 4: Guillermo Gonzalez

    • District 6: Miranda Sheffield *

    • Measure Y - Dedicated Funding for Youth Programs: Yes


  • Santa Clarita, City Council

    • District 1: Bryce Jepsen

  • Santa Monica

    • City Council

      • Barry Snell *

      • Dan Hall *

      • Ellis Raskin *

      • Natalya Zernitskaya *

    • Santa Monica Rent Control Board

      • Kay Ambriz

      • Phillis Dudick

    • Santa Monica School Board

      • Jon Kean

      • Maria Leon-Vazquez

      • Jennifer Smith

    • Santa Monica College Board

      • Anastasia Foster

      • Margaret Quinones-Perez

      • Rob Rader

    • Santa Monica Ballot Measures

      • Santa Monica Measure F - Business License Modernization: Yes

      • Santa Monica Measure K: Yes

      • Santa Monica Measure PSK: No

      • Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Measure QS - Bond to Fund Public Schools : Yes

  • South Pasadena

    • City Council

      • District 1: Omari Ferguson

      • District 2: Sheila Rossi

    • South Pasadena City Measure SP - Land Use Policy Changes: No

  • West Covina City Council

    • District 1: Brian Calderon Tabatabai *

    • District 3: Cecilia Munoz

  • West Hollywood City Council

    • John Erickson

    • Danny Hang


State Ballot Propositions

  • Proposition 2 - Funding for Schools Across California: Yes

  • Proposition 3 - Protect Gay Marriage: Yes

  • Proposition 4 - Funding for Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, and Fighting Climate Change: Yes

  • Proposition 5 - Make It Easier Fund Affordable Housing: Yes

  • Proposition 6 - Ban Forced Labor in Prisons: Yes

  • Proposition 32 - Raise the Minimum Wage: Yes

  • Proposition 33 - Eliminate Restrictions on Local Governments’ Authority to Enact Rent Control: Yes

  • Proposition 34 - Corporate Landlord Attack on Funding for Renter Rights Measures: No

  • Proposition 35 - Make permanent the tax on HMO plans to fund Medi-Cal: No

  • Proposition 36 - Reverses progressive criminal justice reforms: No

State Senate

  • Senate District 23: Kipp Mueller

  • Senate District 25: Sasha Renée Pérez

  • Senate District 27: Henry Stern

  • Senate District 33: Lena Gonzalez

  • Senate District 35: Michelle Chambers

State Assembly

  • Assembly District 39: Juan Carrillo

  • Assembly District 40: Pilar Schiavo

  • Assembly District 41: John Harabedian

  • Assembly District 42: Jacqui Irwin

  • Assembly District 43: Celeste Rodriguez

  • Assembly District 44: Nick Schultz

  • Assembly District 46: Jesse Gabriel

  • Assembly District 48: No Recommendation

  • Assembly District 49: Mike Fong

  • Assembly District 51: Rick Zbur

  • Assembly District 52: Franky Carrillo/Jessica Caloza

  • Assembly District 53: No Recommendation

  • Assembly District 54: John Yi

  • Assembly District 55: Isaac Bryan

  • Assembly District 56: No Recommendation

  • Assembly District 57: Sade Elhawary

  • Assembly District 61: Tina McKinnor

  • Assembly District 62: José Luis Solache

  • Assembly District 64: No Recommendation

  • Assembly District 65: No Recommendation

  • Assembly District 66: No Recommendation

  • Assembly District 67: Sharon Quirk-Silva

  • Assembly District 69: Josh Lowenthal