LA Progressive Majority Voter Guide to Judges, County Central Committee, Small Cities and More - Los Angeles, California

Stakes are incredibly high for elections in across Los Angeles County this March — County District Attorney, County Supervisor, Judges, City Councils, School Boards, Democratic Party Central Committee, and much more.  Questions about how to vote? Check out our grassroots progressive recommendations below..

LA County County Government

  • Board of Supervisors District 2: Holly Mitchell
  • Board of Supervisors District 4: Janice Hahn
  • Board of Supervisors District 5: Konstantine Anthony
  • District Attorney: George Gascón

LA County - Judge of the Superior Court

  • Seat 12: Lynn Olson
  • Seat 39: George Turner
  • Seat 48: Ericka Wiley
  • Seat 93: Write in “Natasha Khamashta”
  • Seat 97: La Shae Henderson
  • Seat 115: Christmas Brookens
  • Seat 124: Kim Repecka
  • Seat 130: Leslie Gutierrez
  • Seat 135: Georgia Huerta
  • Seat 137: Luz Herrera

Municipal Elections

City of Los Angeles - for more on these see LA Forward’s guide.

  • Council District 2: Jillian Burgos
  • Council District 4: Nithya Raman
  • Council District 10: Eddie Anderson
  • Council District 12: Serena Oberstein
  • Council District 14: Ysabel Jurado
  • LA City Measure HLA: YES

City of Long Beach

  • LB City Council District 2: Cindy Allen
  • LB City Council District 4: Herlinda Chico
  • LB City Council District 6: Suely Saro
  • LB City Council District 8: Tunua Thrash-Ntuk
  • Long Beach Measure RW YES

Beverly Hills City Council

  • Alissa Roston
  • Craig Corman

Compton City Council: Joel Estrada

Culver City: CCUSD Bond Measure E for Public Schools: Yes

City of Gardena: Mark Henderson

Glendale City Council

  • Ardy Kassakhian
  • Karen Kwak

Glendale Community College Board of Trustees

  • Area 1: Desiree Rabinov
  • Area 5: Sevan Benlian

City of La Canada Flintridge

  • Stephanie Fossan
  • Quemars Ahmed

Pomona City Council

  • District 1: John Nolte
  • District 6: Miranda Sheffield

City of Monrovia: Edward Belden

City of Paramount

  • Isabel Aguayo
  • Yesenia Cuarenta

City of Pasadena

  • District 2: Rick Cole
  • District 3: Brandon Lamar
  • District 4: Jonathan Horton
  • Measure R: Yes
  • Measure S: Yes
  • Measure T: Yes

Pasadena Community College District

  • Area 2: James Aragon
  • Area 6: Ryan Liu

San Fernando City Council (At-Large): Sean Rivas

Torrance City Council

  • District 2: Bridgett Lewis
  • District 6: Dr. Jeremy Gerson

School Boards

LAUSD School Board

  • District 1: Sherlett Hendy Newbill or Christian Flagg
  • District 3: Scott Schmerelson
  • District 5: Fidencio Gallardo
  • District 7: Tanya Ortiz Franklin

Glendale School Board

  • Area A: Telly Tse
  • Area E: Neda Farid

California State Legislature (only competitive races & progressive incumbents are included)

  • Senate District 23: Kipp Mueller
  • Senate District 25: Sasha Renee Perez
  • Senate District 33: Lena Gonzalez
  • Senate District 35: Michelle Chambers
  • Assembly District 34: Ricardo Ortega
  • Assembly District 40: Pilar Schiavo
  • Assembly District 41: Jed Leano
  • Assembly District 44: Nick Schultz
  • Assembly District 48: Brian Calderón Tabatabai
  • Assembly District 49: Mike Fong
  • Assembly District 52: Franky Carrillo
  • Assembly District 53: Javier Hernandez
  • Assembly District 54: John Yi
  • Assembly District 55: Isaac Bryan
  • Assembly District 57: Sade Elhawary
  • Assembly District 61: Tina McKinnor
  • Assembly District 62: Jose Solache

LA County Democratic Party Central Committee

(vote for up to 7, only on your ballot if you're a registered Democrat)

Assembly District 40:

  • Renay Grace Rodriguez
  • Melissa Garcia Mardoyan
  • Michelle Fowle
  • Margaret Finnstrom
  • Isaac Lieberman
  • Christine Farabaugh
  • Christine LaMonica

Assembly District 41:

  • Todd Jones
  • Kathy Patterson
  • Kenneth Armstrong
  • Karen Suarez
  • Patrice Marshall McKenzie
  • Christopher Torres
  • Kim Bowman

Assembly District 43:

  • Angelica Maria Dueñas
  • Clifford Tasner
  • Amy Sue Fall
  • Karen Almanza
  • Veronica De Lara
  • Joana Reyes
  • Cynthia Becerra

Assembly District 44:

  • Carolyn M. Hoff
  • Jerilyn V. Stapleton
  • Shanna Ingalsbee
  • Alton F. Reed
  • Joyce M. Rubin
  • Bonnie Shatun
  • Analisa Swan

Assembly District 46:

  • Michelle Verne
  • Jason Small
  • Yessica Manabe
  • Chris Manabe

Assembly District 48:

  • Stephen Pritchard
  • Celenia Calderon
  • Therese Garcia
  • Pablo Morales
  • Ryan Serrano
  • Denis Recendez

Assembly District 49:

  • Thomas Wong
  • Katie Chan
  • Paul Cole Padilla
  • Melissa Mia Michelson
  • Samantha Lau
  • Patricia Hernandez
  • Jefferson Crain

Assembly District 51:

  • Deana Igelsrud
  • Rebecca Pynoos
  • Susan Sheu
  • Isabel Storey
  • Danielle Wilson
  • Shoshana Baum
  • Amy Wiwuga

Assembly District 52:

  • Mia Livas Porter
  • Nicolas Gardner Serna
  • Luis Lopez
  • Koreen Cea
  • Jessica Craven
  • Jeanine Rohn
  • Dr. Rocío Rivas

Assembly District 53 - No Recommendations

Assembly District 54

  • John Yi
  • Esther “Bester” Lim
  • Carlos Montes
  • Samuel Sukaton

Assembly District 55:

  • Ilissa Gold
  • Leah Pressman
  • Freddy Puza
  • Jeff Schwartz
  • Aaron Ordower
  • Pamela Sparrow

Assembly District 56:

  • Zenaida Huerta
  • Christian Israelian
  • Vanessa Tyson
  • Rachel Valenzuela Kirk
  • Ricardo Martinez
  • Stephanie Terrazas
  • Cynthia Patino Talmich

Assembly District 57 - no recommendations

Assembly District 62:

  • Andrés Ramos
  • Juan Muñoz-Guevara
  • Jose Ugarte

Assembly District 64:

  • Jorgel Chavez
  • Elizabeth Alcantar
  • Miguel De La Rosa
  • Evelyn Nuño
  • Fidencio Gallardo
  • Paula Mejia
  • Martha Camacho Rodriguez

Assembly District 65:

  • Jana Abulaban
  • Crystal La Toya Fairley
  • Jennifer Flores
  • Carrie Scoville
  • Faraz Rizvi
  • Tifanie Noelle Smith
  • Fatima Iqbal-Zubair

Assembly District 66:

  • Margie Hoyt
  • Jane Affonso
  • Susan Brooks
  • Nichelle Henderson
  • Wade Kyle

Assembly District 69:

  • Joseph Luis Piñon
  • Alene Brown Harris
  • Janice Schaefer
  • Naida Tushnet
  • April O’Connor
  • Janet Foster
  • Monica Ratliff

CA State Proposition 1: This is a tough one but ultimately recommend a NO. It doesn’t make sense to take away money from existing mental health programs to fund different ones.

Read more: https://calbudgetcenter.org/resources/qa-understanding-california-prop-1


And check out LAist's Guide to Voter Guides!