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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%

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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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Republican lawmakers demand IOC ban transgender athletes from women’s events

2028 Summer Olympics to take place in Los Angeles

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U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) is among the Republican lawmakers who have demanded the International Olympic Committee ban transgender athletes from women's events. (Washington Blade photo by Michael Key)

A group of Republican lawmakers have demanded the International Olympic Committee ban transgender athletes from women’s athletic competitions.

The lawmakers — U.S. Sens. Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Jim Banks (R-Ind.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Jim Justice (R-W.Va.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.), and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) and U.S. Reps. Burgess Owens (R-Utah), Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.), Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.), Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas), Brad Finstad (R-Minn.), Craig Goldman (R-Texas), Mark Green (R-Tenn.), Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa), Mike Kennedy (R-Utah), Nick LaLota (R-N.Y.), Blake Moore (R-Utah), Riley Moore (R-W.Va.), Austin Pfluger (R-Texas), John Rose (R-Tenn.), and Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.) — made the demand in a letter they sent to IOC President Thomas Bach on Tuesday.

“In the United States, we honor our female Olympians. These athletes, and so many others, have inspired generations of young women around the world to compete and excel. Their legacy underscores the vital importance of fairness in women’s sports at every level of competition,” reads the letter. “Future Olympians are counting on the IOC to protect the opportunities of women and girls to contribute to this proud tradition.”

“To do so, the IOC must base eligibility for women’s athletic competitions on biological sex,” it adds. “Allowing biological males to compete in women’s categories undermines competitive opportunities, safety, and respect for female athletes.”

The IOC in 2021 adopted its “Framework on Fairness, Inclusion and Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity and Sex Variations” that includes the following provisions:

• 3.1 Eligibility criteria should be established and implemented fairly and in a manner that does not systematically exclude athletes from competition based upon their gender identity, physical appearance and/or sex variations.

• 3.2 Provided they meet eligibility criteria that are consistent with principle 4 (“Fairness”, athletes should be allowed to compete in the category that best aligns with their self-determined gender identity.

• 3.3 Criteria to determine disproportionate competitive advantage may, at times, require testing of an athlete’s performance and physical capacity. However, no athlete should be subject to targeted testing because of, or aimed at determining, their sex, gender identity and/or sex variations.

The 2028 Summer Olympics will take place in Los Angeles.

President Donald Trump on Feb. 5 issued an executive order that bans trans women and girls from female sports teams in the U.S. The Human Rights Campaign and other advocacy groups criticized Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom last week after he said it is “deeply unfair” to allow trans athletes to compete in women’s sports.

The Guardian on Feb. 25 reported the State Department has ordered consular officials “to deny visas to transgender athletes attempting to come to the U.S. for sports competitions, and to issue permanent visa bans against those who are deemed to misrepresent their birth sex on visa applications.” A travel advisory for trans and nonbinary people who are planning to visit the U.S. that the German government issued last week specifically notes the Trump-Vance administration has banned the State Department from issuing passports with “X” gender markers.

The letter notes Trump’s Feb. 5 executive order, and indicates the signatories “stand united with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and President Trump in calling on the IOC to amend its standards and safeguard the opportunities of female athletes on the Olympic stage.”

“We urge you to reaffirm the IOC’s commitment to upholding the integrity of women’s Olympic competitions and ensure that only biological women and girls are allowed to compete in female sports categories,” reads the letter. “The Olympic Games should be a model for integrity in sports, and the next IOC president must firmly defend the rights of dedicated female athletes.”

The Los Angeles Blade has reached out to the IOC for comment.

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Trump hails anti-trans policies in partisan speech before joint session of Congress

GLAAD: ‘a baseless and unhinged disinformation campaign’

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President Donald Trump speaks at a joint session of Congress on March 4, 2025. (Washington Blade photo by Michael Key)

President Donald Trump delivered a divisive and partisan address before a joint session of Congress on Tuesday that also included multiple references to his administration’s anti-transgender executive actions.

“We’ve ended the tyranny of so-called diversity, equity, and inclusion policies all across the entire federal government and indeed the private sector and our military,” Trump said, promising, “our country will be woke no longer.”

Later, he said “We have removed the poison of critical race theory from our public schools, and they signed an order making it the official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders, male and female.”

“I also signed an executive order to ban men from playing in women’s sports,” Trump said.

At that point, the president introduced one of his special guests, Payton McNabb—who, he said, was seriously injured three years ago when her girls’ volleyball game was “invaded by a male” who spiked the ball “so hard in Peyton’s face, causing traumatic brain injury.”

GLAAD, in a press release before Trump’s speech, noted that “McNabb has since been hired by opponents of trans people to use her injury to argue that all trans youth should be denied the chance to play sports as their authentic selves.”

She is “a paid spokesperson for an anti-transgender group that also advocates to ban health care and to force schools to dangerously out LGBTQ youth without their consent,” the group wrote.

Trump continued, “Take a look at what happened in the women’s boxing, weight lifting, track and field, swimming, or cycling, where a male recently finished a long distance race five hours and 14 minutes ahead of a woman for a new record by five hours.”

“It’s demeaning for women, and it’s very bad for our country. We’re not going to put up with it any longer.”

During this section of the speech, news cameras turned to Riley Gaines, a former NCAA swimmer turned anti-trans activist, who was a guest of Republican U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (Iowa) and has worked with the same group as McNabb.

GLAAD wrote that Gaines “parlayed her fifth place finish into a career of testifying in states she does not live in to support full bans on transgender youth as young as kindergarten from playing sports.”

Later, when decrying government spending, Trump noted $8 million was used “to promote LGBTQI+ in the African nation of Lesotho, which nobody has ever heard of” and $8 million “for making mice transgender.”

About an hour into his speech, the president said, “My administration is also working to protect our children from toxic ideologies in our schools. A few years ago, January Littlejohn and her husband discovered that their daughter’s school had secretly socially transitioned their 13 year old little girl.”

“Teachers and administrators conspired to deceive January and her husband while encouraging their daughter to use a new name and pronouns,” he said. “‘They-them’ pronoun, actually, all without telling January, who is here tonight and is now a courageous advocate against this form of child abuse.”

GLAAD notes that “records show January Littlejohn of Tallahassee, Fla., worked with the school district to support her nonbinary child, before Littlejohn sued the district with lawyers from a national anti-LGBTQ+ group.”

According to GLAAD, the family’s complaint accused school of discussing “restrooms and name change requests with their child without their consent” but “a public records request showed that the family had ongoing communications with the school and gave approval to let their child and their teachers lead on appropriate school protocols.” 

“The Trump White House is using the address to Congress to continue its baseless and unhinged disinformation campaign against transgender Americans,” GLAAD said. “The invited guests being deployed to smear transgender people are paid spokespeople for anti-LGBTQ groups that demand schools dangerously out LGBTQ students without their consent, who go against every major medical association supporting medically-necessary health care, and do nothing to promote women and girls in sports or protect everyone’s safety and wellbeing.” 

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Garcia vows not to be silenced amid U.S. Attorney’s inquiry into his criticism of Musk

Congressman received a letter from the U.S. attorney’s office in D.C.

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U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) (YouTube/MSNBC screen capture)

U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) is pushing back after President Donald Trump’s interim U.S. attorney for D.C., Ed Martin, disclosed his office’s inquiry into whether the congressman’s remarks about Elon Musk earlier this month constituted a threat against a public official.

“This is completely ridiculous, to essentially threaten me with possible prosecution [and] investigations through the U.S. Department of Justice because I used a metaphor to criticize Elon Musk,” Garcia told The Bulwark’s Tim Miller during an interview on Feb. 20.

At issue is a Feb. 12 appearance on CNN during which, as Martin said in a letter to the congressman’s office, “When asked how Democrats can stop Elon Musk, you spoke clearly: ‘What the American public wants is for us to bring actual weapons to this bar fight. This is an actual fight for democracy.’”

He continued, “This sounds to some like a threat to Mr. Musk—an appointed representative of President Donald Trump who you call a ‘dick’—and government staff who work for him. Their concerns have led to this inquiry.”

Garcia’s comments came just after he participated in the first House subcommittee hearing on Musk’s DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency, which was established by an executive order issued on the first day Trump took office.

In a statement to the Los Angeles Blade, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) said “Rep. Robert Garcia is a thoughtful, hardworking, and law-abiding legislator who serves his constituents and the nation with distinction. House Democrats will not be intimidated by far-right extremists who are determined to weaponize the criminal justice system against Congress.”

Garcia serves on the powerful House Oversight Committee as well as in the Congressional Equality Caucus, as one of its 11 LGBTQ+ co-chairs. In November, he was elected the Democratic Caucus Leadership Representative.

“I’ve talked to a lot of folks, members of the House and others, who have been very supportive.” he said on Feb. 20. “I said, ‘Look, we can’t allow this singling out of me. It’s not really about me, right? This is about silencing critics and critics in Congress.’”

Later in the interview, he added “we’re talking to the appropriate folks, and of course, talking to folks in the Democratic leadership” who understand the broader stakes in terms of “our job” as House Democrats to “be the loyal opposition.”

U.S. Rep. Gerald Connolly (Va.), the Oversight Committee’s top Democrat, also issued a statement condemning Martin’s letter:

“This is a shameful attempt to silence and stifle congressional oversight. Mr. Martin—an organizer, financier, and legal representative for the January 6th insurrection—is weaponizing the Justice Department to carry out the president’s retribution tour.

“This ‘Operation Whirlwind’ is a smokescreen meant to distract from the true intentions of the Trump administration: Silencing criticism and snuffing out any attempt to exercise oversight of their misdeeds and perversion of the law. I can assure you that Congressman Garcia and our fellow Oversight Democrats will not be deterred by these threats, and we will continue to fight to safeguard our democracy and protect the rights of the American people we serve.”

Martin on Feb. 19 announced “Operation Whirlwind,” a new initiative to prosecute threats against public officials at all levels of government, which some critics and legal experts believe is primarily intended as a means of silencing criticism.

In addition to Garcia, Martin has sent letters to the Senate’s Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) on Jan. 21, Feb. 3, and Feb. 11, indicating plans to review remarks he made in 2020 to see if they constituted unlawful threats against two of Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court nominees, Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch.

“I want to tell you, Gorsuch,” Schumer said, “I want to tell you, Kavanaugh—you have released the whirlwind and you will pay the price. You won’t know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions.” 

The top Senate Democrat was speaking during a rally about the conservative jurists’ potential revocation of decades-old constitutional protections for abortion, which they ultimately did in 2022 with their 5-4 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.

As detailed by aide to the senator in his response to Martin, “on March 5, 2020, the day after the comments referenced in your letter, Senator Schumer made the following remarks” from the Senate floor:

“Now, I should not have used the words I used yesterday. They didn’t come out the way I intended to. My point was that there would be political consequences—political consequences—for President Trump and Senate Republicans if the Supreme Court, with the newly confirmed Justices, stripped away a woman’s right to choose.

“Of course, I didn’t intend to suggest anything other than political and public opinion consequences for the Supreme Court, and it is a gross distortion to imply otherwise. I am from Brooklyn. We speak in strong language.

“I shouldn’t have used the words I did, but in no way was I making a threat. I never—never—would do such a thing. Leader McConnell knows that, and Republicans who are busy manufacturing outrage over these comments know that too.”

The aide concluded, “As Senator Schumer’s statement on the Senate floor confirmed, the comments were not a threat to physically harm any person. I hope that this clarifying information is helpful.”

Shortly after Trump’s appointment of Martin, the conservative lawyer and activist dismissed pending cases against rioters who sacked the Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021, fired the prosecutors who were involved, and began investigations into those who brought obstruction charges that were ultimately invalidated by a U.S. Supreme Court decision in June.

Barbara McQuade, a former federal prosecutor who teaches law at the University of Michigan and serves as a legal analyst for NBC News and MSNBC, told the Washington Post she had “never seen anything like these letters from a U.S. attorney,” who would typically assign agents to lead such a probe while abiding the Justice Department’s policy of not confirming or denying the existence of any investigation.

“It seems like a fair inference that these letters are designed more to chill free speech than to seek clarification, as they purport to do,” McQuade added.

Garcia agreed, telling Miller that the effort “could have a chilling effect on other folks that actually want to come out and criticize and oppose” Trump, Musk, the administration, or their allies.

Looking ahead, Martin has “given me, by the way, till Tuesday to respond to this letter,” Garcia noted. When asked about what he planned to do, the congressman said “we’re having some conversations about that” but “what we’re not going to do is stay silent.”

“The lesson here is not to retreat,” he said. “The lesson here is to push harder and continue to let people know they are literally trying to limit free speech.”

Discussing his remarks about Musk during an appearance on CNN on Feb. 20, Garcia said “what’s really critical at this moment, I think, for all of us to understand, is that we should be allowed to speak freely, and we certainly should be allowed to use figures of speech, and anyone that watches that can see that as a figure of speech or a metaphor in the way we’re describing this fight.”

The congressman added, “And it is a fight. This is a fight for democracy.”

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Federal workers, trans service members cope with Trump attacks

‘We could very easily be entering a Lavender Scare 2.0’

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‘Any policy that excludes a class of individuals is inherently damaging to national security,’ said Col. Bree Fram. (Photo courtesy SPARTA)

Since President Trump signed a series of executive orders rolling back federal worker protections, advocacy groups are ringing alarm bells signaling this could disproportionately impact more than 300,000 LGBTQ federal workers. 

Trump has so far signed 65 executive orders, most of which attempt to shrink the size of the federal government and restructure how it works to better suit his interests. Of those 65 executive orders passed, at least six directly target LGBTQ people, one outright bans transgender people from serving in the military, and another ends all government efforts at promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).

A study conducted in January by the Williams Institute, a research center that focuses on sexual orientation and gender identity law and public policy, showed that “one in ten LGBTQ adults are employed by the public sector,” with higher numbers of LGBTQ people working in federal government bureaus, the USPS, and as government contractors. This means that Trump’s orders could be particularly dangerous for LGBTQ Americans, potentially displacing hundreds of thousands of queer federal workers. 

The Blade spoke with an LGBTQ executive branch employee who works directly with one of the resource groups targeted by the Trump administration to understand how these orders are being implemented internally. The source, fearing retaliation, requested anonymity.

“We had established lots of different things that were positive for LGBTQI+ employees to make sure that our identities were respected,” the source said. “What some folks may see as a simple thing like the allowance for pronouns in email signatures and the use of inclusive language, all those kinds of things are kind of in limbo right now. It’s fully expected to be said [by the Trump administration] that these things can’t be utilized anymore.”  

The source noted that the public often misunderstands the role of these resource groups, making it harder to justify the need for such positions. A common misconception is that groups promoting DEI exist solely to hire minorities. Although part of their mission involves reaching historically underrepresented communities, their work extends far beyond recruitment, playing a crucial role in fostering inclusive workplace cultures and supporting employees.

“It’s just about creating that level playing field environment to make sure that you are doing the best for your organization to attract the best talent, and then the knowledge that it’s not just any one demographic that is best suited for a certain role,” they said. “Let me be very clear: It’s not about quotas, it’s not about checking boxes. It’s not about hiring one person on anything other than qualification over another. It’s about making sure that we’re looking at places where we may be missing opportunities for not just qualified candidates, but the best and brightest. And sometimes that means adjusting your recruitment style.”

This ongoing attack on DEI, as well as other efforts to promote inclusivity and fairness within the government by the twice-impeached president is a borrowed tactic from another infamous Republican who weaponized demagoguery to consolidate power — Sen. Joseph McCarthy.

“We could very easily be entering a Lavender Scare 2.0,” the source continued. “I mean, when you’re asking employees to rat on each other, basically, for anybody who might be involved in anything surrounding this work, it’s not unknown that a majority of folks who do diversity, equity, and inclusion work are members of minority, marginalized communities. It just painted a big target on the back of all those people.”

When asked to speculate on what they think this could mean for the roughly three million federal workers, the source said it could lead to a chilling effect where LGBTQ employees either face direct removal or feel compelled to leave due to a hostile work environment.

“I see an exodus coming — whether it is forced or voluntary,” said the source. “I don’t see with all the progress that’s been made over the last two decades people willing to stay working for an organization where they don’t feel like they’re safe. If you feel like you don’t have the psychological safety to do your job, and you’re worried about whether you’re gonna get fired, it kind of kills your psychological availability to do your job. People are not engaged.”

Colonel Bree Fram, the highest-ranking out transgender officer in the Department of Defense, who spoke to the Blade in her personal capacity and does not speak on behalf of the U.S. government or military, agreed with the source’s thoughts on inclusive spaces being critical for the success of government work and safety.   

“Any policy that excludes a class of individuals is inherently damaging to national security, because if those individuals can meet the standards of the service, if they can accomplish the mission that they’ve been given, they are participating in a way that makes us stronger,” Fram said. “We create better solutions from a diverse set of perspectives that allows us to accomplish the mission in ways that support national security objectives. So if there is a transgender service member out there excluded merely for who they are, rather than their ability to complete their mission it’s an issue for our national security today and far into the future, because we have thousands of transgender service members actively accomplishing the mission today. They are doing so in a way that meets, or, in most cases, exceeds the standards, because they are highly capable, competent warriors that have learned their skill set and mastered their craft over decades, they are crushing it on behalf of the United States and in upholding their oath to the Constitution.”

The executive branch source echoed that sentiment. Both sources agree that the removal of these policies has the real potential to harm the government’s ability to function as a resource for its people. 

“It takes a special type of person to work for the government,” the source said. “You’re not going to get rich. You’re not going to make as much money, generally. In the private sector you would, especially for folks who work in some of these specialized areas. Why would you want to work somewhere that you’re going to go nowhere, and no matter how hard you work, you’re not going to get anything?”

Not only do government employees feel they can’t perform at a professional level with these executive orders, some have expressed that they fear for the personal lives of LGBTQ staff members now too. 

“People are concerned,” Fram said. “People are worried about what will happen to people that they work with. When any leader sees someone in their organization having a difficult time or having something outside of what they need to focus on to accomplish their duties, it is our responsibility as a leader to help that person through those issues. That is what leaders within the military, I believe, are seeing right now. They see members of their military family hurting and concerned about what their future may be. As a leader, we want to take care of people so that they can take care of the mission and having to spend resources to take care of people when they are hurt is very important, but it is also time consuming, and takes us away from things that we do need to be focused on.”

To find “things that we need to focus on,” is easier said than done. Fram said that for LGBTQ members of the federal workforce, specifically trans members of the military, it’s not only the fight against unjust actions and rhetoric from Trump, but also internally within the service members themselves.  

“The challenge all of us face is, how do we determine and know our own self worth?” Fram asked. “Do we let an outside source define who we are? For transgender people, that is a deep strength of ours. … We know what to focus on. We know that we are who we are. We exist, and it is our deep duty and responsibility to care about future generations and protecting and defending our freedoms.”

When asked how to support people in these groups as workplace inclusion shifts away from being a standard part of their professional environment, Fram had a simple answer: listen to those who are being excluded.

“I believe the most powerful thing any of us have is our story,” Fram said. “Our story of courage and commitment and development and capability, how we serve, how we accomplish the missions that we’ve been given. So the best thing people can possibly do right now is share our stories, connect with our humanity, understand who we are in reality, not the rhetoric being used to demonize us. Trans people are a small portion of the population, so it’s easy to hate who you don’t know or don’t understand or have never met. So meet a trans person, read their story, share their story, and your perceptions may change.”

The Blade reached out to the Trump-Vance administration for comment but did not receive a response. 

In the long run, Fram explained, vilifying and marginalizing people for who they are ultimately harms the cohesive team dynamics essential to achieving a common goal — whether on the battlefield or in the boardroom.

“What we’ve learned from countless examples through history, for trans people, for lesbians, gays, and bisexuals, and for other groups, anyone really who had to hide a piece of their identity in order to serve,” Fram said. “You cannot be as effective as you can be when you are spending energy hiding who you are. That’s a concern I have as more people pull back and have to hide a portion of who they are. We lose some of that cohesion within teams, because that energy that you have to spend on protecting yourself could be dedicated to building the cohesive relationships around you that foster teams that become incredibly successful. That’s one of the things where people being authentic serves the purposes of the military. It builds those strong bonds that allow teams to function effectively and accomplish their wartime mission.”

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Trump’s trans erasure arrives at National Park Service

Fate of major 2016 LGBTQ Theme Study unclear

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NYC Pride participants in front of the Stonewall Inn in 2019. (File photo by Andrew Nasonov)

President Trump’s efforts at erasing trans identity intensified this week as employees at the National Park Service were instructed to remove the “T” and “Q” from “LGBTQ” from all internal and external communications.

The change was first noticed on the website of the Stonewall National Monument; trans people of color were integral to the events at Stonewall, which is widely viewed as the kickoff of the modern LGBTQ rights movement. The Stonewall National Monument is the first U.S. national monument dedicated to LGBTQ rights and history.

Reaction to that move was swift. New York City Council member Erik Bottcher wrote, “The Trump administration has erased transgender people from the Stonewall National Monument website. We will not allow them to erase the very existence of our siblings. We are one community!!”

But what most didn’t realize is that the removal of the “T” and “Q” (for transgender and queer) extends to all National Park Service and Interior Department communications, raising concerns that the move could jeopardize future LGBTQ monuments and project work.

The Blade reached out to the National Park Service for comment on the trans erasure and received a curt response that the agency is implementing Trump’s executive order “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government” as well as agency directives to end all DEI initiatives.

The question being debated internally now, according to a knowledgable source, is what to do with a massive LGBTQ Theme Study, which as of Feb. 14 was still available on the NPS website. In 2014, the Gill Foundation recognized an omission of historic LGBTQ sites in the nation’s records, and the organization made a grant to the National Park Service to commission a first-of-its-kind LGBTQ Theme Study, which was published in 2016. It was a landmark project that represented major progress for the LGBTQ community in having our contributions included in the broader American story, something that is becoming increasingly difficult given efforts like “Don’t Say Gay” laws that ban the teaching of LGBTQ topics in schools.

A source told the Blade that National Park Service communications staff suggested that removing chapters of the 2016 Theme Study that pertain to transgender people might placate anti-trans political appointees. But one employee pushed back on that, suggesting instead that the entire Theme Study be removed. Editing the document to remove one community’s contributions and perspective violates the academic intent of the project, according to the source. A final decision on how to proceed is expected soon. 

Meanwhile, a protest is planned for Friday, Feb. 14 at noon at Christopher Park in New York City (7th Ave. S. and Christopher Street). The protest is being planned by staff at the Stonewall Inn. 

“The Stonewall Inn and The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative are outraged and appalled by the recent removal of the word ‘transgender’ from the Stonewall National Monument page on the National Park Service website,” the groups said in a statement. “Let us be clear: Stonewall is transgender history. Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera, and countless other trans and gender-nonconforming individuals fought bravely, and often at great personal risk, to push back against oppressive systems. Their courage, sacrifice, and leadership were central to the resistance we now celebrate as the foundation of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement.”

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Education Department moves to end support for trans students

Mental health services among programs that are in jeopardy

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An email sent to employees at the U.S. Department of Education on Friday explains that “programs, contracts, policies, outward-facing media, regulations, and internal practices” will be reviewed and cut in cases where they “fail to affirm the reality of biological sex.”

The move, which is of a piece with President Donald Trump’s executive orders restricting transgender rights, jeopardizes the future of initiatives at the agency like mental health services and support for students experiencing homelessness.

Along with external-facing work at the agency, the directive targets employee programs such as those administered by LGBTQ+ resource groups, in keeping with the Trump-Vance administration’s rollback of diversity, equity, and inclusion within the federal government.

In recent weeks, federal agencies had begun changing their documents, policies, and websites for purposes of compliance with the new administration’s first executive action targeting the trans community, “Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government.”

For instance, the Education Department had removed a webpage offering tips for schools to better support homeless LGBTQ+ youth, noted ProPublica, which broke the news of the “sweeping” changes announced in the email to DOE staff.

According to the news service, the directive further explains the administration’s position that “The deliberate subjugation of women and girls by means of gender ideology — whether in intimate spaces, weaponized language, or American classrooms — negated the civil rights of biological females and fostered distrust of our federal institutions.”

A U.S. Senate committee hearing will be held Thursday for Linda McMahon, Trump’s nominee for education secretary, who has been criticized by LGBTQ+ advocacy groups. GLAAD, for instance, notes that she helped to launch and currently chairs the board of a conservative think tank that “has campaigned against policies that support transgender rights in education.”

NBC News reported on Tuesday that Trump planned to issue an executive order this week to abolish the Education Department altogether.

While the president and his conservative allies in and outside the administration have repeatedly expressed plans to disband the agency, doing so would require approval from Congress.

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Trump bars trans women and girls from sports

The administration reversed course on the Biden-Harris policy on Title IX

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President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued another executive order taking aim at the transgender community, this time focusing on eligibility for sports participation.

In a signing ceremony for “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports” in the East Room of the White House, the president proclaimed “With this executive order, the war on women’s sports is over.”

Despite the insistence by Trump and Republicans that trans women and girls have a biological advantage in sports over cisgender women and girls, the research has been inconclusive, at best.

A study in the peer reviewed Sports Medicine journal found “no direct or consistent research” pointing to this conclusion. A different review in 2023 found that post-pubertal differences are “reduced, if not erased, over time by gender affirming hormone therapy.”

Other critics of efforts to exclude trans student athletes have pointed to the small number of people who are impacted. Charlie Baker, president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, testified last year that fewer than 10 of the NCAA’s 522,000+ student athletes identify as trans.

The Trump-Vance administration has reversed course from the Biden-Harris administration’s policy on Title IX rules barring sex-based discrimination.

“If you’re going to have women’s sports, if you’re going to provide opportunities for women, then they have to be equally safe, equally fair, and equally private opportunities, and so that means that you’re going to preserve women’s sports for women,” a White House official said prior to the issuance of the order.

Former President Joe Biden’s Title IX rules, which went into effect last year, clarified that pursuant to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County (2020), sex-based discrimination includes that which is based on the victim’s sexual orientation or gender identity.

The White House official indicated that the administration will consider additional guidance, regulations, and interpretations of Title IX, as well as exploring options to handle noncompliance by threatening federal funding for schools and education programs.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that Trump “does expect the Olympic Committee and the NCAA to no longer allow men to compete in women’s sports.”

One of the first legislative moves by the new Congress last month was House Republicans’ passage of the “Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act,” which would ban trans women and girls from participating in competitive athletics.

The bill is now before the U.S. Senate, where Republicans have a three-seat majority but would need 60 votes to overcome the filibuster.

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Transgender people removed from State Department travel page

Previous administration used LGBTQI+ acronym

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The State Department has eliminated references to transgender travelers from its travel advisories.

The International Travel tab that the State Department’s Bureau of Consular Affairs maintains has a section for “LGB Travelers.”

“LGB travelers can face special challenges abroad,” reads the introduction. “Laws and attitudes in some countries may affect safety and ease of travel. Many countries do not recognize same-sex marriage. Many countries also only recognize the male and female sex markers in passports and do not have IT systems at ports of entry that can accept other sex markers. About 70 countries still consider consensual same-sex relations a crime. In some of these countries, individuals who engage in same-sex sexual relations may face severe punishment.”

Steven Romo of NBC News and other reporters have noted the same page before President Donald Trump took office used the LGBTQI+ acronym to describe the community. State Department officials with whom the Los Angeles Blade spoke during the Biden-Harris administration routinely used the LGBTQI+ acronym.

Trump since he took office on Jan. 20 has issued a number of executive orders that specifically target trans people.

One directive bans the State Department from issuing passports with “X” gender markers, reversing a policy that took effect in 2022.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio earlier this week issued a waiver that allows the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief and other “life-saving humanitarian assistance” programs to continue to operate during the freeze on nearly all U.S. foreign aid spending. The waiver does not apply to “activities that involve abortions, family planning conferences” and “gender or DEl ideology programs, transgender surgeries, or other non-life saving assistance.”

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Trump’s freeze on funds raises questions, concerns, criticism

Initial ban stated immediate freeze to all federal funds, now blocked by judge

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The Trump administration rescinded a memo which alerted agencies and organizations to identify and review federal financial assistance programs that do not align with the president’s new policies. The memo specifically highlight’s Trump executive order signed on Jan. 20, Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government – a move that specifically targets the LGBTQ+ communities and the organizations who aid them.

On Monday, the Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget released the memo, stating Trump’s immediate plans to freeze federal funds that would directly impact departments and agencies who the administration claims are working toward spreading ‘gender ideology extremism.’ The memo immediately created widespread confusion and raised concerns among all organizations who receive federal funds. 

The White House even had to release an immediate Q&A to answer all the questions and concerns regarding the freeze. The Q&A explained that the freeze on federal funds was meant for organizations who use federal funds to protect LGBTQ+ rights, access to housing, combating domestic violence and many more, further stating that organizations that provide Medicare, Social Security and SNAP benefits, are exempt from this freeze. 

Quickly following the release of this memo and moments before it was scheduled to take effect, District Judge Loren L. AliKhan issued a block and shortly after that, the administration rescinded the freeze in a two-sentence statement, all while arguing that Trump’s action is not full impoundment – when a president holds back money that Congress has already approved for a specific purpose. 

The first memo urged agencies to immediately review financial assistance programs and activities to align with the new policies and requirements set forth by the new administration in order to ‘protect the American people and safeguard taxpayer resources,’ referencing the list of executive orders Trump signed into action over the first 10 days in office. 

Organizations who heavily rely on this type of assistance worked swiftly to release statements regarding the latest attack on vulnerable communities such as those who are undocumented or identify as LGBTQ+. 

The LA LGBT Center reached out to the community to ask for support while the future financial stability becomes uncertain as more incoming threats loom on the horizon. The Center is only one of many organizations which receive federal funding and who stand to see the detrimental losses of financial assistance under this administration. 

“We know that our work is being targeted by the Trump Administration and Republican-controlled Congress, but we remain unwavering in our commitment to providing the life-saving services that are essential to our community,” said Joe Hollendoner, CEO of the LA LGBT Center. “The Center will fight to protect federal funding for Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act, HIV services and LGBTQ+ specific intimate partner violence programs – despite scare tactics by members of the Trump administration to cut these services.”

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer issued a statement regarding Monday’s ban on federal funds. “In the blink of an eye, and in the dead of night Donald Trump committed one of the cruelest actions I have seen the federal government make in a very long time,” said Senate Minority Leader Schumer. 

This is just the first of many attacks and attempts to severely punish and disable organizations who are working to ensure that vulnerable populations receive basic needs and assistance.

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Five transgender service members speak out as Trump pushes military ban

They boast a combined 77 years of experience in four branches of the military

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Leading up to President Donald Trump’s issuance of an executive order on Monday instructing the Pentagon to explore banning transgender service members from the U.S. armed forces, the Washington Blade spoke with five sources who, according to the new administration, lack the “readiness, lethality, cohesion, honesty, humility, uniformity, and integrity” required to serve.

Together, they boast a combined 77 years of experience in four branches, where they had either enlisted or joined as commissioned officers. Three are currently serving, while two have retired. Several have seen combat in overseas deployments.

While the details of how the Pentagon plans to exclude trans service members are not yet fully clear, Sue Fulton, who served as assistant secretary of veterans affairs for public and intergovernmental affairs, noted that “you’re talking about undertaking administrative processes that are going to require people and paperwork and meetings and working groups and the promulgation of new rules and policies — all with the intent of removing capable, lethal, proven warriors from their positions.”

“Transgender Americans have been serving honorably for decades and have been serving openly for almost 10 years,” she said. “And the acceptance level, there’s a study that [found] about the same percentage of military folks, about 70%, have no issues with transgender service members, which is the same percent as the general population.”

Fulton, who commissioned in the U.S. Army after graduating from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point as a member of the first class to admit women, is not transgender, though she has served as president of SPARTA, a group comprised of trans service members and former service members. An out lesbian, Fulton has been an advocate for women serving in combat roles, and she was involved in the effort to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”

Her insights are buttressed by the testimony of trans service members who shared their experiences with the Blade over the past week. Interviews with Fulton, along with trans service members and veterans Logan and Laila Ireland and Alivia Stehlik, were conducted during the National LGBTQ Task Force’s Creating Change conference in Las Vegas.

Senior uniformed service member, O-6 rank, who spoke on the condition of anonymity

  • I’ve been out in the LGBTQ+ community since I was 17. And I came into the service knowing that under ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,’ I would have to go back in the closet. So, I served under ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ for 10 years, and it was kind of like you had two lives.
  • It was very hard. It was very hard for years. You always had to have eyes in the back of your head, a little bit, like watching — if you go out, is somebody there seeing you? If you went out to a gay club, are people watching?
  • But the missions and the work that I did in the service — it was the missions that I was just drawn to. I always think about, ‘why did I stay in?’ It was my commitment to selfless service. I have always wanted to serve this country, and I felt a sense of pride every day as I put on the uniform and did the work.
  • Under the Trump 1.0 ban, that is when I was really working on figuring out that I was trans. Going back to his inauguration in 2017 and his announcement, by tweet, that he was banning trans service members, at that point I had acknowledged, to myself, ‘yeah, I know I’m trans.’
  • In 2017, I just halted everything and said, ‘Okay, well, I can’t do anything for three years now. Even if I wanted to transition.’ So, I talked about it with my friends, I talked about it with my spouse at the time, and it was just something I talked about.
  • Just like I knew that ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,’ would go away, I knew that at some point this would change. So, I kind of held it all in for those three years. And then after Biden was elected, and he rescinded Trump’s ban, the door was opened for me to then come out if I wanted to.
  • At that point, I began to really think about if I wanted to transition or not. Now, at the rank that I was in, as an O-5, I was thinking about coming out, but I was in a command position. I was second in charge of a command at the time, and all eyes were on me. So, it was a big decision whether or not to come out.
  • When I was able to then come out early into the Biden-Harris administration, I was also up for a promotion to become an O-6. If I didn’t make O-6, then I would retire, because if you don’t make the promotion, you kind of get forced to leave the service. And then I would have come out as trans as a civilian.
  • Ultimately, of course, I was promoted and I made the decision, ‘Okay, I want to come out, I want to, publicly, start the transition. And I want to transition in the service.’ It’s very difficult to come out in that space.
  • In April it will be three years. I did some of my paperwork behind the scenes prior to coming out. Then, I came out to my staff and the folks that work for me. But since then, my staff has been amazing. It’s wonderful. And my leadership has been truly amazing.
  • I started changing my usage of the bathrooms fairly quickly, and changing how I dress and how — the biggest thing is how people gender me. People had no problem. There would be ‘oops’ once in a while. And they knew that it didn’t bother me, like, I could just kind of let it go. But everybody’s been amazing.
  • I’ve become this leader in the service that other LGBTQ members and especially trans service members look to as a role model or mentor. I get calls all the time from folks who want help as they’re going through things or need for their confidence to be boosted so they can keep going.
  • Without the trans military ban, I could imagine myself becoming the first trans member to take over a command in this service. I don’t believe a trans person has ever taken over a command service-wide. I could see myself definitely going longer and being looked at as kind of that beacon of leadership in the LGBTQ+ realm.
  • I’m keeping everything on the table. I am working on things so that if I have to transition out of the military this summer via TAPS [The Transition Assistance Program] my medical record is complete and all of my administrative work is done. There’s courses you have to take, paperwork you have to do, things like that.
  • I have put my retirement letter in for a specific time next year. I’m already eligible to retire now, but you have the option to always pull it back, so it’s there as kind of something that I could also work towards. So if I don’t get processed out this summer, I could leave that as a time frame that I could process out to.
  • At the moment, the biggest thing I’m feeling is anxiety. I’m just anxious about the uncertainty of what the future holds. I’ve given over 24 years to this nation. Selfless service. It just feels like that’s being erased, being forgotten about. And that’s my life’s work — just thrown, thrown away. You know?
  • There are not many people who want to serve anymore. We’re in a recruiting and retention crisis across the board. It doesn’t matter what service you’re going in, they’re having a hard time getting people in and they’re having a hard time keeping people. And to want to push somebody out that has given their entire adult life to an organization, but then also to the nation, it’s just really unfortunate and sad that for everything that I’ve done, the hard work that I’ve done, the work that I’ve done, for the government to just kind of say that you are no longer able to serve. We just don’t want you because you’re trans.
  • What I have found in my leadership career and working with teams, because I’m so such a team-oriented person, that people coming with different ideas and different backgrounds is such a benefit.
  • [Even with Navy SEALs, they try to make teams with people who have different personality traits.]
  • I want somebody on my team that has gone through adversity. And it can be that somebody has been in the LGBTQ+ community, that has gone through, you know, figuring out their authentic self. But I think it’s also somebody maybe that has gone through something different that is difficult, whether it was loss of a spouse or a really nasty divorce, somebody that has gone through pain, somebody that has really gutted it out. That’s somebody I want on my team, because they have felt that rock bottom feeling, and know how to be resilient enough to come out of that.
  • There are trans members that are also in positions that it’s going to take a lot of time. We’re looking at, like 15,000 across the whole military. There’s folks in the intel community in positions that take a lot of training to get to where they are, and 15,000 people pulling out, that’s an issue of national security, in my opinion, national resilience, right?
  • The service will have to scramble to find my replacement. And there will be big holes in locations.

Former U.S. Army Captain Sue Fulton

Sue Fulton at the U.S. Supreme Court (Photo credit: Sue Fulton)
  • [With the trans military ban] You’re removing trained, skilled people from the force. It disrupts readiness, it disrupts unit cohesion, it disrupts morale, it disrupts the team. So the real problem with doing this is that you’re negatively impacting readiness. And I know those are buzzwords, but the impact is real.
  • To my knowledge, this is unprecedented, discharging a swath of qualified, proven military members for a characteristic that isn’t uniformly tracked. Any way you do this, it’s going to be kind of a mess. Some trans folks have a gender dysphoria diagnosis; some trans folks don’t. There’s no descriptor in your records that says, you know, ‘T’ for ‘transgender.’
  • Whether it’s an administrative separation or a medical separation, an individual discharge would require a board for each individual to determine their fitness for duty. Every hypothesis I’ve heard for how they might implement a ban presents problems for the military.
  • So, I understand that there’s been a lot of rhetoric around this issue, but we have been unsuccessful in predicting exactly what action will come out of this administration.
  • Rand [Corporation] — who had predicted that it could cost up $150,000 per service member per year to have transgender folks serve — went back after trans folks were allowed to serve openly, to see what the costs actually were. And it was less than $1,000 per transgender service member per year, which I don’t need to tell you, is like an average military service member’s prescription costs per year.
  • Statistically, there is no greater cost to care for a transgender service member than for any other service member. There is data on that. Rand has that data. They originally assumed that each service member would get every possible surgery including surgeries that change appearance — shaving a trachea, there’s a whole variety of surgeries that trans and cisgender people can get to change their appearance. And there was an assumption that every trans service member would get all of these procedures, that they wouldn’t have maybe gotten them before they had joined. The idea that they would choose not to have all these procedures, which is what has happened, wasn’t considered. The reality is we know trans service members will often get surgeries on their own dime outside the military.
  • Fundamentally, transgender people want to appear to others as the person they feel like inside. And that doesn’t necessarily require a suite of, the full set of surgeries. Everyone wants to appear on the outside as they feel inside. And the military actually performs surgeries for people who are not transgender to change their appearance when there’s something that bothers them deeply. The whole conversation around transgender medical care and surgeries is fraught with myths.
  • Bottom line: Transgender service members don’t cost more. They deliver at least as well — at least as well — as their counterparts in the military. And many people, because they feel the need to overachieve, will exceed standards on the regular. And we see that, we hear that from commanders, we hear that from senior leaders, and that has to be taken into account.
  • I went to West Point in 1976 in the first class to include women. And since that time, almost 50 years, there have been a series of decisions opening the military or opening parts of the military to additional groups of people, whether it’s women, whether it’s gay and lesbian folks, whether it’s Sikhs.
  • The Department of Defense is slow to change, but it makes sense. Recall, it’s [the largest government agency in the United States] and so if you’re going to make changes they’re going to affect millions of people. They want to go through a process where they look at how rules are written so that they can be implemented down to the lowest level of command. Ultimately, there’s an announcement — it’s like, this change is happening — but understand that the change takes months, if not years, in any case.
  • I don’t know if we’ve ever seen a whole class of people who are serving without issues, without problems, who are serving honorably and effectively, summarily kicked out of the armed forces.
  • I can’t recall a time when that happened. You know, there are many ways to kick an individual out of the military. If they fail to meet standards, if they are no longer medically capable, if there’s misbehavior. All of those things can happen. There are lots of ways to exit the military for individuals, but for a whole class of people, without any evidence of failure to be summarily kicked out, I don’t think there’s a precedent for that. And there shouldn’t be.
  • We have trouble staffing our Armed Forces today, and there are not a lot of people who are willing and or able to serve in the United States Armed Forces. We have people who are willing and able — who have the competence, the character, and the commitment to serve. We believe they should be allowed to serve. The very notion that you would want to exit a whole class of people from the military is dangerous to our security.
  • [To separate an individual from the military] there are medical boards, if someone is no longer medically qualified to serve. There are administrative boards that cover a whole host of issues like misbehavior that doesn’t rise to the level of court martial.
  • The reason there are boards is that you have, first, a commander initiate it — so the commander believes this person should no longer serve. There’s evidence presented, whether it’s medical evidence or other kinds of evidence from the the leaders of that individual, and it’s presented to a board, often headed by a general officer. You’ve got to convene that board. You’re going to take the time of these people away from their day jobs, because it’s not their full time job, right, in general. And they review, does this person belonging in the military or not? Now, you know, that’s a deliberate process. It can be sped up to maybe three months. But that’s for each individual.
  • When you have an organization the size of the U.S. armed forces, that’s why these processes are created. And no one loves the bureaucracy of the military, especially not people in the military, but that is the way that it operates in order to ensure that the best people are retained and unqualified people are not.
  • When we worked on the repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,’ it was very persuasive to argue that service members should not just be allowed but encouraged to be their authentic selves, because the bonds that make for an effective unit, the trust that you build with the people you fight next to, are essential to winning. It is essential for people to have a level of trust with each other when they’re in harm’s way. And we get the mission done not as individuals; we get the mission done as teams. If you’re forced to lie to the people around you about who you are, that gets in the way of building the high performing teams that we need in the military.
  • I went to West Point. I worked with a lot of women combat veterans. I have never been so floored by the courage of a group of people as the transgender service members, experiencing what the world says to trans people, experiencing what the military says to trans people, and [still sharing their stories].
  • Even in the [Senate] hearing for [Pete Hegseth’s nomination for] secretary of Defense, there were some questioners who wanted to know how many push ups you could do and do you know what caliber of bullet goes into an M4 rifle? It trivializes the complexity of having a war-fighting military organization that can meet the challenges of the 21st century.
  • You need everyone to be at the top of their game, and this nonsense about ‘well, we’re going to police gender’ and we’re not going to talk about how Black people served in the military, or how women served the military, in history, to learn from our history. That [instead] we’re only going to focus on your weapon and your physical fitness. It doesn’t build a team that has a broad range of problem solving abilities.

U.S. Air Force Master Sergeant Logan Ireland

Logan Ireland (Photo credit: Logan and Laila Ireland)
  • I’m within OSI and my main job is to work in the Indo-Pacific with some of our host nation and coalition partners. One thing that I absolutely love about my job are the travel opportunities, the education benefits that I’ve been afforded to have, working with some of our foreign partners, made some awesome friends in many different countries. I’ve been able to be stationed in South Korea, UAE, deployed to Afghanistan, Qatar. I’ve had a great career, had a great experience, and that’s all been just by being visible and being the best troop that I can be.
  • I just hit my 14 years. So when I first came in, I came in as security forces. I always wanted to be a cop. Have a couple people that are in law enforcement in my family, and I just kind of wanted to take on that lineage. Plus, going to college was pretty expensive. I was in a bachelor’s degree, and it was just kind of like being a hamster in a wheel, working all the time, going to college, and wanting to do something more. So, going into the military for education benefits and travel, I mean, I saw that as my number one ticket, so I enlisted in the military, the Air Force was my number one choice, got to be stationed at awesome bases, and throughout my career, I’ve had amazing leadership that have allowed me the space and the voice to serve authentically and be myself, but also holding me to the standard.
  • And with what I’ve tried to do with my service, I always want to try and exceed that standard, to show other people that, hey, I’m here doing this as a good service member, raise their right hand, just like everybody else. I happen to be transgender, but that’s just one pillar of who I am and what my service represents.
  • I do that because there’s going to be someone that’s one day going to come after me that wants a seat at that military table, and they want to see me being a visible trans person, because maybe they are [trans], or maybe there’s someone from another marginalized community that doesn’t know if military has a place for them. By being visible and showing that, hey, I’m doing it, exceeding the standard, you can do it too.
  • I think that brings a lot of value, especially when we’re in a military that, you know, is somewhat at a recruiting deficit. You know, we want to try and bring the best and the brightest that meet the standard and want to raise their right hand to serve.
  • We never came in the military to get that praise from someone else. We did it for the brothers and sisters to the left and the right of us. And for other people, especially trans people, the military was their only option. You know, they needed that financial stability, those education benefits. Maybe they wanted to travel, find a place of being and a place to serve authentically.
  • The military gives them that option. It’s the number one employer of transgender individuals. Most of the people that are transgender in the military now are at the senior non commissioned officer level with an average of 12 years of service. So we bring a lot of value to the military by serving. And for those that are coming into the service, we are their supervisors. We are there to help them integrate into the military and show them all the benefits that the military has given to us.
  • something that I do on the side working with SPARTA is actually helping those that are accessing into the military. A civilian who is joining the military goes through what’s called accession standards when they process through the Military Entry Processing Station (MEPS). we have a subgroup in SPARTA called SPARTA Future Warriors, and currently we have over 660 members in that group that are aspiring to join the military. These are all transgender individuals. These individuals meet the standard. Or they will be meeting the standard, because they they see now what they have to do, and we help them get to MEPS, answer some of their questions. We help them with that process of getting into the military.
  • And I’ll be frank, these are some shit hot people we need in the military. We got people coming in that want to be pilots, that want to be JAG Officers, that want to be doctors. Some of them are those on the civilian side. You know, we just had one that swore into MEPS, and he got an Air Force Special Warfare Division contract, a special operations contract, who happens to be trans.
  • It means a lot to me, you know, to see people coming after us. We don’t do this for ourselves. We don’t share a story for ourselves. I’ve had a great career, but we want to do it because there’s a lot of people that are going to come after us, and it matters to them. They want to find a place in the military. They want to serve authentically, and I hope that they have that chance, just like we were afforded that opportunity to have that chance.
  • I came in wanting to do law enforcement. I was able to do that right. I wanted to go be working for the Office of Special Investigations. I’m able to do that. Most recently, I just put in a package to go through Officer Candidate School. I’m really hoping that I can have that opportunity, and the Air Force allows me to do that.
  • And I think a trans person looking from the from the outside in sees opportunity. They see that placement and access that the military can provide to them, that community, that they may not have otherwise in the civilian sector.
  • If they are willing to sacrifice their life for someone else so their children don’t have to serve, why not give that opportunity to that person? Why not give them the same benefits? They meet the standard — that’s the number one most important thing — but let’s afford them that opportunity.
  • This is an amazing community, an amazing organization, an amazing employment opportunity for people, and we want to make sure that everybody has that seat at the table to serve.
  • I don’t want to speak entirely for the military community, but I know a lot of us share that same mindset of, yeah, I don’t care who’s in the foxhole with me, I just want you to be able to meet the standard and return fire. That’s it.
  • I’m still driving forward with my my career. I put in an officer package. I have my degree. I’m qualified. I meet the standards. In fact, I got the top endorsement recommendation by my commanding general…’m hoping to eventually become an officer.
  • The military is something that I want to do until they say, ‘Hey, you are no longer needed,’ and hopefully that is well past 20 or 30 years, but I don’t have any plans to get out. This is everything to me.
  • I’m looking towards my future in the military, in uniform. I’m not looking towards, well, what am I going to do as a civilian? The military taught me how to fight, and they taught me resiliency. So I know that I’ll make it. I know I’ll be okay. But right now, I just want to prove that, hey, I’m here. I’m of value to the military. This is just as much my military as anybody else’s.
  • I would like to see the data that says that, you know, we we can’t do this anymore. We were worldwide deployable. Everywhere that there’s a war zone going on, a transgender service member has served.
  • On order to transition, we have to go seek the approval of medical, you know, seek the approval of our commanding team as well. There is a process, just like anything else, just like if a military member wanted to get an elective surgery, if they were non trans, there’s still a process in place, because the military is based on these standards.
  • When I was deployed to Afghanistan, nobody knew that I was actually born female. And I didn’t have a FUD [female urination device] or anything like that. And we’re doing outside the wire, missions, so in harm’s way, incoming, that type of stuff. And all that I did is I took a water bottle and I cut it, I built my own FUD. Because adapt and overcome, God damn it.
  • Each service branch has core values and the Air Force, you know, one is excellence in all we do. If I see a problem, damn it, I’m gonna overcome it, because I want to give that excellence.
  • My wife, for instance, she never got the opportunity to serve authentically in a female dress uniform. Yeah. So with my service, I want to not only exceed the standards for those that will one day take my place, but for my wife, because she wasn’t afforded some of those opportunities. That’s something that I carry on my shoulders on a daily basis. And hopefully, when I become an officer, she can render my first salute to me in that female dress uniform.
  • Whenever everything came down, when it came to either the election results or the most recent EO and conversations of what this looks like as far as my service, I was reached out to by previous subordinates of mine, peers of mine, and leadership of mine, and each one of them across the board said, ‘What can we do? We have your back. You’re doing good.’ And to each one of them, I said, ‘listen, thank you. Thank you for your support. I’m okay. If I’m not, I will let you know, but at the end of the day, I am visible for a reason, because there’s many then cannot be visible or choose not to be visible for their own reasons, and we have to respect that. But I need to do this.’

Retired U.S. Army medic Laila Ireland

Logan and Laila Ireland (Photo credit: Logan and Laila Ireland)
  • I joined the military in 2003 and I medically retired in 2015. I was deployed twice to Iraq, both of the both those times were like 14 month deployments.
  • Logan and I have experienced our journeys very differently in terms of our careers. I had a leadership team that just was not movable in their opinions and their own biases, and they were very old school military, very old school Army. So having to battle that while supporting Logan and watching him get the accolades and the recognition was extremely difficult for me.
  • I come from a long legacy of folks in my family that served in the military, and part of that is me wanting to be part of that legacy as well, and so it was a no brainer for me to join the military.
  • I served during ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.’ I watched the repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,’ and then here with the trans ban, and then lifting of that ban, and now it was re-implemented, and now we’re in talks of not having trans service at all.
  • For a lot of trans people, the military is the only option for them to to survive, to get out of the situations they’re in, and again, we’re part of that one percent of the population that has sworn to defend the country. Why would you want to not allow them to do that?
  • I joined the military, and came in as a military human intelligence collector, so I was an interrogator. After my first deployment, I felt that that job was just not — it did not align with my morals and values and so I came back from the deployment and said that I need to switch into a different position, and I became a medic.
  • All through my entire career, everyone, every one of my leadership teams have been completely receptive to me. They recognize the leadership traits that I had. I became a leader. I mentored so many different soldiers along the way. It was just that last duty station in Hawaii at Tripler [Army Medical Center] that I encountered toxic leadership.
  • I think part of that was that they did not have the resources nor the language to understand who and what trans people are. All I wanted them to see was my efforts — base your opinions off of meritocracy. And that’s a huge word that we’re using now when we’re talking, especially on the Hill, when we’re talking about [how] we just want to measure people by the meritocracy, which is hugely hypocritical.
  • I was stationed in Alaska. I was stationed in San Antonio, Texas, where I was a part of the schoolhouse team, where we garnered all of our medics coming in from all branches, made sure that they went through proper training through the school. So I’ve had a pretty good career up until my last portion of it.
  • Even when ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,’ was repealed and I openly identified as gay, my leadership was completely on board, and they said, you know, we don’t see that. We just see you as a leader, and you’re bringing so much to the table. And [that’s what trans people want, too] — to be seen and and valued just the same as their counterparts.
  • Trans people, historically, have always had to feel like we have to prove ourselves better. And if not better, we always have to prove ourselves, period, next to our counterparts. And that’s because we are always taught or always told that we’re not going to equal up to our counterparts. We’re not worthy of of recognition. We’re not worthy of existing. But here we are doing the same work, if not better, than our counterparts. And we’re showing up every day, doing the same things every day, just like everyone else.
  • So why not recognize that? Why not celebrate that? Why not put us as a part of the team, instead of seeing us as an outsider to that? So it’s really difficult to hear when you’re talking about meritocracy. If that’s what you’re going to measure our service on, then measure that — correctly.
  • You can put all of the currently serving trans people together, they have a plethora of knowledge, a plethora of years of service that have gone basically unnoticed, because we’re just a part of the team
  • My philosophy in advocacy is, if I can go into a room of 100 people and just change one person’s mind and heart, I’ve done my job. But without fail, every room I’ve entered, whether they were receptive or non receptive, I was able to connect with people on a very deep level.
  • I come from very humble beginnings. I didn’t grow up with a lot. I come from very strict culture. I’m the oldest of four, and so having to set the example in my family was a huge burden for me to take on.
  • My muse, if I may, in my advocacy is one of being a sibling, but also being able to prove all the naysayers wrong. I’m proud of the journey I’ve come from. Because when you grow up being told that you will never be and you will never do, it is ingrained in your mind. And I stand proud today to be able to share that story.
  • If I were able to see someone like me when I was growing up, I would know that everything would be okay.
  • And so my muse is my siblings. And I have a large circle of folks who have been my bedrock foundation. One of them is Logan. I don’t think I would be able to continue this journey without him. And Sue Fulton as well. She’s first, my mentor, but most foremost, she is my friend.
  • It’s easier to just give up. It’s easier to say I’m going to throw in the towel in because I was not afforded the opportunity to continue service, or whatever the situation may be.
  • This is a quote in ‘Wicked’: The wizard said, ‘the quickest way to bring folks together is to give them a common enemy.’ And right now, trans people are the common enemy. But I think most smart people are seeing through that and know who the real enemy is, here.
  • When allied countries who have trans service members in open service We’ve made friends with that have reached out to us.

U.S. Army Major Alivia Stehlik

Alivia Stehlik (Photo credit: Alivia Stehlik)
  • I am an Army physical therapist, although the job I’m doing right now is not really clinical. I’m currently serving as the director of holistic health and fitness for 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
  • [The only Air Assault Division in the United States Army, the 101st Airborne is known as one of the most rapidly deployable units.]
  • Our Division has about 16,000 people in it, and at least I view my responsibility as making sure that all of those soldiers have all of the access and the resources they need to maximize their fitness, health wellness. Holistic health and fitness encompasses five domains: sleep, mental readiness, spiritual readiness, nutritional readiness and physical readiness. I have five teams that have all of those specialties, physical therapists, occupational therapists, and they work at our brigades and take care of the soldiers, and my job is just to make sure that they have all of the resources they need to get that work done.
  • It’s a lot of operations, it’s a lot of project management, bringing people together and team building to make this whole enterprise work.
  • I went to West Point, and that’s how I got into the Army. My dad was a West Point grad, and I grew up knowing that that’s what I wanted to do. When I commissioned, I commissioned as an infantry officer, and this was before I came out and transitioned, because at the time, women couldn’t go into the infantry when I graduated in 2008 so I was able to, because I was still presenting as male. I loved my time in the infantry, being a platoon leader and being in charge of people building teams, working with my squad leaders and my platoon sergeant to help train our team. I really, really enjoyed that.
  • We spent a lot of time doing physical training and developing physical fitness testing, and so I got really passionate about that. Ended up applying to the Army physical therapy program,, in conjunction with Baylor University, and got in and have been an Army physical therapist ever since. And that’s how I got here. I was working with soldiers and kind of moving my way up from the hospital to a brigade and now at the Division level.
  • [What’s amazing about the job is you get to] see that people could get better, right? There’s this idea that, you know, if you get hurt, then you’re stuck — the Army needs you to be operationally capable. And physical therapists, I think, in the Army are some of the most magical folks in bringing people back to readiness and back to duty. And I love to be able to be that bridge to bring them back, to be able to talk to command teams and say, your folks are getting help that they need, and they’re going to be back.
  • The Army has several different kind of tracks, if you will, and they’re not explicitly laid out, but your career kind of goes in different directions. Some people end up being more hospital-based PTs and so they tend to treat, especially during the height of the War on Terror, they tended to be much more involved in amputee care and inpatient care and caring for folks who were really, truly, very sick or very, very seriously injured.
  • My career has been much more in the what I would call the operational Army, where I am out with the soldiers in the field doing what they do. And so it’s rare in that scenario to see really traumatic things. It’s not impossible but usually what would happen is they would have some significant trauma, and then they would get medically evacuated, and then they would have ongoing physical therapy once they had surgery or recovery. Most of what I did was caring for folks that they twisted their ankle or they dislocated a shoulder or broke a collarbone or something that’s not insignificant, but that’s treatable and they can keep fighting or keep being out in the field, doing their job.
  • I took for granted going to work and having this almost instant gratification on a daily basis, people come in and they get better. And even if I don’t get somebody better, or they don’t get themselves better that day, somebody else will come in who is better from a week ago or two weeks ago. And so there’s this, I mean, it’s so rewarding every single day with patients. I truly love being a physical therapist and taking care of soldiers.
  • This job is much more challenging because all of the projects are much bigger. And so I might not see the impact that the policies we write have. I might not ever see them, and I might not see the impact of a project for a year or two or three.
  • I came out publicly a year after I graduated from PT school. I came out to my boss a couple months after I graduated from PT school, because I graduated, moved to my next duty station, and pretty much immediately told him, like, ‘hey, this policy changed. I can come out now, and so I’m going to.’ He and almost everyone else that I’ve had in my chain of command over the last 10 years — I guess, eight, since coming out — have been so unbelievably supportive.
  • What is so remarkable about it to me is that it’s just how leaders are. They’re there to do the right thing by their soldiers, and I think they would have done the right thing by me, if I had whatever other thing came up, whether it were a medical issue, or a personal issue, or a financial issue, or a career issue, I just had good leaders in the Army who cared about me and took the time to try to help and make me better. And I’ve tried to be that way for the folks that work for me.
  • I’m going to keep getting up and going to work because I have people that I need to take care of. The Army needs me to take care of the programs that we’re running, the people that are impacted by those programs. And ultimately that builds the readiness of my Division, right? Like, my Division is actively going to be deployed around the world, right? We are one of the United States Army’s rapidly deployable Divisions as part of the XVIII Airborne Corps, and so our people have to be ready all the time. And that’s my job. My job is to make them ready.
  • It is a daily discussion with our senior leaders that readiness is not an idea, it is a concrete, measurable thing that we have to be ready. Should the nation call on us to defend the country.
  • I have realized, moving to the Division level, there are things that I didn’t know at the brigade level about what was going on at the Division level and how folks were tackling problem sets there. And so I think that’s what I’ve learned here, is that I’m going to tackle the problem set that I have, and the problem set that I have is, how do I make sure that my folks have access to the resources that they need?
  • I’m really good at what I do. I really like being a physical therapist, and I’m a really good physical therapist. And I’m an especially good physical therapist for the operational Army, because I have this background as an infantry officer. I have my Ranger tab [awarded to members who complete Ranger School], I’ve been to Airborne School [course that teaches soldiers to parachute from planes and land safely] and Air Assault School. Commanders trust me, because I’ve lived the operational life. Soldiers trust me, because I’ve lived that life, and I have this expertise from almost a decade practicing as a physical therapist now.
  • I understand the medical-scientific pieces and the recovery pieces and the strength training pieces that are required to get you back to not just like basic daily life. I think this is the thing that we don’t talk about often in the military as providers, or that folks don’t understand, is that it is not enough to go back to, like, yeah, I can play with my kids again. I can do the things in my daily life. You have to be able to run five miles at a certain pace on Monday morning, because that’s what your unit says you have to be able to do. You have to march, you know, for several hours with heavy weight on your back, and then show up on an objective and be able to conduct war. And so these physical demands are much more significant — at the level of professional sports — than just like, yeah, you’re good enough. Good enough is going to get somebody killed.
  • I want to continue this career. I love being a PT. So much, I didn’t even know how much I was going to love it, and it has been one of the rewarding experiences of my life.
  • We have some [other trans solidiers] in our Division. It’s big enough that I haven’t worked with any of them — or maybe I have and I didn’t even know it. That’s actually how things happen. You know, there was a time when the policy first changed, that you had these initial growing stages of people coming out, and it was kind of a topic of conversation, but now, like nobody really talks about it, we’re all just doing our jobs. It’s not a topic of conversation. We’re concerned about, ‘Hey, are you trained to sling load this load underneath this helicopter for when we go to war?’
  • Because we need to, because we need an enormous pool of folks to pull from to defend this country, we have eliminated barriers for anybody to say, ‘Hey, come on in, and if you can prove yourself, if you can hack it, if you can meet the standard, then we want you here.’
  • It’s all about readiness, and it’s all about taking care of soldiers. We take care of soldiers, we take care of family members, because all of that matters to providing a ready force.
  • People do tend to isolate transgender medicine as this like wildly difficult thing, but it’s actually not. It’s fairly straightforward and basic for most people. Are there folks who have complications? Sure, but we have folks who have any number of orthopedic surgeries who have complications. Or we try to manage their allergies, and the solution that we start with isn’t where we end. You can have high cholesterol or high blood pressure, and maybe we put you on medications, maybe we say you need to change your diet, and we work down [to address the question of] how do we take care of you? Because we need you on the team.
  • As a physical therapist, I’ve had to say, ‘Hey, you tell me, if you deploy tomorrow, are you going to be a liability to your team, or are you going to be good?’ I’ve had young soldiers, young leaders look me in the eye and say, like, ‘you’re right, I can’t do it well, I can’t do this thing because I will be a liability.’ And I’ve had other folks say, like, ‘No, I’m unwilling to put my team at risk, and I know I’m good,’ and that’s what I have to take to the bank.
  • I have to do the same thing with commanders at times, to say, ‘Hey, I know you want this soldier to come to this training exercise. If you make them come to this training exercise, the likelihood [is] that they’re going to re-injure themselves, and then they’re going to be out of the fight for the next six months, instead of the next three weeks, while they recover.’
  • That’s part of why I matter to this organization, is that I have that background and I can actively and accurately speak to the language of command, of leadership, and the language of a patient, a young soldier.
  • Being trans isn’t special. Everybody goes through transitions in life. And truly, I mean that — it’s not tongue-in-cheek, like, we we do all go through big, significant transitions in life, and we know that those points of change are where people can grow and where people can have harder times.

Retired U.S. Navy Second Class Petty Officer and U.S. Coast Guard Seaman Lene Mees de Tricht

Lene Mees de Tricht (Photo credit: Lene Mees de Tricht)
  • As a transgender veteran, I served my country not once but twice. I took the oath to defend my country, and I did my duty honorably. I was transgender then, and I’m transgender now. The only difference is I no longer have to hide it.
  • President Trump and his cronies have now decided that being transgender is dishonorable and dishonest, and thus does not fit within the ethos of military service. This spits directly in the face of the many, many transgender servicemembers, including me, who have served this nation bravely, effectively, and honorably.
  • Transgender people have always served in every echelon of our nation’s military, from intelligence, where I spent most of my time, to frontline, tip-of-the-spear combat roles, including in special forces. We have always, always done our duty.
  • No one has the right to try to take that from us, and it is unacceptable for the Commander-in-Chief to diminish the honorable legacy of transgender soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, and coast guardsmen.
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