Los Angeles County Democratic Party Endorsements
Democratic Party urges Californians to vote for the change we need on November 4, 2008
LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles County Democratic Party (LACDP) has adopted the following positions on the propositions, ballot measures and local candidates appearing on the November 4, 2008, ballot.
“Our community needs leaders who will fight for high quality education, jobs that provide a livable wage, with decent benefits, increased access to healthcare and the protection and preservation of our magnificent environment. Our endorsed candidates share these values and have the skills and experience that we need to get things done in local government. This November, let’s vote for the change we need in California to make our state golden once again,” said Eric C. Bauman, Chair of the Los Angeles County Democratic Party.
STATEWIDE PROPOSITIONS
Proposition 1A – YES
Proposition 2 – YES
Proposition 3 – YES
Proposition 4 – NO
Proposition 5 – YES
Proposition 6 – NO
Proposition 7 – NO
Proposition 8 – NO
Proposition 9 – NO
Proposition 10 – NEUTRAL
Proposition 11 – NO
Proposition 12 – YES
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MEASURES
LA County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Measure R – YES
LA Community College District Measure J – YES
Los Angeles County Unincorporated Areas Measure U – YES
LOCAL CANDIDATES
(*Incumbent)
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
Dist. 2 Mark Ridley-Thomas
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judges
Office No. 72 Hilleri Grossman Merritt
Office No. 82 Cynthia Loo
Office No. 84 Lori-Ann C. Jones
Office No. 94 C. Edward Mack
Office No. 154 Rocky L. Crabb
Alhambra City Council
Dist. 4 Efren Moreno
Beach Cities Health District Board
Marie Corr
Robert Grossman
Vanessa Poster*
Central Basin Municipal Water District Board
Div. 4 Rudy Montalvo*
Div. 5 Mason Buchanan Inocentes
Downey City Council
Dist. 5 Luis Marquez
Pomona Mayor and City Council
Mayor Elliott Rothman
Dist. 1 Danielle Soto
Dist. 4 Primo Castro
Dist. 6 Danilet “Dani” Querubin
San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District Board
Div. 3 Joseph Reichenberger
Santa Monica City Council
Richard Bloom*
Ken Genser*
Bobby Shriver*
Ted Winterer
Santa Monica Community College Board
Susan Aminoff*
Margaret Quinones-Perez*
Rob Rader*
Santa Monica-Malibu School Board
Ben Allen
Chris Bley
Maria Leon-Vasquez*
Ralph Mechur* (2-year term)
Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District Board
Div. 2 Charles Trevino
Water Replenishment District of Southern California Board
Div. 2 Peter Manghera
Div. 5 Linda Unruh Fuentes
West Basin Municipal Water District Board
Div. 3 No Endorsement
Div. 5 Don Dear*
LOCAL BALLOT MEASURES
Acton-Agua Dulce Unified School District
Measure CF – YES
Alhambra Unified School District
Measure MM – YES
City of Beverly Hills
Measure H – NO
Beverly Hills Unified School District
Measure E – YES
Bonita Unified School District
Measure AB – YES
Centinela Valley Union High School District
Measure CV – YES
City of Commerce
Recall of Councilmembers Tina Baca Del Rio and Robert Fierro – NO
City of El Monte
Measure GG – NO
El Monte City Elementary School District
Measure KC – YES
El Monte Union High School District
Measure D – NEUTRAL
El Segundo Unified School District
Measure M – YES
City of Hawthorne
Measure V – YES
City of Inglewood
Measure UUT – YES
City of Lakewood
Measure L – YES
City of Long Beach
Measure G – YES
Measure I – YES
Long Beach Unified School District
Measure K – YES
City of Los Angeles
Proposition A – YES
Proposition B – YES
Los Angeles Community College District
Measure J – YES
Los Angeles Unified School District
Measure Q – YES
City of Lynwood
Measure C – NO
Measure II – YES
Manhattan Beach Unified School District
Measure BB – YES
City of Maywood
Measure MC – NO
Mt. San Antonio Community College District
Measure RR – YES
Pasadena Unified School District
Measure TT – YES
City of Pico Rivera
Measure P – YES
City of Pomona
Measure PC – YES
Pomona Unified School District
Measure PS – YES
City of Redondo Beach
Measure DD – NEUTRAL
Measure EE – NEUTRAL
City of Rosemead
Measure CC – NO
Rosemead Elementary School District
Measure O – YES
City of San Gabriel
Measure SG – NO
Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation District
Measure S – YES
City of Santa Monica
Proposition T – YES
Proposition SM – YES
Santa Monica Community College District
Measure AA – YES
City of South Pasadena
Measure SP – YES
Torrance Unified School District
Measure Y – YES
Victor Valley Community College District
Measure JJ – YES
Westside Union Elementary School District
Measure WS – YES
Whittier Union High School District
Measure W – YES
William S. Hart Union High School District
Measure SA – YES
For more information, visit the Los Angeles County Democratic Party website at www.lacdp.org.
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