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City
Member, City Council; City of Bell Gardens
(3 Elected)
- Sergio Infanzon
- Daniel Crespo
- Yvette Silva

- Jazmina Saavedra

- Jose J. Mendoza

- Priscilla Flores
Member, City Council; City of El Monte
(2 Elected)
- Norma Macias
- Frank Amezcua

- Juventino “J” Gomez

Member, City Council; City of Hermosa Beach
(3 Elected)
- Carolyn Petty


- Jeff Duclos
- Nanette Barragan
- Greg Savelli
- John Bowler
- H. S. Fangary
- Patrick “Kit” Bobko



Council Member; City of Lomita
(3 Elected)
- James Thompson


- Mark Waronek
- Dave Albert
- James Gazeley
- Ben Traina


- Cynthia Segawa
Member, City Council; City of Pico Rivera
(2 Elected)
- David W. Armenta
- Gustavo Camacho
- Adrian L. Diaz

Member, City Council; City of Rancho Palos Verdes
(2 Elected)
- Anthony Misetich

(I suggest Anthony over Ken)
- Brian Campbell



- Ken Dyda


Member, City Council; City of Rolling Hills Estates
(2 Elected)
- Clark Davis


- Cat Spydell
- Steve Zuckerman
- Britt Huff

Member, City Council; City of South Pasadena
(2 Elected)
- Philip C. Putnam

- Alan Reynolds

- Diana Mahmud
- Michael A. Cacciotti
School
Governing Board Member; ABC Unified School District
(3 Elected)
- Olympia Chen
- Daniel Fierro
- Soo Y. Yoo



- Ethan L. Robinson
- Lynda Johnson
Governing Board Member; Antelope Valley Community College District
(3 Elected)
- Betty J. Wienke

- Barbara E. Gaines
- Steve D. Buffalo

- Michael R. Adams

- Richard S. Balogh
Governing Board Member; Antelope Valley Joint Union High School District
(3 Elected)
- Barbara Willibrand

- R. Michael Dutton
- James T. “Jim” Lott

- Paul O. Scott
- Dana F. Coleman
- John Hutak
Governing Board Member; Culver City Unified School District
(3 Elected)
- Robert Zirgulis

- Claudia Vizcarra
- Kathy Paspalis
- Karlo Silbiger
- Steven Mark Levin
- Susanne Robins

- Vernon L. Taylor

Governing Board Member; El Camino Community College District; Trustee Area 2
- John Vargas

- Nilo Michelin
Governing Board Member; El Camino Community College District; Trustee Area 5
- G. Rick Marshall



- Cliff Numark
- Aria Shafiee
Governing Board Member; El Rancho Unified School District
(3 Elected)
- Rachel D. Canchola

- Joe Rivera
- Aurora R. Villon
- Fernando Centeno

- Jose Lara

- Magdalena “Maggie” Cardenas
Governing Board Member; Garvey Elementary School District
(3 Elected)
- John Yuen

- Maureen Chin
- Ronald Trabanino
- Antonio “Tony” Ramos

- Bob Bruesch
Governing Board Member; Lancaster School District
(3 Elected)
- William “Bill” Buck
- Keith Giles

- Diane V. Grooms

- Chris Grado

- John Michael Rosario
- Sandy Price
Governing Board Member; Palmdale School District
(3 Elected)
- Joyce Ricks
- Sandy Corrales
- Carol A. Stanford
- Jeffrey E. Ferrin
- Nancy K. Smith

- Michelle D. Whitaker
- Jeffrey D. Moffatt
- Don F. Wilson

- Stacy Fournier
- David Markov
- Juan Carrillo
Governing Board Member; San Gabriel Unified School District
(3 Elected)
- Maribel Arreola-Gonzalez
- Ken K. Tcheng

- Gary Thomas Scott

- Philip Hu
Governing Board Member; Torrance Unified School District
(3 Elected)
- John Paul Tabakian


- Michael Patrick Wermers

- Martha Deutsch
- Mark Steffen
Governing Board Member; West Covina Unified School District
(3 Elected)
- Mike Spence

- Dibbie Touhey

- Karen Ambrust

Local Measures
- NO – Measure A Four-Year Term for Mayor — City of Hawthorne (Ordinance – Majority Approval Required)
- Shall the directly elected mayor for the City of Hawthorne serve a four-year term of office rather than a two-year term of office, so that all members of the City Council of the City of Hawthorne serve four-year terms of office, effective for the 2015 election?
- NO – Measure B Postmidnight Business Hours — City of Hermosa Beach(Ordinance – Majority Approval Required)
- Shall an ordinance be adopted to incrementally, over a five-year period, reduce the postmidnight operating hours of specified businesses in the downtown area of Hermosa Beach?
- NO – Measure S Oil Extraction Tax — City of Santa Fe Springs (Ordinance – Majority Approval Required)
- Shall Ordinance No. 1044, which would increase the oil barrel tax charged to operators of oil wells in the City from $.20 per barrel to an amount ranging from a minimum of $.41 to a maximum of $.52 per barrel, be adopted?
- YES – Measure W Formation of a Wiseburn Unified School District — Proposed Wiseburn Unified School District
- (Ordinance – Majority Approval Required)
- Shall the Wiseburn School District be reorganized to form the Wiseburn Unified School District from part of the territory formerly covered by the Centinela Valley Union High School District?
- NO – Measure EM Extension of Mayoral Term to Four Years — City of El Monte (Ordinance – Majority Approval Required)
- Shall the term of office for the elected office of Mayor be extended from two (2) years to four (4) years, commencing with the 2015 General Municipal Election cycle?
- NO – Measure GG Temporary Essential City Services Preservation Measure — City of El Monte
- (Ordinance – Majority Approval Required)
- To preserve and stabilize funding for essential public services such as keeping the City’s four fire stations open; maintaining staffing levels for emergency response police services; street lighting and repair; senior services; and youth parks programs and to build the City’s “rainy day” general fund reserves, shall the City’s existing one half of one percent (1/2%) transactions and use tax be extended for five years?
- YES – Measure RM Rotating Mayor Measure — City of El Monte (Ordinance – Majority Approval Required)
- Shall the City Council be reorganized to replace the current structure of one elected Mayor serving a two-year term and four elected Council Members serving staggered four-year terms with a structure composed of five elected City Council Members who will share the title of Mayor on a rotating basis subject to voter approved procedures for accomplishing the rotation?
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