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On Thursday the State of California scheduled a Sept. 14 recall election that threatens to drive Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom from office, the result of a political uprising driven by widespread angst over coronavirus orders that shuttered schools and businesses. The election in the nation's most populous state will be a marquee contest with national implications, watched closely as a barometer of the public mood heading toward the 2022 elections, when a closely divided Congress again will be in...
The Los Angeles County Registrar Recorder's office release updated totals in the special election primary to fill the vacant seat in the 54th Assembly District. Isaac Bryan wins assembly seat passing the 50% plus one threshold. ISAAC BRYAN (D) 21,388 50.78% HEATHER HUTT (D) 10,489 24.90% CHERYL C. TURNER (D) 4,058 9.63% DALLAS FOWLER (D) 3,225 7.66% BERNARD SENTER (N) 1,665 3.95% SAMUEL ROBERT MORALES (D) 1,296 3.08% Voter Nominated Party Key: (D) - Democratic | (N) - Non Partisan | Party Key:...
Isaac Bryan jumped out to a huge lead Tuesday in the six-candidate race to succeed Sydney Kamlager in the state Assembly. Preliminary results gave Democrat Bryan 49.7% of the votes in the special election for the 54th Assembly seat, though his total fell a bit short of the majority needed to avoid a runoff between the top two finishers, according to the Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk's office. . The first post-election ballot count update is scheduled for Friday. The heavily democratic, 54th As...
California Governor Gavin Newsom declared special election for the 54th Assembly District of the State of California on July 20 to fill the seat vacated by Sydney Kamlager when she was elected to the State Senate for the 30th district. The primary for the special election will be held on May 18, 2021. July 20, 202. The primary for the special election will be held on May 18. Should no candidate receive over 50 percent of the vote, the top 2 candidates will square off in the July runoff....
Anticipating the election of Assemblywoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove to the vacant 30th district State Senate seat, Heather Hutt, a former Senior Advisor & State Director for then-U.S. Senator Kamala Harris, who served as California's first Black U.S. Senate State Director, officially launched her campaign for California State Assembly District 54. The special election will be held on March 2. Should no candidate receives over 50% of the votes there will be a runoff between the top 2 vote getters on...
Governor Gavin Newsom announced a special election will be held on March 2 to fill the state Senate seat vacated by Holly Mitchell, who was sworn into the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors last week. If no candidate receives a majority, a runoff will be held May 4. Assemblywoman Sydney Kamlager, D-Culver City, announced her candidacy last month and has been endorsed by Mitchell. Senate District covers a large swath of the Metro area, including Culver City, Mar Vista, Century City, Ladera...
Culver City Council welcomed two fresh faces and a re-elected colleague during Monday's swearing-in ceremony that culminated with Alex Fisch taking over the mayoral reins and Daniel Lee selected as vice mayor. New Councilmembers Albert Vera and Yasmine-Imani McMorrin along with incumbent Goran Eriksson were sworn in virtually by City Clerk Jeremy Green during the ceremony that lasted nearly three hours. "I am humbled by this opportunity," said McMorrin after taking the oath of office, becoming t...
Newly-selected Vice Mayor Daniel Lee is launching his campaign for California State Senate District 30 this Friday at an online event on Facebook. "This nation has to change and it might as well start with us here in California," said Lee, who became the first African-American member of the Culver City Council in 2018. "Los Angeles County is a microcosm of income inequality and the 30th district is the epicenter of this economic dichotomy." Lee, who was sworn in as Vice Mayor of Culver City at...
Albert Vera, Yasmine-Imani McMorrin and incumbent Goran Eriksson, the three newly-elected members of the Culver City Council, will be sworn in virtually on Monday at the next Council meeting. Vice Mayor Alex Fisch will most likely take over the mayoral reins and current Councilmember Daniel Lee is expected to be elected Vice Mayor, provided the Council follows the rotation policy regarding those two ceremonial posts. Traditionally, city councils have always voted to make sure everyone on their...
Mayor Goran Eriksson has won re-election to the City Council, edging out his competitor Freddy Puza by 28 votes, according to semi-official results released yesterday. The last election update from Los Angeles County Registrar show that Eriksson tallied 8700 votes, surpassing Puza with 8672 for the third open seat on the City Council. Joining Eriksson on the Council will be Albert Vera who topped the field with 10,665 votes and Yasmine Imani McMorrin who captured second place with 10,474 votes....
Councilman Goran Eriksson increased his lead over challenger Freddy Puza by 1 vote which currently stand at A20 vote lead. As of press time the current vote totals in the Culver City City Council race stands as follows : ALBERT VERA 10,642 YASMINE-IMANI MCMORRIN 10,462 GÖRAN ERIKSSON 8,686 FREDDY PUZA 8,658 NDARREL MENTHE 7,836 HEATHER WOLLIN 3,890 KHIN KHIN GYI 3,080 ROBERT "MR. Z" ZIRGULIS 2,160 NANTHONY RIZZO 1,411...
With mailed-in ballots being counted daily, Mayor Goran Eriksson is still clinging to third place in the City Council election, according by the Los Angeles County Registrar. The latest election update show that Eriksson holds a slim lead – 18 votes -- over challenger Freddy Puza for the third open seat on the City Council. The winner will most likely be decided in the final certification. According to semi-official results released yesterday, Albert Vera still tops the field with 10,596 v...
Culver City Mayor Goran Eriksson received good news from the Los Angeles County Registrar this week but the City Council race is not over as mailed-in ballots are still being counted daily. The latest election update show that Eriksson passed challenger Freddy Puza for the third open seat on the City Council. The difference between the two candidates is only 20 votes. According to semi-official results released yesterday, Albert Vera still tops the field with 10,489 votes, followed by Yasmine...
By Alyssa Erdley News with Attitude. As of Tuesday, a full week after the national election, California has only counted 82 percent of the vote. An estimated 2,740,846 ballots have not yet been counted. If this were a battleground state, important in determining a national election, we would be a complete laughingstock. Even under normal conditions, California allows county election officials nearly a month before they have to report their final results for presidential electors to the...
By David Ganezer Thousands took to the streets of major US cities Saturday, to celebrate as Joe Biden seemed to have clinched the 2020 Presidential election. Hundreds of people walked down main street in Santa Monica. Most wore masks, some carried flags and expressed hope for the future. Motorists honked their horns and waved in approval. An even larger celebration took place in downtown Los Angeles. Some wore masks in response to the Covid-19 epidemic, which has killed 250,000 Americans and...
Two political newcomers and a former city commissioner are on the verge of winning the 3 seats on the Culver City Council while the controversial Measure B is headed for defeat. With mail-in ballots still being counted countywide, Yasmine McMorrin leads the Council race with 8,971 votes, followed by former Civil Service Commissioner Albert Vera with 8,889 votes and Freddy Puza with 7432 votes, according to preliminary results released yesterday. Mayor Goran Eriksson currently sits in fourth...
With Holly Mitchell winning a seat on the powerful the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, the race for her current post in the State Senate has begun. Mitchell, who handily defeated former LA City Council President Herb Wesson on Tuesday, will assume her new post on November 30. She will succeed Mark Ridley-Thomas who won a seat on Los Angeles City Council, vacated by Wesson due to term limits. According to state laws, Governor Gavin Newson has until December 14 to call for a special...
• Prop 14: Funding medical research that uses stem cells PASSED • Prop 15: Raising taxes on commercial properties worth more than $3 million FAILED • Prop 16: Bringing back affirmative action in public hiring, contracts and college admissions FAILED • Prop 17: Restoring the voting rights of people on parole PASSED • Prop 18: Letting some 17-year-olds vote in primary and special elections FAILED • Prop 19: Letting senior homeowners pay low property taxes if they move while raising taxes for p...
A proposition that would keep alive California's first-of-its-kind stem cell research program with a $5.5 billion infusion of borrowed money had a narrow lead. With about 11.3 million votes counted, approval for Proposition 14 was ahead 51.1% to 48.9% Wednesday morn. If the proposition passes it would approve a bond sale that would bail out the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, which was created by a similar $3 billion bond measure in 2014 but is now nearly broke. Millions more votes remained to be counted. With dozens of...
In one of two measures involving voting rights, voters decisively passed a ballot measure restoring the right to vote for felons on parole. Proposition 17 will change the state Constitution to allow an estimated 50,000 felons to vote, with 59% over voters approving the measure. Another voting rights measure, Proposition 18, which would allow 17-year-olds to vote in primaries if they turn 18 before the general election, was rejected by 55 percent of voters....
Proposition 19, which would expand one property tax break for seniors but rein in another for transfers of real estate between parents and children, appeared headed to passage, according to unofficial election results. The vote, with all precincts reporting at least partial results, was 51.5% to 48.5% as of Wednesday evening. Bay Area counties gave the ballot measure its strongest support, with yes votes ranging from roughly 56% to 60%. The Legislative Analyst’s Office estimated that the net effect of Prop. 19 would be to raise property tax r...
California voters defeated Proposition 20, endorsing recent efforts to ease mass incarceration by reducing penalties and allowing for earlier releases. Voters rejecting pleas from proponents of Proposition 20 to address what they called the “unintended consequences” of two previously approved ballot measures. One lowered penalties for drug and property crimes in 2014, while the second two years later allowed the earlier parole of most felons. Voters by a 62.3% to 37.7% margin rejected Proposition 20, which would have barred criminals con...
California rejected Proposition 21 which would have permitted stricter rent control laws. Proposition 21 was opposed by 59.8% of the voters, according to the state’s unofficial election tally Wednesday morning. “Yet again, California voters clearly understood the negative impacts Prop. 21 would have had on the availability of affordable housing in our state by clearly rejecting this radical ballot measure,” Tom Bannon, chief executive of the California Apartment Assn., said in a statement. “It is now time to move from ballot-box battles...
