March 5, 2013
LOS ANGELES (AP/KABC) — Two City Hall veterans have took command in the contest to replace outgoing Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (vee-yah-ry-GOH'-sah), setting up a runoff to determine who will lead a city troubled by double-digit unemployment and a looming budget gap. And some apparent sanity returned as voters turned down a proposal to raise taxes- again.
Democratic city Councilman Eric Garcetti led the field with 34 percent of the vote. He was followed closely by city Controller Wendy Greuel, another Democrat, who notched 29 percent of the vote.
Republican Kevin James tallied 16.7% of the vote and Democratic Councilwoman Jan Perry was parked in third place, with 15.9 percent.
With mail-in ballots and about 40 percent of precincts reporting, no candidate was in position to clear the majority needed to win outright. The top two finishers will go to a May 21 runoff.
The election capped a lackluster primary campaign that was snubbed by most of the city's 1.8 million voters.
JAN PERRY 45480 15.93
EMANUEL ALBERTO PLEITEZ 11716 4.1
ERIC GARCETTI 93978 32.93
WENDY J. GREUEL 83308 29.19
ADDIE M. MILLER 1401 0.49
KEVIN JAMES 46684 16.36
NORTON SANDLER 1598 0.56
YEHUDA 'YJ' DRAIMAN 1174 0.41
CITY ATTORNEY
CARMEN 'NUCH' TRUTANICH 80587 30.17
NOEL WEISS 23045 8.62
MIKE FEUER 116883 43.76
GREG SMITH 46578 17.43
CONTROLLER
ANKUR PATEL 14405 5.59
RON GALPERIN 95507 37.12
DENNIS P. ZINE 95268 37.03
ANALILIA JOYA 24868 9.66
JEFF BORNSTEIN 18282 7.1
CARY BRAZEMAN 8918 3.46
MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL, DISTRICT NO. 1
JOSE A. GARDEA 5797 43.28
GILBERT CEDILLO 6613 49.37
JESSE ROSAS 983 7.33
MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL, DISTRICT NO. 3
JOYCE J. PEARSON 3827 19.96
STEVEN E. PRESBERG 900 4.69
CARY T. IACCINO 1872 9.76
BOB BLUMENFIELD 9895 51.62
ELIZABETH BADGER 1800 9.39
SCOTT SILVERSTEIN 873 4.55
MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL, DISTRICT NO. 5
MARK MATTHEW HERD 6011 26.01
PAUL KORETZ 17096 73.98
MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL, DISTRICT NO. 7
NICOLE CHASE 4051 27
KRYSTEE CLARK 1631 10.87
FELIPE FUENTES 7699 51.32
JESSE DAVID BARRON 1620 10.79
MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL, DISTRICT NO. 9
TERRY HARA 1046 11.61
CURREN D PRICE, JR 2452 27.22
RON GOCHEZ 715 7.94
ANA CUBAS 2158 23.96
MANUEL 'MANNY' ALDANA 297 3.29
DAVID ROBERTS 924 10.26
MIKE DAVIS 1413 15.69
MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL, DISTRICT NO. 11
TINA HESS 5155 17.95
MIKE BONIN 17566 61.19
ODYSSEUS BOSTICK 2639 9.19
FREDERICK SUTTON 3343 11.64
MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL, DISTRICT NO. 13
MITCH O'FARRELL 3535 18.44
ROBERTO HARALDSON 267 1.39
JOSH POST 2099 10.94
OCTAVIO PESCADOR 1199 6.25
JOHN J. CHOI 3158 16.47
EMILE MACK 672 3.5
SAM KBUSHYAN 2308 12.03
ROBERT NEGRETE 1400 7.3
MICHAEL SCHAEFER 359 1.87
MATT SZABO 1440 7.51
JOSE SIGALA 721 3.76
ALEXANDER CRUZ DE
OCAMPO 2012 10.49
MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL, DISTRICT NO. 15
JAMES T. LAW 2255 16.66
JOE BUSCAINO 11273 83.33
****** LAUSD OFFICES *****
VOTES PERCENT
MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF ED, DIST NO. 2
MONICA GARCIA 15268 56.03
ANNAMARIE MONTANEZ 3220 11.81
ROBERT D. SKEELS 4105 15.06
ABELARDO DIAZ 1916 7.03
ISABEL VAZQUEZ 2740 10.05
MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF ED, DIST NO. 4
STEVE ZIMMER 32137 52.1
KATE ANDERSON 29537 47.89
MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF ED, DIST NO. 6
MARIA CANO 4113 13.56
IRIS ZUNIGA 2778 9.15
MONICA RATLIFF 10351 34.12
ANTONIO SANCHEZ 13087 43.15
****** COMMUNITY COLLEGE OFFICES *****
VOTES PERCENT
MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SEAT NO. 2
MIKE ENG 166545 63.82
JOHN C. BURKE 94384 36.17
MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SEAT NO. 4
JOZEF 'JOE' THOMAS
ESSAVI 81713 32.75
ERNEST HENRY MORENO 167759 67.24
MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SEAT NO. 6
TOM OLIVER 70856 27.43
NANCY PEARLMAN 74801 28.96
MICHAEL 'MIKE' ALDAPA 21061 8.15
DAVID VELA 91549 35.44
****** BALLOT MEASURES *****
VOTES PERCENT
PROPOSITION A - NEIGHBOORHOOD PUBLIC SAFETY AND VITAL CITY
SERVICES FUNDING AND ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURE.
YES 117820 44.82
NO 145049 55.17
CHARTER AMENDMENT B - FIRE AND POLICE PENSION PLANS; COST
NEUTRAL PURCHASES OF RETIREMENT CREDIT BY CERTAIN MEMBERS.
YES 145721 58.03
NO 105386 41.96
MEASURE S - BURBANK SCHOOLS IMPROVEMENT MEASURE.
YES 4053 61.45
NO 2542 38.54
****** PRECINCTS REPORTING - VOTING AT POLLS *****
TOTAL NUMBER PERCENT
REPORTING REPORTING
COUNCIL DISTRICT 1 56 56 100.00
COUNCIL DISTRICT 2 87 87 100.00
COUNCIL DISTRICT 3 94 94 100.00
COUNCIL DISTRICT 4 119 119 100.00
COUNCIL DISTRICT 5 118 118 100.00
COUNCIL DISTRICT 6 63 63 100.00
COUNCIL DISTRICT 7 80 80 100.00
COUNCIL DISTRICT 8 88 88 100.00
COUNCIL DISTRICT 9 55 55 100.00
COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 78 78 100.00
COUNCIL DISTRICT 11 124 124 100.00
COUNCIL DISTRICT 12 116 116 100.00
COUNCIL DISTRICT 13 76 76 100.00
COUNCIL DISTRICT 14 76 76 100.00
COUNCIL DISTRICT 15 81 81 100.00
CITY OF LOS ANGELES 1311 1311 100.00
OUTSIDE LA - LAUSD AND
LACCD 63 63 100.00
OUTSIDE LA - LACCD ONLY 115 115 100.00
TOTAL VOTING AT POLLS 1489 1489 100.00
****** TOTAL BALLOTS CAST *****
NUMBER BALLOTS PERCENT
REGISTERED CAST REPORTING
CITY OF LOS ANGELES 1817107 292760 16.11
OUTSIDE LA - LAUSD AND
LACCD 157296 9270 5.89
OUTSIDE LA - LACCD ONLY 263275 18890 7.17
TOTAL BALLOTS CAST 2237678 320920 14.34
****** SUMMARY OF BALLOTS CAST *****
BALLOTS PERCENT
CAST
TOTAL AT POLL BALLOTS 192093 59.85
TOTAL VOTE-BY-MAIL
BALLOTS 128827 40.14
GRAND TOTAL OF BALLOTS
CAST 320920 100.00
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Outgoing City Councilman Bill Rosendahl's chief
deputy will be replacing his boss on the 15-member council, while a pair of
Assembly members appeared to have narrowly earned enough votes to avoid a May
runoff and win seats on the panel.
Rosendahl announced last year he was suffering from cancer and announced
he would not run for a third term in the council's 11th District. His chief
deputy, Mike Bonin, easily outpaced three opponents to claim the seat.
Thanks in large part to term limits, several former and current state
lawmakers were looking to make the jump to Los Angeles City Hall, outpacing
their competitors in fundraising and carrying a built-in lead in name
recognition. Only two incumbents, Joe Buscaino and Paul Koretz, were seeking re-
election, and both easily fended off token competition -- Buscaino in the 15th
District and Koretz in the 5th.
In the West Valley race to fill termed-out Dennis Zine's 3rd District
council seat, Assemblyman Bob Blumenfield, D-Van Nuys, finished just above the
50 percent mark to avoid a runoff. Assemblyman Felipe Fuentes, D-Arleta, also
appeared to earn just enough votes to claim the 7th District seat representing
the northeast San Fernando Valley -- a seat being vacated by termed-out Richard
Alarcon.
It was unclear early today how many provisional ballots remained to be
counted in those districts and whether there were enough to potentially push
either candidate below the 50 percent mark. The second-place finisher in the
3rd District was Woodland Hills tax attorney Joyce Pearson, while education
advocate Nicole Chase placed second in the 7th District race.
Another race that could hinge on uncounted provisional ballots was the
1st District race to replace termed-out Ed Reyes. Assemblyman Gil Cedillo, D-
Los Angeles, narrowly fell below the 50 percent mark, with unofficial final
tallies giving him 49.4 percent -- about 83 votes shy of winning the seat
outright. If that percentage holds, Cedillo will be forced to the May 21 runoff
against Jose Gardea, Reyes' longtime chief of staff, in the battle to represent
district, which includes northeast Los Angeles, Chinatown and Pico-Union.
Sen. Curren Price, D-Los Angeles, will advance to the runoff in the race
to replace unsuccessful mayoral candidate Jan Perry in the 9th District. He
will face off with Ana Cubas, Councilman Jose Huizar's former chief of staff.
In the most crowded race of the election, a dozen candidates were
seeking to replace Eric Garcetti, a mayoral candidate, in the 13th District,
which includes Silver Lake, Thai Town, East Hollywood and Echo Park. Mitch
O'Farrell -- a co-founder of the Glassell Park Neighborhood Council and
president of the neighborhood's park improvement organization -- and John Choi -
- a former Public Works commissioner and economic development director for the
Los Angeles County Federation of Labor -- advanced to the runoff in that race.