Ballot Recommendations : Races for City Council, Board of Education and Community College
Times policy is not to endorse in every race merely for the sake of making an endorsement but to express preferences selectively, on a case-by-case basis. Thus not all political races in the city of Los Angeles are shown below; the only races listed are those in which the newspaper is endorsing in today’s election.
City Council
District 6: Ruth Galanter
District 8: Mark Ridley-Thomas
District 12: Julie Korenstein
Board of Education
District 1: Sterling Delone
L.A. Community College
Office No. 5: Kenneth Washington
Ballot Propositions
Proposition 1 (Parks Bond): No
Proposition 2 (Graffiti Cleanup Tax): Yes
Charter Amendment 3 (Filling Vacancies of Incapacitated Officials): Yes
Charter Amendment 4 (Anti-Apartheid Ordinance): Yes
Charter Amendment 5 (Council Review of Commissions): No
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