Election day is here as voters finish casting their ballots in tonight’s primary race to decide who will fill the open seat on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.
Six candidates have fought in this primary for the Third District seat being vacated by former child star Sheila Kuehl—she played teen genius Zelda Gilroy in the TV series “The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis,” which aired on CBS since 1959. was broadcast on. -1963 – who became a political symbol a la.
The Los Angeles County elections were due to close at 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. in the primary election.
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The top two voters will face each other in the November 8 general election. If a candidate receives a majority tonight, he or she will win the election outright and join the board in December.
The sprawling district spans 431 square miles from West Hollywood and Beverly Hills to Santa Monica and Malibu to the northeast and east to the San Fernando Valley.
Three of the six candidates — two sitting state senators and a city council member — have raised nearly $1 million in a fierce primary battle to fill the open seat. The other three are grassroots candidates who have never held public office and have raised money for very little campaigning.
The candidates on the ballot are: Jeffy Girganti, 56, small business owner; Lindsey Horvath, 39, City Council Member, City of West Hollywood; Craig Brill, 56, dog walker; Henry Stern, 40, state senator; Roxanne Beckford Hoge, 56, business owner; Bob Hertzberg, 67, state senator.
At stake are issues related to the homelessness, COVID-19 including public health, county sheriff and fire departments, prisons, juvenile detention, parks, the environment, and the LA Metro.
Girganti wants to cut taxes and reduce the size of the government. Will be “carrying the banner of common sense”. She was not in favor of closing schools to control the spread of the coronavirus and is supported by the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association PAC.
Horvath wants to implement its city experience with affordable housing, new rail transportation routes, law enforcement reforms and clean energy. Kuehl has supported him, as has First District Supervisor Hilda Solis and the progressive activist group, East Valley Individuals.
Brill, who has never run for public office, is focusing on homelessness and public safety.
Stern and Hertzberg want to move away from advocacy and politics in Sacramento to implement programs at the county level.
“The county is where the rubber meets the road. This is the implementation,” Hertzberg said in a previous article about the race. He was also greeted by Fifth District supervisors Katherine Barger and Bizfeed PAC, as well as others from apartment owners to insurance companies. Supported by independent spending groups.
He said he would use his connections at Sacramento and Los Angeles City Hall to build a partnership. As a Van Nuys resident and veteran senator from the Valley, he sees himself as the candidate for the San Fernando Valley in a district that recently gained more Valley registered voters after redistribution.
Stern, who has worked as an environmental advocate and lecturer at UCLA, says his youth will bring a new perspective. He envisions forming political alliances and writing bills that set policy to bring about change at the grassroots. He has lived at Canoga Park, Warner Center and Chatsworth before moving back to Malibu to care for his 94-year-old father-in-law.
They are supported by the Center for Biological Diversity Action Fund and the Sierra Club. He strongly supports the closure of the Southern California Gas-owned natural gas reservoir in the hills above Porter Ranch and Aliso Canyon, the site of the nation’s largest methane gas leak in 2016.
Check for updates after polling closes at 8 pm
