CITY BALLOT RACES TAKE FORM.Byline: Rick Orlov Daily News Staff Writer Mayor Richard Riordan's attempt to reshape the face of the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Board of Education and competition for two open City Council seats highlighted Tuesday's closing of the period for candidates to declare themselves for the April 13 municipal election. A large field lined up for the chance to succeed former Councilman Richard Alarcon, who was elected to the state Senate, in the $110,612-a-year post representing the northeast San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. on the council. Ten people declared their intent to run for Alarcon's seat in a special election to fill out the remaining two years of his term. The next phase of pre-election qualifying will require candidates to collect the signatures of 500 registered voters by Feb. 8. Battle lines Battle Lines may refer to:
At the same time, Alejandro Padilla, a deputy to Assemblyman Tony Cardenas Tony Cardenas served in the California State Assembly. In the Assembly, he had the powerful position of chair of the Budget Committee. He is now a Los Angeles City Councilman, representing the 6th district, which includes parts of the San Fernando Valley. , D-Mission Hills, has received the backing of the Service Employees International Union, Local 347. Los Angeles city employee Raul Godinez has moved from the city of San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. , where he served as mayor, to run for the Alarcon's former seat in the 7th Council District. In East Los Angeles East Los Angeles, uninc. city (1990 pop. 126,379), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential suburb of Los Angeles, in an industrial area. It has a large Mexican-American population. There is a performing arts center and a cultural center. A junior college is there. , where Councilman Richard Alatorre Richard Alatorre is a politician, and a member of the Democratic Party. Alatorre has served as a member of the Los Angeles City Council. He was the first Latino to serve on the council in 23 years. has decided to retire, 19 candidates declared their intent to run for the open seat for a full four-year term. Even before Alatorre's widely anticipated announcement, there had been a flurry of political activity over who will emerge as a front-runner. Most attention is being paid to Victor Griego, a community activist, and Nick Pacheco Lauro "Nick" Pacheco, Jr. is an American attorney, politician, and a member of the Democratic Party. Pacheco served as a member of the Los Angeles City Council (1999-2003). , a deputy district attorney who serves on the elected Charter Reform Commission. Also being watched are former Alatorre aide Armando Hernandez and county commissioner Alvin Parra, who did surprisingly well against Alatorre four years ago. Six other incumbent council members will face their last election bid due to term limits. Those facing election with districts that include all or part of the San Fernando Valley are Councilmen Joel Wachs Joel Wachs served for several terms as Los Angeles City Councilman for the 2nd district. He was first elected by defeating incumbent James B. Potter. While in office, Wachs chaired the Public Works Committee and vice-chair of the Environmental Quality & Waste Management , Hal Bernson and John Ferraro. The three other council members up for re-election are Ruth Galanter, Mark Ridley-Thomas and Nate Holden. In the school board election, Riordan is backing candidates against three incumbents - even though those on his slate say they will be running independent campaigns. In the seat held by board member Barbara Boudreaux, Riordan is supporting Genethia Hayes, a self-described education activist and head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), civil-rights organization founded in 1957 by Martin Luther King, Jr., and headed by him until his assassination in 1968. in Los Angeles. Riordan is supporting a former aide, Caprice ca·price n. 1. a. An impulsive change of mind. b. An inclination to change one's mind impulsively. c. Young, against incumbent Jeff Horton, and Mike Lansing, a child-development professional, against incumbent George Kiriyama. Riordan is supporting incumbent David Tokofsky. The mayor has made education one of his top priorities, calling for a revolution in how the Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. operates and its refusal to fire incompetent teachers and administrators. The Los Angeles Community College District The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) is the community college district serving Los Angeles, California and some of its neighboring cities. In addition to typical college aged students, the LACCD also serves adults of all ages. board of trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. has four seats to be decided in the election, with the most candidates running for the seat vacated by Gloria Romero after her election to the state Assembly. Incumbents standing for new terms include Julia Wu, Georgia Mercer and David Lopez-Lee. CANDIDATES Following is a list of all candidates who filed a declaration of intention to run for public office in the April 13 election, according to the City Clerk's Office: CITY COUNCIL 2nd District: incumbent Councilman Joel Wachs, business owner Kathy P. Anthony, marketing/youth director John Spishak, retired city employee John Joseph Bunte and Adam Craig Pinto, no occupation listed. 4th District: Council President John Ferraro, construction supervisor Benjamin Lucas, actor-writer-philosopher James P. Dunlap and clinical research associate Lillian Fay Lipson. 6th District: Councilwoman Ruth Galanter, Rex Frankel, no occupation listed; Realtor-environmental activist Sal Grammatico, pharmacist Kenneth Michael Rosenfeld, tax analyst John Melcombe and consumer advocate William E. Ring. 7th District: Government relations director Ollie McCaulley, community college executive Barbara Perkins, community health director Corinne Sanchez, teacher-outreach worker Connie Acebo Rodriguez, youth services director Tony Lopez, registered professional engineer Raul Godinez II, Assembly deputy Alex Padilla, pastor-educator Dudley Chatman, student Alfredo ``Alfie'' Urrutia Jr. and carpenter-child advocate David G. Silva. 8th District: Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas, investment banker-author Mervin Evans, physician-biblical instructor Delaney Smith, businessman-community organizer Earl ``Skip'' Cooper II, attorney John Caldwell, sociologist Shawn Carlos Royal and Sandra Farrington-Domingue, no occupation listed. 10th District: Councilman Nate Holden, employment development specialist Scott Suh, consultant-teacher-paralegal Kwame A. Boateng, pastor-community leader Madison T. Shockley, businesswoman-family counselor Marsha Brown and public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most specialist Ann Holbert. 12th District: Councilman Hal Bernson, business manager Howard M. Nussbaum, journalist-homemaker Marilyn Stout, attorney-broker Charles ``Chuck'' Rubel ru·bel n. See Table at currency. [Belarusian, from Old Russian rubl  , cut, piece; see ruble.]Noun 1. and retired civil servant David R. Guzman Sr. 14th District: Business development director Juan Marcos Tirado, engineer Paul Konrad Melero, City Council aide Armando Hernandez, community activist Juan R. Jimenez, printer Art Leon Romero, county commissioner Alvin D. Parra, teacher Ezequiel ``Zeke'' Quezada, regional coordinator Yolanda Gonzales, engineer-public servant Luis Cetina, constituent service advocate Ramiro Moseley, State Bar manager Cathy T. Molina, Deputy District Attorney Nick Pacheco, businessman Jim Beckham, motivational speaker-actor Paul Gonzales, director of nonprofit organizations Juan Jose Gutierrez Juan Jose Gutierrez was born in Guatemala in 1958. He is a member of the board of Corporación Multi Inversiones (CMI), a large agro-industrial conglomerate which, according to an article in El Diario de Hoy , educator-union organizer Jorge Raul Mancillas, teacher-community organizer Victor Griego, president-CEO Richard A. Kim and Sylvia Robledo, no occupation listed. BOARD OF EDUCATION 1st District: Incumbent Barbara Boudreaux, education activist Genethia Hayes, teacher-mediator-author Moses Calhoun and employment recruiter Austin Dragon. 3rd District: Incumbent Jeff Horton, mother-businesswoman Caprice Young and handyman David Smith. 5th District: Incumbent David Tokofsky, early childhood specialist Violet Dewitt Staley and Yolie Flores Flores, town, Guatemala Flores (flōrəs), town (1990 est. pop. 2,200), capital of Petén department, N Guatemala. Flores was built on an island in the southern part of Lake Petén Itzá and on the site of the Aguilar, no occupation listed. 7th District: Incumbent George Kiriyama, pastor-mechanic Earl Raymond High and child development professional Mike Lansing. COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES Office No. 1: Doctor divinity-minister Addie Miller, educator Sesar A. Carreno, college lecturer-educator Richard Groper grope v. groped, grop·ing, gropes v.intr. 1. To reach about uncertainly; feel one's way: groped for the telephone. 2. , engineer-financial manager Khalil Khalil, education commissioner Gilbert Carrasco, doctor of education Evelyn Metoyer-Williams, college teacher-educator Sylvia Scott-Hayes, business owner Marilyn Grunwald, community college advocate Sergio Carrillo, businessman-broadcaster Peter Ford, community college instructor Nancy Pearlman, chief-businessman Alex Leonard Gantz and college professor Maria ``Lou'' Calanche. Office No. 3: Incumbent Julia L. Wu, community college professor Mona Field, pastor-teacher-educator Jules S. Bagneris III. Office No. 5: Incumbent Georgia Mercer, sales-medical educator Gordon Murley, resource consultant Floyd Xray Frazier, fire commissioner-businessman Jonathan Leonard and disability rights advocate William D. Zuke. Office No. 7: Incumbent David Lopez-Lee, teacher-businessman-commentator Mark Isler, educator-legislative staff Warren Furutani, attorney-graduate student Andrew Kim, college funding analyst Dianne Pasillas Araujo and reverend-businesswoman Cecelia Atwood. CAPTION(S): box Box: Candidates (see text) |
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