RIORDAN SLATE NEAR $2 MILLION; MAYOR-BACKED CANDIDATES CAMPAIGN ARDENTLY.

Byline: Rick Orlov Daily News Staff Writer

With the city elections less than two weeks away, Mayor Richard Riordan reported on Thursday he had almost reached his goal of raising $2 million for school board races as incumbent members scrambled to match him.

Riordan's Coalition for Kids political action committee reported raising more than $1.9 million to help the April 13 campaigns of school board member David Tokofsky and challengers Caprice Young, Genethia Hayes and Mike Lansing. Young and Lansing have begun an aggressive television advertising campaign, which Hayes is expected to join soon.

Incumbents Jeff Horton, Barbara Boudreaux and George Kiriyama, however, continued to raise funds in the tightly fought races to try to hold on to their posts.

The Riordan money was being used for television advertisements and other efforts to reach voters.

Lansing has been particularly aggressive with his campaign, spending all but $10,000 of the $461,000 he has raised in his Harbor-area race against Kiriyama. Kiriyama's report was not available. Previously he had reported raising $136,000 and spending $37,000.

Young was second in spending, with better than $420,000 of the $438,000 she has raised going into the campaign against Horton for the seat that generally encompasses the Hollywood area. Horton reported spending about $30,000 of the $96,000 he has raised.

Hayes, who is challenging Boudreaux in the South Los Angeles area, has spent more than $200,000 in the race. Boudreaux reported raising $63,500 over the past month and spending more than $54,000 in her bid for re-election.

Most of the money received came in the form of in-kind contributions from Riordan, with $400,000 to Lansing, $378,000 to Young and $93,000 to Hayes. Nearly all of the money went into the advertising campaign.

In City Council races, incumbents held a wide edge.

In the 2nd Council District, Councilman Joel Wachs reported total contributions of $192,000. Only one opponent, John Spishak, reported raising any money. Spishak has received $6,113.

In the 4th Council District, Council President John Ferraro reported a total of $190,000. The report from his opponent Benjamin Lucas was not available.

Councilwoman Ruth Galanter's latest report was not available, nor were those of her three opponents. Previously, she reported raising $144,000. Her challengers had not reported any funds raised at that point.

In the 8th District, Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas has raised more than $180,000. Challenger Sandra Farrington-Domingue's last report showed her at $29,400, with Delaney E. Smith at $14,500 and John Caldwell at $10,000.

In the 10th District, Councilman Nate Holden has raised $273,000, with opponent Madison T. Shockley reporting more than $118,000; Scott Suh at $94,000 and Marsha Brown at $25,000.

In the 12th District, Councilman Hal Bernson also held a wide lead, having raised more than $161,000. The closest of his challengers was Howard Nussbaum, with $2,800; Charles Rubel at $2,500, Marilyn Stout at $1,940 and David Guzman at $1,710.

In the crowded race for the 14th District seat being vacated by Councilman Richard Alatorre, Victor Griego reported the most at better than $189,000, followed by Nick Pacheco at $167,000, Alvin Parra at $63,000, Juan Guitierrez at $55,700 and the rest of the field trailing.

In a related development, the City Clerk's Office certified a number of write-in candidates.

They include grocery clerk Alfredo Urrutia Jr. and teacher and outreach worker Connie Acebo Rodriguez in the crowded 7th District race; physician and Bible instructor Delaney Smith in the 8th District; and Yolanda Gonzales, a state senator's representative, in the 14th District race.

Also, child development specialist Violet Dewitt Staley is a write-in candidate for the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education's 5th District seat held by Boudreaux.

Andrew Kim, a county commissioner, is a write-in for Office No. 7 on the board of the Los Angeles Community College District.