SMITH WIDENS LEAD IN FUND RAISING AT CAMPAIGN'S END.Byline: Harrison Sheppard Staff Writer Greig Smith Greig Smith is a Los Angeles City Councilman, representing the 12th District, which includes Granada Hills, Northridge and other parts of the Western San Fernando Valley. Smith is also a reserve officer for the Los Angeles Police Department. has continued on a fund-raising tear through the waning days of the City Council District 12 campaign, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. newly released finance reports. In just the 10 days leading to May 14, Smith took in 202 contributions, totaling $78,367. His rival, school board member Julie Korenstein, received only 24 contributions during that same period, totaling $4,604. The election is Tuesday. Smith, chief of staff to incumbent Councilman Hal Bernson Hal Bernson served as Los Angeles City Councilman for the 12th district. He was chair of the Transportation Committee. Prior to being on the City Council, he served in the Navy. Preceded by Robert M. , has raised nearly $300,000 in donations for the campaign overall, and received $123,000 in city matching funds Noun 1. matching funds - funds that will be supplied in an amount matching the funds available from other sources cash in hand, finances, funds, monetary resource, pecuniary resource - assets in the form of money and benefited from $71,000 in independent expenditures. Korenstein has raised $77,000, plus $40,000 in matching funds and $10,000 in independent expenditures. She has also put $22,000 of her own money into her campaign. As they have throughout the campaign, Smith's latest reports show a heavy reliance on developers, lobbyists, attorneys and others who do business with City Hall, while Korenstein has had donations from LAUSD LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, CA) employees and labor unions. Bernson is stepping down after 24 years because of term limits. His district includes Northridge, Granada Hills and Chatsworth. In the central city's District 10 race to succeed Councilman Nate Holden Nathaniel "Nate" R. Holden (1929-) served on the Los Angeles City Council from 1987 to 2002. He previously served a term on the California State Senate and was Assistant Chief Deputy to then Los Angeles County Supervisor Kenneth Hahn. , Deron Williams has raised $224,000 in the campaign overall, plus $82,000 in matching funds and $32,000 in independent expenditures. Martin Ludlow has lagged him in fund raising, with $195,000 in contributions and $82,000 in matching funds, but more than made up the difference with independent expenditures, mostly from unions, totaling $373,000. |
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