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Alongside the Presidential, Senatorial, and House candidates on the ballot for the primary election on March 5, 2024, will be those running for seats on the Los Angeles City Council and Los Angeles Unified School Board. These "non-partisan" elections are run in a jungle format. If any of the candidates wins over 50% of the vote, then they will be declared the winner and will be sworn into office at the beginning of the next term. Otherwise, the top two vote-getters will face each other in the November General Election.

For the last several months, potential candidates have had the opportunity to register with the Los Angeles Ethics Commission so that they could begin fundraising. Then, as long as they had established residency within the boundaries of the office they wanted to run for by October 7, 2023, they were able to start filing a "Declaration of Intention to Become a Candidate" form with the City Clerk on November 6, 2023. This filing period closed today with 26 people indicating that they would attempt to collect enough signatures to appear on the ballot for the four odd-numbered Board seats:

Board District 1:

While the incumbent, George McKenna, had initially indicated that he would be running for re-election, he changed his mind a few months later. Even before the filing period began, the field was crowded with eight people raising funds for their campaigns. All of them plus another four submitted the declarations during filing week:

  • Sherlett Hendy Newbill
  • DeWayne Davis (PROP-39, SpEd)
  • Gloria Zuurveen
  • Daniel Lee (SpEd)
  • Didi Watts
  • John Aaron Brasfield
  • David Mills
  • Kahllid Al-Alim (PROP-39)
  • Danielle Lafayette
  • Christian Flagg
  • Nekishia Lester
  • Qyintus Jett

Board District 3:

Incumbent Scott Schmerelson has attracted a large number of competitors, considering that he is running for his last term before term limits kick in. All eight candidates who filed with the Ethics Commission followed through with declarations:

Board District 5:

Three people had been fundraising for campaigns to replace the retiring Jackie Goldberg. One additional candidate joined them in filing declarations:

  • Fidencio Joel Gallardo (SpEd)
  • Karla Griego (PROP-39)
  • Graciela Ortiz
  • Victorio R. Gutierrez

Board District 7:

Supporters of Public Education can buy themselves some breathing room by taking this seat from incumbent Tanya Franklin. Otherwise, they will have to win all three of the other seats. While two challengers had filed with Ethics, only Lydia Gutierrez actually declared:

City Council Race Notes:

Kevin De Leon was caught on tape participating in a conversation that was not only astonishing because of the bigotry it included, but because its purpose was to diminish the ability of communities to have representation in City government. That has not stopped him from attempting to seek re-election in CD 14. One of his 13 opponents, Wendy Carrillo, has filed her declaration despite the fact that she was arrested on suspicion of DUI.

In the Valley, John S. Lee is also running for re-election despite being under investigation for ethics violations. While his designation will be "City Councilmember/Father," "City Staffer B" would have been more appropriate. He has drawn four competitors.

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Carl Petersen is a parent, an advocate for students with special education needs, an elected member of the Northridge East Neighborhood Council, a member of the LAUSD's CAC, and was a Green Party candidate in LAUSD's District 2 School Board race. During the campaign, the Network for Public Education (NPE) Action endorsed him, and Dr. Diane Ravitch called him a " (more...)
 

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