THE L.A. TIMES RECOMMENDS
The Nov. 8 general election is here, and voters have big decisions to make for Los Angeles and California. To help voters choose, The Times’ editorial page publishes endorsements based on candidate interviews and independent reporting. STATEWIDE BALLOT MEASURES
Proposition 1: Yes Proposition 26: No Proposition 27: No Proposition 28: Yes Proposition 29: No Proposition 30: No Proposition 31: Yes
LOS ANGELES CITY
Mayor: Karen Bass
City Attorney: Hydee Feldstein Soto City Controller: Kenneth Mejia
Council District 5: Katy Young Yaroslavsky
Council District 11: Erin Darling
Council District 13: Hugo Soto-Martínez
Council District 15: Tim McOsker
Proposition LH: Yes
Proposition SP: No
Measure ULA: Yes
LOS ANGELES COUNTY
Sheriff: Robert Luna
Board of Supervisors, District 3: Lindsey Horvath
Measure A: Yes
Measure C: Yes
LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
Measure LA: Yes
Board of Trustees Seat 2: Steven Veres
Board of Trustees Seat 4: Sara Hernandez
Board of Trustees Seat 6: Gabriel Buelna
Board of Trustees Seat 7: Kelsey Iino
L.A. UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
District 2: María Brenes District 6: Kelly Gonez
JUDICIAL CANDIDATES
Los Angeles Superior Court judges Office No. 60: Abby Baron
Office No. 67: Fernanda Maria Barreto
Office No. 70: Holly Hancock
Office No. 90: Melissa Lyons
Office No. 118: Melissa Hammond
Office No. 151: Patrick Hare
Supreme Court and Court of Appeal Justices
California Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero: Yes.
Supreme Court Associate Justice Goodwin Liu: Yes
Joshua P. Groban: Yes
Martin J. Jenkins: Yes
2nd District Court of Appeal Justice Audrey B. Collins: Yes
Brian S. Currey: Yes
Elizabeth Annette Grimes: Yes
Hernaldo J. Baltodano: Yes
John L. Segal: Yes
John Shepard Wiley Jr.: Yes
Judith M. Ashmann: Yes
Lamar W. Baker: Yes
Luis A. Lavin: Yes
Frances Rothschild: Yes
Laurence D. Rubin: Yes
Maria E. Stratton: Yes
STATEWIDE OFFICE
Governor: Gavin Newsom
Lieutenant Governor: Eleni Kounalakis
Secretary of State: Shirley Weber
Controller: Lanhee Chen
Treasurer: Fiona Ma
Attorney General: Rob Bonta
Insurance Commissioner: Ricardo Lara
Superintendent of Public Instruction: Tony Thurmond
LEGISLATIVE SEATS
Senate District 20: Caroline Menjivar
Senate District 28: Lola Smallwood-Cuevas
Assembly District 39: Juan Carrillo
Assembly District 40: Pilar Schiavo
Assembly District 51: Rick Chavez Zbur
Assembly District 61: Tina McKinnor
Assembly District 69: Josh Lowenthal
FEDERAL
U.S. Senate: Alex Padilla
Congressional District 27: Christy Smith
Congressional District 37: Sydney Kamlager
Congressional District 40: Asif Mahmood
Congressional District 41: Will Rollins
Congressional District 42: Robert Garcia
Congressional District 45: Jay Chen
Congressional District 47: Katie Porter
Congressional District 49: Mike Levin