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P&F Campaigns in Los Angeles County

Local Candidates

State Senate

There were no Peace and Freedom Party candidates for State Senate in Los Angeles County.

U.S. House of Representatives

Lynda Llamas of Alhambra ran for Congress in the 29th Congressional District, which is entirely within Los Angeles County and includes the cities of Glendale, Pasadena, South Pasadena, Alhambra, San Gabriel and Temple City, the unincorporated community of Altadena, parts of the cities of Burbank and Monterey Park, and a few neighborhoods of Los Angeles in the Hollywood hills. She came in fourth of five candidates on the ballot, with 2,599 votes (1.8%).

Adele Cannon of Los Angeles ran for Congress in the 30th Congressional District, which is entirely within Los Angeles County and includes Bel-Air, Beverly Crest, Brentwood, Pacific Palisades, West Hills, Westwood, Woodland Hills and parts of Canoga Park, Chatsworth, Mid-City West, Sawtelle, Tarzana and West Los Angeles within the city of Los Angeles, the unincorporated communities of Agoura and Topanga, and the cities of Agoura Hills, Beverly Hills, Calabasas, Hidden Hills, Malibu, Santa Monica, West Hollywood and Westlake Village. She came in third of three candidates, with 4,546 votes (2.1%).

Jim Smith of Venice ran for Congress in the 36th Congressional District, which is entirely within Los Angeles County and includes Venice, Mar Vista, and parts of Harbor City, San Pedro, and Wilmington within the city of Los Angeles, the unincorporated community of Marina del Rey, and the cities of El Segundo, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, Torrance and Lomita. He came in third of four candidates, with 4,592 votes (2.7%).

State Assembly

Karl Abrams of Venice ran for state Assembly in the 53rd Assembly District, which is entirely within Los Angeles county including the communities of Venice, Mar Vista, Playa Vista, Playa del Rey and Westchester/LAX within the city of Los Angeles, the unincorporated community of Marina del Rey, and the cities of El Segundo, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, Torrance and Lomita. He came in fourth of four candidates, with 2,997 votes (2.3%).

Local Non-partisan Offices

The webmaster is not aware of any endorsements by the Los Angeles County Peace and Freedom Party organization of any candidates for local non-partisan offices which were voted on in the November 7th general election.

Peace and Freedom Party Central Committees

Seven members of the Peace and Freedom Party Central Committees were elected from Los Angeles County in 2004 whose terms expired after the June 2006 elections. In addition, several people were appointed to the Los Angeles County Peace and Freedom Party Central Committee whose terms also expired at that time. To the best of the webmaster's knowledge, there were candidates for Central Committees from seven of the 36 Assembly Districts wholly or partly in the county:

  • 41st Assembly District: 4 seats, one candidate qualified for ballot, election cancelled.
    • Larry A. Alpert
  • 42nd Assembly District: 4 seats, one candidate qualified for ballot, election cancelled.
    • Nancy Lawrence
  • 45th Assembly District: 8 seats, one candidate qualified for ballot, election cancelled.
    • John Owen
  • 46th Assembly District: 10 seats, two candidates qualified for ballot, election cancelled.
    • W. "Bilal Mafundi Ali" Henderson
    • Howard Johnson
  • 49th Assembly District: 8 seats, one candidate qualified for ballot, election cancelled.
    • Lynda Llamas (Alhambra)
  • 52nd Assembly District: 11 seats, one candidate qualified for ballot, election cancelled.
    • Adele Cannon
  • 53rd Assembly District: 6 seats, nine candidates on ballot, election open for write-ins.
    • Karl Abrams (automatically placed on the Central Committees by being nominated for Assembly)
    • Della Franco
    • Gary Gordon
    • Erin Grayson
    • Cindy Henderson (automatically placed on the Central Committees by being nominated for Board of Equalization)
    • Marge Hinds
    • Yolanda Miranda
    • Jim Smith LWV page (automatically placed on the Central Committees by being nominated for Congress)
    • Alice Stek LWV page

In addition, Liz Barrón, who originally filed to run for Controller while living in San Jose, moved to the Los Angeles area between the primary election and the convention, so she became a member of the Central Committees from Los Angeles County.

Local Measures

The webmaster is not aware of any positions taken by the Los Angeles County Peace and Freedom Party organization on any county, municipal or regional measures that were on the ballot November 7th in Los Angeles County.

Regional Candidates

There were Peace and Freedom Party candidates in all three of the Board of Equalization districts within Los Angeles County.

Richard Perry of Sacramento ran for Board of Equalization in the 2nd Board of Equalization District, which includes northern Los Angeles County (the Angeles National Forest and locations north and east of it, plus the communities of Duarte, Irwindale, Azusa, Vincent, Citrus, San Dimas (but not Glendora), La Verne, Pomona and Claremont), as well as inland and eastern portions of Santa Barbara County, Ventura County, part of the southwestern corner of San Bernardino County, and inland areas from Kern County north to the Oregon border. He came in third of four candidates, with 75,419 votes (3.6%) district-wide and 6,622 votes (3.5%) in Los Angeles County.

Mary Lou Finley ran for Board of Equalization in the 3rd Board of Equalization District, which includes the Palos Verdes peninsula and the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in Los Angeles County (specifically, the communities of Palos Verdes Estates, Rancho Palos Verdes, Rolling Hills and Rolling Hills Estates, plus the harbor areas of the cities of Los Angeles (more or less the area south of Anaheim Street from Western Avenue to the boundary with Long Beach) and Long Beach (more or less the area south of Anaheim Street from the boundary with Los Angeles to the 710 freeway, the area south of Broadway from the 710 freeway to Ximeno Avenue, and the area south of E. 7th Street and state Highway 22 from Ximeno Avenue to the Orange County line), as well as Riverside and Orange counties south to the Mexican border and all of San Bernardino County except part of the south-western corner. She came in third of three candidates, with 91,467 votes (4.5%) district-wide and 2,319 votes (3.8%) in Los Angeles County.

Cindy Varela Henderson ran for Board of Equalization in the 4th Board of Equalization District, which is entirely within Los Angeles County, consisting of roughly its southern third with most of its population (more specifically, Santa Catalina Island, most of the cities of Los Angeles and Long Beach, as well as all of Burbank, Glendale, Glendora, Pasadena, Santa Monica and the other adjacent cities not listed above as in the 2nd or 3rd Districts). She came in fourth of four candidates, with 42,027 votes (2.6%).

Statewide Candidates

The Peace and Freedom Party candidates for statewide partisan public offices were:

  • Governor: Janice Jordan (5th of 6 candidates on the ballot with 69,934 votes (0.8%) statewide, 16,001 votes (0.8%) in Los Angeles County)
  • Lieutenant Governor: Stewart Alexander (6th of 6 candidates with 43,319 votes (0.5%) statewide, 12,514 votes (0.6%) in Los Angeles County)
  • Secretary of State: Margie Akin (6th of 6 candidates with 91,483 votes (1.0%) statewide, 23,584 votes (1.2%) in Los Angeles County)
  • Treasurer: Gerald Sanders (6th of 6 candidates with 71,726 votes (0.8%) statewide, 19,175 votes (1.0%) in Los Angeles County)
  • Controller: Liz Barrón (4th of 6 candidates with 212,383 votes (2.5%) statewide, in 3rd place with 63,723 votes (3.4%) in Los Angeles County)
  • Attorney General: Jack Harrison (5th of 5 candidates with 100,797 votes (1.1%) statewide, 23,881 votes (1.2%) in Los Angeles County)
  • Insurance Commissioner: Tom Condit (5th of 6 candidates with 187,618 votes (2.2%) statewide, 38,601 votes (2.0%) in Los Angeles County)
  • U.S. Senator: Marsha Feinland (5th of 6 candidates on the ballot with 117,764 votes (1.3%) statewide, in 4th place with 27,926 votes (1.4%) in Los Angeles County)

Statewide Measures

There were thirteen propositions on the statewide ballot November 7th, assigned proposition numbers 1A through 1E and 83 through 90. At its August 26th-27th State Convention, the Peace and Freedom Party took positions supporting Proposition 87 (oil severance tax to support alternative energy) and Proposition 89 ("Clean Money" public financing of candidates for state offices, limit corporate funding of ballot measure campaigns) and opposing the other eleven propositions.

  • Proposition 1A (the voter pamphlet's summary, analysis, arguments for and against and rebuttals, and the full text (as PDF) are available): "Transportation Funds." This measure eliminates the loopholes in provisions of the state constitution requiring gas sales tax money to be used for transportation. We don't think the legislature's hands should be tied to require the state to spend money on roads and transit even if it may be needed more urgently for education and health care. The Peace and Freedom Party urged that you vote NO on 1A. Despite our opposition, Proposition 1A passed by a statewide vote of 6,400,587 (77.0%) Yes to 1,916,925 (23.0%) No. In Los Angeles County, the vote was 1,413,377 (76.5%) to 436,271 (23.5%).
  • Proposition 1B (the voter pamphlet's summary, analysis, arguments for and against and rebuttals, and the full text (as PDF) are available): "Transportation Bonds." This measure authorizes the sale of $19.9 billion in bonds to be used for various transportation projects. We generally oppose bonds, that require ordinary people to pay taxes to those who can afford to invest in bonds, instead of taxing those who can afford to pay in order to meet social needs. The Peace and Freedom Party urged that you vote NO on 1B. Despite our opposition, Proposition 1B passed by a statewide vote of 5,112,142 (61.4%) Yes to 3,218,657 (38.6%) No. In Los Angeles County, the vote was 1,219,112 (65.5%) to 643,544 (34.5%).
  • Proposition 1C (the voter pamphlet's summary, analysis, arguments for and against and rebuttals, and the full text (as PDF) are available): "Housing Bonds." This measure authorizes the sale of $2.85 billion in bonds to be used for various housing-related programs. We generally oppose bonds, that require ordinary people to pay taxes to those who can afford to invest in bonds, instead of taxing those who can afford to pay in order to meet social needs. The Peace and Freedom Party urged that you vote NO on 1C. Despite our opposition, Proposition 1C passed by a statewide vote of 4,814,850 (57.8%) Yes to 3,521,055 (42.2%) No. In Los Angeles County, the vote was 1,142,754 (61.3%) to 723,946 (38.7%).
  • Proposition 1D (the voter pamphlet's summary, analysis, arguments for and against and rebuttals, and the full text (as PDF) are available): "School and College Bonds." This measure authorizes the sale of $10.4 billion in bonds to be used for construction projects at K-12 schools and public universities and community colleges. We generally oppose bonds, that require ordinary people to pay taxes to those who can afford to invest in bonds, instead of taxing those who can afford to pay in order to meet social needs. The Peace and Freedom Party urged that you vote NO on 1D. Despite our opposition, Proposition 1D passed by a statewide vote of 4,754,868 (56.9%) Yes to 3,602,055 (43.1%) No. In Los Angeles County, the vote was 1,142,764 (60.8%) to 738,718 (39.2%).
  • Proposition 1E (the voter pamphlet's summary, analysis, arguments for and against and rebuttals, and the full text (as PDF) are available): "Flood Control Bonds." This measure authorizes the sale of $4.1 billion in bonds to be used for various flood control projects. We generally oppose bonds, that require ordinary people to pay taxes to those who can afford to invest in bonds, instead of taxing those who can afford to pay in order to meet social needs. The Peace and Freedom Party urged that you vote NO on 1E. Despite our opposition, Proposition 1E passed by a statewide vote of 5,305,852 (64.2%) Yes to 2,962,546 (35.8%) No. In Los Angeles County, the vote was 1,214,205 (66.6%) to 610,173 (33.4%).
  • Proposition 83 (the voter pamphlet's summary, analysis, arguments for and against and rebuttals, and the full text (as PDF) are available): "Punishment for Sex Crimes." This measure increases the penalties for people convicted of sex crimes, prevents all registered sex offenders from ever living in a city, and requires life-long electronic monitoring of many registered sex offenders. This measure will waste money by increasing the number of people in prison and harassing low-risk ex-prisoners while failing to reduce crime. The Peace and Freedom Party urged that you vote NO on 83. Despite our opposition, Proposition 83 passed by a statewide vote of 5,926,800 (70.5%) Yes to 2,483,597 (29.5%) No. In Los Angeles County, the vote was 1,338,627 (71.8%) to 527,967 (28.2%).
  • Proposition 84 (the voter pamphlet's summary, analysis, arguments for and against and rebuttals, and the full text (as PDF) are available): "Bonds for Water & Natural Resources." This measure authorizes the sale of $5.4 billion in bonds for water quality, flood control and parks. We generally oppose bonds, that require ordinary people to pay taxes to those who can afford to invest in bonds, instead of taxing those who can afford to pay in order to meet social needs. The Peace and Freedom Party urged that you vote NO on 84. Despite our opposition, Proposition 84 passed by a statewide vote of 4,431,945 (53.8%) Yes to 3,807,005 (46.2%) No. In Los Angeles County, the vote was 1,107,134 (60.5%) to 724,094 (39.5%).
  • Proposition 85 (the voter pamphlet's summary, analysis, arguments for and against and rebuttals, and the full text (as PDF) are available): "Parental Notification about Abortion." This initiative was part of the anti-choice movement's strategy to chip away at legal abortion in the United States. It would have endangered the lives of teenage women who are afraid to tell their parents about preganancies. The Peace and Freedom Party urged that you vote NO on 85. With our opposition, Proposition 85 was defeated by a statewide vote of 3,868,714 (45.8%) Yes to 4,576,128 (54.2%) No. In Los Angeles County, the vote was 832,215 (44.1%) to 1,053,390 (55.9%).
  • Proposition 86 (the voter pamphlet's summary, analysis, arguments for and against and rebuttals, and the full text (as PDF) are available): "Cigarette Tax." This measure would have quadrupled the state tax on cigarettes and used the money raised for various health and child development programs. We oppose cigarette taxes as regressive, making lower-income people pay relatively more than higher-income people. More lower-income people are smokers, and low-income smokers would pay a much higher part of their incomes in cigarette taxes than higher-income smokers. The Peace and Freedom Party urged that you vote NO on 86. With our opposition, Proposition 86 was defeated by a statewide vote of 4,136,358 (48.3%) Yes to 4,425,689 (51.7%) No. In Los Angeles County, the vote was 1,004,446 (52.3%) to 917,073 (47.7%).
  • Proposition 87 (the voter pamphlet's summary, analysis, arguments for and against and rebuttals, and the full text (as PDF) are available): "Oil Severance Tax for Clean Energy." This measure would have created a new oil severance tax, raising $4 billion that would have been used for research, development and promotion of alternative clean and renewable energy. The Peace and Freedom Party urged that you vote YES on 87. Despite our support, Proposition 87 was defeated by a statewide vote of 3,861,217 (45.4%) Yes to 4,635,265 (54.6%) No. In Los Angeles County, the vote was 972,967 (51.4%) to 921,590 (48.6%).
  • Proposition 88 (the voter pamphlet's summary, analysis, arguments for and against and rebuttals, and the full text (as PDF) are available): "Parcel Tax for Education." This measure would have created a new, regressive statewide parcel tax to be used for various programs in K-12 education. The Peace and Freedom Party urged that you vote NO on 88. With our opposition, Proposition 88 was defeated by a statewide vote of 1,947,312 (23.3%) Yes to 6,396,956 (76.7%) No. In Los Angeles County, the vote was 460,671 (24.8%) to 1,390,891 (75.2%).
  • Proposition 89 (the voter pamphlet's summary, analysis, arguments for and against and rebuttals, and the full text (as PDF) are available): "Public Funding of Political Campaigns." This is the "Clean Money" initiative put on the ballot by the California Nurses Association. It would have provided public funding of campaigns for state elective offices to candidates who agree not to spend any other money and show broad support by collecting enough $5 "qualifying contributions" from potential constituents, funded by an increase in the corporate income tax. The measure would have also limited corporate contributions to campaigns for and against ballot measures. While this measure wasn't perfect (among other things, Demopublican candidates can much more easily qualify for more public funding than can progressive third party and independent candidates), it would still have been a big step forward to reducing the control of corporations and the rich over electoral politics. The Peace and Freedom Party urged that you vote YES on 89. Despite our support, Proposition 89 was defeated by a statewide vote of 2,124,728 (25.7%) Yes to 6,132,618 (74.3%) No. In Los Angeles County, the vote was 508,355 (27.7%) to 1,325,761 (72.3%).
  • Proposition 90 (the voter pamphlet's summary, analysis, arguments for and against and rebuttals, and the full text (as PDF) are available): "Property Rights." This measure was a deceptive Trojan Horse. While promoted as protecting small property owners from losing their homes or businesses to well-connected developers, what it actually would have done was to restrict government's ability to take any action that might reduce the value of property (e.g., protect the environment, regulate land use, require fair treatment of tenants). The Peace and Freedom Party urged that you vote NO on 90. With our opposition, Proposition 90 was defeated by a statewide vote of 3,932,043 (47.6%) Yes to 4,324,722 (52.4%) No. In Los Angeles County, the vote was 819,472 (44.1%) to 1,038,410 (55.9%).
 

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