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April 10, 2012 Election

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    Member, City Council; City of ArcadiaClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)
    CERTIFIED RESULTS

    City Clerk; City of ArcadiaClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites
    CERTIFIED RESULTS

    • Gene Glasco
      3653 votes 100.0%

    Mayor; City of AvalonClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites
    UNOFFICIAL RESULTS

    • Robert Kennedy
      440 votes 59.8%
    • Ralph Morrow
      296 votes 40.2%

    Member of the City Council; City of AvalonClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)
    UNOFFICIAL RESULTS

    • Richard Hernandez
      432 votes 31.3%
    • Oley Olsen
      345 votes 25.0%
    • Susan Rikalo
      261 votes 18.9%
    • Timothy Winslow
      184 votes 13.3%
    • Scott Nelson
      158 votes 11.4%

    City Treasurer; City of AvalonClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Christy Lins
      628 votes 100.0%

    Member, City Council; City of Bradbury; District 1Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Richard T. Hale, Jr.
      22 votes 100.0%

    Member, City Council; City of Bradbury; District 2Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • D. Montgomery Lewis
      28 votes 100.0%

    Member, City Council; City of Bradbury; District 4Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Bruce Lathrop
      29 votes 100.0%

    Member, City Council; City of Culver CityClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (4 Elected)
    Unofficial 2012 Results (as of 4/10/12 10:09 pm)

    Member, City Council; City of El SegundoClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)
    UNCERTIFIED FINAL COUNT

    • Carl Jacobson
      1,402 votes 17.3%
    • Dave Atkinson
      1,195 votes 14.7%
    • Marie Fellhauer
      1,154 votes 14.2%
    • Scott Houston
      1,060 votes 13.1%
    • David Burns
      1,018 votes 12.6%
    • Mike Dugan
      898 votes 11.1%
    • Cindy Mortesen
      734 votes 9.0%
    • Cindee Topar
      650 votes 8.0%

    City Clerk; City of El SegundoClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites
    UNCERTIFIED FINAL COUNT

    • Tracy Sherrill Weaver
      1,012 votes 36.8%
    • Susan W. Truax
      912 votes 33.2%
    • Lisa Wood
      826 votes 30.0%

    City Treasurer; City of El SegundoClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites
    UNCERTIFIED FINAL COUNT

    • Chris J. Powell
      2,270 votes 100.0%

    Member, City Council; City of La PuenteClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)
    Final Semi-Official Results

    • Dan Holloway
      1,070 votes 21.4%
    • Violeta Lewis
      993 votes 19.9%
    • Charlie Klinakis
      891 votes 17.8%
    • John Solis
      795 votes 15.9%
    • Renee Chavez
      749 votes 15.0%
    • Raul Alvarado
      498 votes 10.0%

    Mayor; City of LancasterClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites
    Unofficial results as of 4/10/12 9:48 PM

    • R. Rex Parris
      6517 votes 76.5%
    • David Paul
      898 votes 10.5%
    • David Abber
      684 votes 8.0%
    • David Grajeda
      421 votes 4.9%

    Member, City Council; City of LancasterClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)
    Unofficial results as of 4/10/12 9:48 PM

    • Sandra Johnson
      5816 votes 37.8%
    • Ken Mann
      5268 votes 34.3%
    • John T. Kiramis
      2202 votes 14.3%
    • Michael P. Rives
      1044 votes 6.8%
    • Isaac Grajeda
      1037 votes 6.7%

    Member, City Council; City of Long Beach; District 2Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites
    Official Results

    Member, City Council; City of Long Beach; District 4Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites
    Official Results; Runoff Election 6/5/2012

    • Daryl Supernaw
      1,217 votes 34.1%
    • Patrick O. Donnell (Write-in)
      1,183 votes 33.2%
    • John Watkins
      1,168 votes 32.7%

    Member, City Council; City of Long Beach; District 8Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites
    Official Results

    • Al Austin
      2183 votes 55.6%
    • Lillian Kawasaki
      1,669 votes 42.5%
    • Gustavo Rivera
      76 votes 1.9%

    Member of the City Council; City of MalibuClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)
    Official Results

    Member, City Council; City of Santa ClaritaClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)
    Official Results

    • Bob Kellar
      7,519 votes 27.4%
    • TimBen Boydston
      6,145 votes 22.4%
    • Laurie Ender
      5,408 votes 19.7%
    • Ed Colley
      4,438 votes 16.2%
    • Jon Hatami
      3,915 votes 14.3%

    Member, City Council; City of Sierra MadreClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)
    Uncertified Election-Night Results

    • John Harabedian
      1364 votes 27.4%
    • John P. Capoccia
      1327 votes 26.6%
    • Maryann MacGillivray
      1148 votes 23.0%
    • Gene Goss
      1100 votes 22.1%
    • Bill Tice
      44 votes 0.9%

    Member, City Council; City of Sierra Madre; 2 Year TermClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites
    Uncertified Election-Night Results

    • Chris Koerber
      1403 votes 53.9%
    • Colin Braudrick
      1199 votes 46.1%

    City Treasurer; City of Sierra MadreClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites
    Uncertified Election-Night Results

    • Richard Mays
      2081 votes 100.0%

    City Clerk; City of Sierra MadreClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites
    Uncertified Election-Night Results

    • Nancy Sue Shollenberger
      2020 votes 100.0%

    Member, City Council; City of VernonClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites
    Certified Results

    Member, City Council; City of WalnutClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)
    Unofficial Results:

    • Nancy Renne Tragarz
      2468 votes 24.8%
    • Antonio "Tony" Cartagena
      2002 votes 20.1%
    • Eric Ching
      1984 votes 19.9%
    • John Saleeby
      1952 votes 19.6%
    • Michael West
      1563 votes 15.7%

    Member, City Council; City of WhittierClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)
    Final Results

    School

    Member, Board of Education; Long Beach Unified School District; District 2Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites
    Official Results

    Member, Board of Education; Long Beach Unified School District; District 4Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites
    Official Results

    • Jon Meyer
      4,961 votes 74.3%
    • Naomi Rainey
      1,720 votes 25.7%

    Member, Board of Trustees; Long Beach Community College District; Trustee Area 4Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites
    Official Results

    • Doug Otto
      4,879 votes 67.5%
    • Davina M. Keiser
      2,344 votes 32.5%

    Local Measures

    Measure 12-1 Utility User Tax Increase Ordinance -- City of Sierra Madre (Ordinance - Majority Approval Required)
    Uncertified Election-Night Results
    Fail: 1008 / 39.4% Yes votes ...... 1553 / 60.6% No votes
    Shall an Ordinance be adopted amending the City's existing Utility Users' Tax to continue the existing 10% tax, subject to a potential increase of 12% on July 1, 2013, in order to maintain general City services such as public safety services, including paramedic programs, and to reflect technological advances in communications, continue existing exemptions to low and very low income households, establish new sunset dates and continue a citizen's oversight committee?

    Measure 12-2 Utility User's Tax Advisory Measure -- City of Sierra Madre (Advisory - Advisory Vote Only)
    Uncertified Election-Night Results
    Fail: 1067 / 43.0% Yes votes ...... 1413 / 57.0% No votes
    If Measure 12-1, to continue the exiting Utility Users' tax of 10%, subject to a potential increase to 12% in July 1, 2013 and establishing new sunset dates, is approved by the voters, should the additional revenue generated by that tax be used to fund public safety services, including paramedic programs?

    Measure A Utility User Tax -- City of Bradbury (Ordinance - Majority Approval Required)
    UNOFFICIAL RESULTS
    Fail: 75 / 41.9% Yes votes ...... 104 / 58.1% No votes
    Shall an Ordinance be adopted imposing a Utility Users Tax of between 1% and 8.75% (first year being 8.4%) in order to maintain essential general city services and meet the obligations of State and Federal Mandates, establish exemptions for low or very low income households inhabited by at least one senior citizen or disabled person receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI), and automatically terminating in five (5) years?

    Measure D Hotel Tax -- City of Arcadia (Ordinance - Majority Approval Required)
    CERTIFIED RESULTS
    Pass: 4219 / 78.8% Yes votes ...... 1133 / 21.2% No votes
    Shall an ordinance amending the Arcadia Municipal Code to extend the period of occupancy subject to the Transient Occupancy (Hotel) Tax from 30 days to 90 days, and to apply the Tax to all rent charged by hotel operators, including online travel companies, for the transient occupancy of any hotel room, be adopted to help preserve general City services such as police and fire protection, street operations and maintenance, and library, parks and recreation services?

    Measure P Fire Department -- City of El Segundo (Ordinance - Majority Approval Required)
    UNCERTIFIED FINAL COUNT
    Fail: 294 / 9.9% Yes votes ...... 2,669 / 90.1% No votes
    Shall the ordinance amending El Segundo Municipal Code to transfer all functions of the El Segundo Fire Department to the Consolidated Fire Protection District of Los Angeles County (aka the Los Angeles County Fire Department) be adopted?

    Measure X Hotel Room Tax -- City of Culver City (Ordinance - Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 3116 / 83.3% Yes votes ...... 626 / 16.7% No votes
    To preserve funding of essential general city services including: public safety; street/park maintenance; senior services; job creation; business development; shall Culver City increase the existing Transient Occupancy Tax, ("hotel room tax"), charged only to persons who occupy hotel/motel rooms in Culver City, from 12% to 14% on July 1, 2012, with expenditures approved through general fund budgets adopted in open public hearings, subject to annual audits?

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