LOS ANGELES COUNTY - News from Nov. 7, 1996

Key to Election Tables

* An asterisk (*) denotes an incumbent candidate; a dagger (**) denotes an appointed incumbent.

* A double dagger (***) indicates a race in a district shared by two or more counties. For that reason, individual tables do not reflect the total vote.

* Elected candidates and approved measures--or those leading with 99% of precincts reporting--are in bold type. Results are not official and could be affected by absentee ballots.

Party affiliation is indicated in parentheses:

(A) American Independent

(D) Democrat

(G) Green

(I) Independent

(L) Libertarian

(M) Reform

(N) Natural Law

(P) Peace and Freedom

(R) Republican

* Vote percentages may not add to 100% due to rounding. 0% means returns were unavailable or only absentee ballots had been counted.

* District locations are identified by county. In Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego and Ventura counties, they are identified by community.

* Write-in candidates and uncontested local races are not included in the tables.

District Attorney

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Gil Garcetti*: 1,029,003 (50%)

John F. Lynch: 1,022,167 (50%)

Supervisor

District 4

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Don Knabe: 283,051 (62%)

Gordana Marie Swanson: 174,952 (38%)

Superior Court

Office No. 58

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Karl W. Jaeger: 952,077 (53%)

Pat Murphy: 850,720 (47%)

Municipal Court

Citrus, Office No. 1

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Thomas Falls: 52,335 (57%)

Nida Brinkis Alex: 40,290 (44%)

East Los Angeles, Office No. 2

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Teresa Sanchez-Gordon: 17,933 (54%)

Tony Luna: 15,168 (46%)

County Measures

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

A--Park, recreation, and related improvements; assessments.

Yes: 1,318,724 (65%)

No: 704,510 (35%)

B--Limits on campaign contributions/expenditures.

Yes: 1,407,301 (75%)

No: 462,111 (25%)

C--Charter amendment: unclassified senior executive positions.

Yes: 768,708 (45%)

No: 941,785 (55%)

Agoura Hills

Measure

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

L--Transient occupancy tax.

Yes: 4,964 (67%)

No: 2,434 (33%)

Alhambra

City Council

District 3

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Talmage V. Burke*: 8,423 (52%)

Gay Toltl Kinman: 4,654 (29%)

Violeta V. Willsey: 3,228 (20%)

Antelope Valley Health Care District

3 Elected

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Deborah A. Rice: 43,045 (29%)

Steve Fox*: 27,267 (18%)

Larry Chimbole: 23,783 (16%)

Roger Hemme: 18,399 (12%)

Gary G. Hill: 18,200 (12%)

Jim Aldrich: 17,234 (12%)

Partial Term

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

John J. Manning**: 24,933 (47%)

Thomas Bretz: 14,205 (27%)

Judy Evans: 7,206 (14%)

Edward J. Wright: 6,607 (13%)

Antelope Valley-East Kern Water Agency

Division 6

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

William H. Redcay: 2,996 (50%)

Norman J. Vander Hyde*: 2,988 (50%)

Arcadia

Measure

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

M--Preclude use of horse racing designation for any other use in general plan.

Yes: 5,728 (35%)

No: 10,559 (65%)

Artesia

Measure

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

N--Validate/reenact utility users tax.

Yes: 1,308 (47%)

No: 1,505 (54%)

Avalon

Measures

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

O--Business license tax revenue to general services fund.

Requires two-thirds vote

Yes: 400 (41%)

No: 586 (59%)

P--Split business license tax between general services fund and chamber of commerce.

Yes: 489 (50%)

No: 483 (50%)

Q--Increase base rate business license tax and apply to specified businesses.

Requires two-thirds vote

Yes: 489 (49%)

No: 505 (51%)

Bassett Unified

Measure

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

R--Terminate merit system.

Yes: 1,537 (36%)

No: 2,740 (64%)

Beach Cities Health District

3 Elected

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Vanessa Poster: 13,573 (14%)

Carol Frey: 12,809 (13%)

Jo Ann Woodward: 11,089 (12%)

Thomas R. Martin**: 10,021 (10%)

Al Valdes: 9,186 (10%)

Aviva Kamin*: 6,314 (7%)

Chuck Currier: 6,126 (6%)

Julie D’Aguanno: 5,561 (6%)

Chuck Milam: 5,530 (6%)

Muriel Savikas: 4,923 (5%)

Glenda S. Owens: 4,128 (4%)

Roberta Sniderman: 3,749 (4%)

Alexandria Colman: 2,331 (2%)

Michael W. Kiger: 1,425 (2%)

Castaic Lake Water Agency

Division 1

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Bill Cooper*: 8,680 (59%)

Joan Dunn: 5,955 (41%)

Division 2

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

E. G. Gladbach*: 9,432 (65%)

Lynne A. Plambeck: 5,123 (35%)

Division 3 ***

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

James Gates*: 13,072 (71%)

Merry Farmer: 5,312 (29%)

Central Basin Municipal Water District

Division 1

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Gary A. Morse*: 24,618 (45%)

Ed Vasquez: 23,395 (43%)

Alex A. Burrola: 4,086 (7%)

Henry F. Ramey Jr.: 2,808 (5%)

Division 4

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Albert Robles: 14,525 (41%)

Leticia Vasquez: 7,751 (22%)

Jacqueline Hernandez: 6,315 (18%)

Bill De Witt: 2,506 (7%)

Basil Kimbrew: 2,273 (6%)

Lorena M. Clark: 1,972 (6%)

Division 5

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

James W. Zastrow*: 36,602 (61%)

Willard H. Murray Jr.: 23,742 (39%)

Commerce

City Council

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Hugo A. Argumedo: 1,592 (59%)

Lela R. Leon: 1,122 (41%)

Culver City Unified

Measure

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

T--Bonds for fire, health and safety improvement.

Requires two-thirds vote

Yes: 11,584 (80%)

No: 2,861 (20%)

Downey

City Council

District 1

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Keith McCarthy: 2,352 (53%)

Jose David Trujillo: 2,083 (47%)

District 3

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Gary McCaughan*: 2,998 (50%)

Mark J. Garcie: 1,868 (31%)

Robert J. Henderson: 1,105 (19%)

District 5

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Joyce L. Lawrence*: 11,525 (51%)

David S. Gonsalves: 5,118 (23%)

Raymond H. Lyon: 3,230 (14%)

Audie Derryberry: 2,913 (13%)

Measure

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

U--Charter amendment: changes to conform to state law.

Yes: 16,966 (75%)

No: 5,753 (25%)

Hacienda La Puente Unified

Measure

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

W--Terminate merit system.

Yes: 9,003 (38%)

No: 14,474 (62%)

Hawthorne

City Council

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Mark E. Schoenfeld: 3,787 (30%)

Martha G. Bails: 3,271 (26%)

Roger A. Young: 3,231 (26%)

Pablo H. Catano: 2,272 (18%)

Inglewood

Measures

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

X--Charter amendment: Amend election provisions to conform to state law.

Yes: 13,504 (65%)

No: 7,303 (35%)

Y--Charter amendment: Amend duties of mayor and city council.

Yes: 12,394 (60%)

No: 8,288 (40%)

Las Virgenes Municipal Water District

Division 1

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Gordon Knopp: 2,419 (65%)

Frank Rich: 833 (22%)

John J. Coveney Jr.: 488 (13%)

Division 4

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Ken Rufener: 2,216 (50%)

Steve Gavin*: 2,188 (50%)

Long Beach

Measure

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Z--Tax/bonds/appropriations limit for 911 emergency response system.

Requires two-thirds vote

Yes: 57,694 (58%)

No: 42,576 (43%)

Los Angeles

Measures

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

D--Charter amendment: Fire and police pensions. Surviving spouses.

Yes: 444,933 (65%)

No: 237,665 (35%)

E--Charter amendment: Appointment of members of city ethics commission.

Yes: 358,517 (59%)

No: 253,717 (41%)

F--Charter amendment: City employees’ retirement system.

Yes: 383,134 (63%)

No: 222,435 (37%)

G--Charter amendment: Authorize council to permit DWP to engage in lawful business enterprises.

Yes: 411,547 (64%)

No: 229,706 (36%)

I--Charter amendment: Procedures for sale/issuance of bonds.

Yes: 415,801 (68%)

No: 194,764 (32%)

J--Charter amendment: Exempt management and professional persons from civil service.

Yes: 352,878 (57%)

No: 266,369 (43%)

K--Referendum: Parks, recreation, and community facilities assessment.

Yes: 336,542 (51%)

No: 330,271 (50%)

Los Angeles Community College District

Measure

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

AA--(Advisory) Landscape and lighting assessment district.

Yes: 456,155 (49%)

No: 484,248 (52%)

Los Angeles Unified

Measure

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

BB--Bonds for school improvements.

Requires two-thirds vote

Yes: 539,606 (66%)

No: 281,481 (34%)

Paramount Unified

Measure

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

S--Bonds for school improvements.

Requires two-thirds vote

Yes: 6,885 (64%)

No: 3,879 (36%)

Rancho Palos Verdes

Measure

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

CC--Validate/continue collection of utility users tax.

Yes: 8,442 (51%)

No: 7,977 (49%)

San Marino

Measure

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

DD--Validate/reenact collection of utility users tax.

Yes: 3,096 (67%)

No: 1,506 (33%)

Santa Monica

City Council

4 Elected

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Asha S. Greenberg*: 13,219 (13%)

Michael Feinstein: 12,651 (12%)

Ken Genser*: 12,164 (12%)

Paul Rosenstein: 11,656 (11%)

Frank D. Schwengel: 10,992 (11%)

Kelley Olsen: 10,938 (11%)

Shari L. Davis: 9,304 (9%)

Donna Dailey Alvarez: 7,875 (8%)

Richard Bloom: 4,524 (4%)

Susan L. Mearns: 3,486 (3%)

Jeffrey Hughes: 2,444 (2%)

Jonathan Metzger: 1,833 (2%)

Larry Swieboda: 1,064 (1%)

Measure

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

EE--Bonds for construction of public safety building and other improvements.

Requires two-thirds vote

Yes: 19,254 (63%)

No: 11,501 (37%)

Santa Monica Community College

3 Elected

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Annette Shamey: 20,524 (27%)

Pat Nichelson*: 20,188 (27%)

Ilona Jo Katz*: 20,032 (27%)

William Whalen: 14,565 (19%)

Santa Monica-Malibu Unified

3 Elected

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Margaret R. Franco*: 18,046 (24%)

Dorothy Chapman: 16,850 (23%)

Todd Hess: 16,623 (23%)

Harlan Dorin: 13,275 (18%)

Susan Gomez: 9,106 (12%)

Sierra Madre

Measure

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

FF--Validate/reenact/extend utility users tax.

Yes: 2,816 (56%)

No: 2,243 (44%)

Three Valleys Municipal Water District

Division 2

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

David D. De Jesus: 6,932 (43%)

Rita A. Kurth: 5,865 (36%)

Richard Melendez: 3,357 (21%)

District 4

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Bob G. Kuhn: 9,630 (42%)

Eugene F. Moses: 9,266 (41%)

Anthony C. Zampiello: 3,964 (17%)

Division 6

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Andrew A. Krueger*: 5,022 (41%)

G. Stanton Selby: 3,846 (31%)

Arthur W. Sutton: 3,386 (28%)

Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District

Division 2

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Frank F. Forbes*: 15,249 (40%)

Sean T. O’Connor: 9,285 (24%)

Glen G. Fernandez: 5,689 (15%)

Henry P. Voznick: 4,656 (12%)

Smith Choi: 3,111 (8%)

Division 3

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Kenneth R. Manning*: 12,371 (38%)

Royall Brown: 7,680 (23%)

Joe V. Alderete: 6,612 (20%)

Henry E. Gonzales: 4,348 (13%)

Rudy Almeida: 1,872 (6%)

Division 4

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

R. William Robinson*: 18,984 (58%)

Cody Gale Cluff: 8,938 (27%)

Henry M. Morgan: 4,755 (15%)

Water Replenishment District of Southern California

Division 2

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Robert Goldsworthy*: 98,862 (61%)

Noel Lee Stone: 44,408 (27%)

Pete Manghera: 19,670 (12%)

Division 5

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Albert Robles*: 67,681 (50%)

Steven Castellanos: 20,448 (15%)

Andrew J. Hopwood: 20,301 (15%)

Sarann Kruse-Graham: 14,425 (11%)

Paul R. Jackson: 9,793 (7%)

Joshua Paul Bowlen: 3,824 (3%)

West Basin Municipal Water District

Division 3

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Carol Kwan: 25,275 (54%)

Michael W. Sweeney*: 21,785 (46%)

Division 5

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Larry Gallagher*: 18,132 (57%)

Mervyn M. Dymally: 13,916 (43%)

Westfield Recreation and Park District

2 Elected

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

Herbert N. Epp: 242 (43%)

L. Mickie Palmer: 167 (30%)

Gloria Bassler: 152 (27%)

Whittier Schools Community Facilities District

Measure

100% Precincts Reporting: votes (%)

GG--Special tax election.

Requires two-thirds vote

Yes: 10,732 (67%)

No: 5,281 (33%)

Contributing to The Times’ election coverage:

* Technical assistance: Systems architect Victor I. Pulver, systems analyst Stephen Bergens.

* Compiled by: Times editorial researchers Nona Yates and Tracy Thomas.

* Contributing: Jim Angius, Lilia Beebe, John Bryan, Wendy Cota, Sheila Howard, Cecilia Rasmussen, Jenny Crowe, Susan Gil, John Hernandez, Adrienne Lynch, John Malnic, Roshawn Mathias, Elsa Miralrio, Carlos Santana, Tomas Torres, Rachel Vargas and Cynthia Viers.

Sources: Election returns provided by the office of the secretary of state, county registrars of voters and the Associated Press.