AMERICANS FOR DEMOCRATIC ACTION SOCAL
NOVEMBER 3, 2020 GENERAL ELECTION ENDORSEMENTS
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NOVEMBER 3, 2020 GENERAL ELECTION ENDORSEMENTS
President: Joe Biden
US Congress:
District 27 - Judy Chu
District 29 - Angelica Dueñas
District 33 - Ted Lieu
District 34 – David Kim
District 37 - Karen Bass
District 43 - Maxine Waters
District 44 - Nanette Barragan
District 45 - Katie Porter
District 47 - Alan Lowenthal
District 50 - Ammar Campa-Najjar
California State Senate:
District 25 - Anthony Portantino
District 27 - Henry Stern
California Assembly:
District 43 - Laura Friedman
District 46 - Adrin Nazarian
District 47 - Eloise Reyes
District 59 - Reggie Jones Sawyer
District 63 - Maria Estrada
District 70 - Patrick O'Donnell
LA County Supervisor:
District 2 - Holly Mitchell
LA County District Attorney:
George Gascón
Superior Court
Office 72 - Steve Morgan
Office 80 - Klint James McKay
LA City Council
District 2 - Paul Kerkorian
District 4 - Nithya Raman
District 10 - Grace Yoo
Burbank City Council
Nick Schultz
Culver City Council
Khin Khin Gyi
Los Angeles School Board:
Patricia Castellanos, Scott Shmerelson
Los Angeles Community College District:
Trustee #1 – Andra Hoffman
Trustee #3 – Anthony Danna
Trustee #5 – Michelle Manos
Trustee #7 – Mike Fong
Garden Grove School Board – Nick Dibs
California Ballot Measures:
| Prop. 15 – Split Roll on Prop. 13 - | YES |
| Prop. 16 – A Return to Affirmative Action – | YES |
| Prop. 17 – Would Allow Parolees to Vote - | YES |
| Prop. 18 – Would Allow 17-year-olds to vote – | YES |
| Prop. 19 - Property Tax Exemptions - | YES |
| Prop. 20 – Tougher Parole – | NO |
| Prop. 21 – Rent Control – | YES |
| Prop. 22 – Special Rules for the Gig Economy – | NO |
| Prop. 23 – Kidney Dialysis – | YES |
| Prop. 24 – New Consumer Privacy- | YES |
| Prop. 25 – Eliminate Cash Bail - | YES |
| LA County Measure J – Alternatives to Incarceration - | YES |
RE-ENVISIONING SAFETY IN AMERICA
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The horror of George Floyd's murder has inspired a deep debate about re-envisioning Public Safety in America. The call to “Defund The Police!” does not mean the elimination of law enforcement -- it means divesting money from bloated police budgets and investing instead in people to deal proactively with addiction, homelessness and mental illness. Gun-toting police aren’t the answer to these problems. So many police shootings occur in the context of these issues.
Militarizing the Police hasn’t reduced crime. Neither has throwing more and more money at police departments. It’s time to try something different. Eugene, Oregon has been diverting money from its police to the hiring of medics and social workers to address addiction issues, mental illness or homelessness ---and it’s been very effective.
The latest Los Angeles City Budget was slated to devote 54% of discretionary funds to the LAPD. Now, in response to the protests, the City Council is considering cutting between $100 and $150 million from Mayor Garcetti's original budget. But this is merely rolling back a yearly hike in spending — it's not the serious change that’s needed. New York's City Council is talking about cutting $1 billion from their police budget, so LA could make more drastic cuts and fund needed community services. This would also free up police officers to do things they are uniquely suited to - such as solving crimes!
Black Lives Matter has put together a powerful proposal along these lines. You can read it at: https://peoplesbudgetla.com.
We’re asking LA Residents to call their City Council members and ask them to get serious about a new approach to public safety -- substantial cuts to LAPD and moving the money into community services for crime prevention and for non-violent crisis resolution. Tell them his is the moment for real substantive change, not merely trimming around the edges. Here is a list of Los Angeles City Council members:
CONTACT YOUR LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW TO FIND YOUR REPRESENTATIVE IN YOUR DISTRICT
Map of Council District Boundaries
| Council Member District 1 - Gil Cedillo | (213)473-7001 |
| Council Member District 2 - Paul Krekorian | (213) 473-7002 |
| Council Member District 3 - Bob Blumenfield | (213) 473-7003 |
| Council Member District 4 - David E. Ryu | (213) 473-7004 |
| Council Member District 5 - Paul Koretz | (213) 473-7005 |
| Council Member District 6 - Nury Martinez | (213) 473-7006 |
| Council Member District 7 - Monica Rodriguez | (213) 473-7007 |
| Council Member District 8 - Marqueece Harris-Dawson | (213) 473-7008 |
| Council Member District 9 - Curren D. Price, Jr. | (213) 473-7009 |
| Council Member District 10 - Herb J. Wesson, Jr. | (213) 473-7010 |
| Council Member District 11 - Mike Bonin | (213) 473-7011 |
| Council Member District 12 - John Lee | (213) 473-7012 |
| Council Member District 13 - Mitch O'Farrell | (213) 473-7013 |
| Council Member District 14 - Jose Huizar | (213) 473-7014 |
| Council Member District 15 - Joe Buscaino | (213) 473-7015 |
When you’ve made the call, please email us back at [email protected] and let us know what the result of your call was.
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