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Rick Auerbach
806,614 votes
38.35%
Yolanda T. Salazar
327,929 votes
15.59%
- Occupation: Deputy Assessor
John Y. Wong
169,443 votes
8.06%
- Occupation: Boardmember, Assessment Appeals
John Lynch
168,948 votes
8.03%
- Occupation: Property Taxpayer Counsel
Donato B. "Don" Garcia
112,461 votes
5.35%
- Occupation: Chief, Assessment Appeals
- B.A. Public Administration, University of La Verne
- La Verne College of Law
- Whittier Law School
- Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, Executive Office Since 1983
- Cultural Commissioner, City of El Monte
- President Board of Directors, El Calvario Community Center
Priorities:
- Protecting Prop. 13
- Promoting Legislation Benefiting Taxpayers
- Providing Customer Friendly Treatment
Mark McNeil
99,419 votes
4.73%
- Occupation: Deputy Assessor
- Experienced departmental leader
- Experienced manager of technological change
- Princeton Graduate
- State and Federally licensed real estate expert
- Legislative Author-- Tax policy initiative
- Decorated veteran, US Navy submarine service
Priorities:
- To carefully listen-- to voters, my staff, and other elected officials.
- To establish monthly office hours where any LA County citizen can meet me personally.
- To use my technological expertise to upgrade the Department.
Albert T. Robles
95,722 votes
4.55%
Desmond Kester
59,645 votes
2.84%
Khalil Khalil
52,754 votes
2.51%
- Occupation: Engineer/Financial Consultant
Peter W. "Pete" Lee
51,965 votes
2.47%
- Occupation: Deputy Assessor
- Bachelor of Science - Business Administration
- 13 years experience as Deputy Assessor
- Pro High Tech Candidate
Priorities:
- Create a public friendly office.
- Create an efficient office
- Create an office that is honest and high on integrity
John E. Hasley
46,424 votes
2.21%
Wayne Bannister
36,279 votes
1.72%
- Occupation: Chief, Urban Research for LA County CAO
- Bacherlor from UC Berkeley School of Environmental Design
- Masters in Urban Planning from CalPoly in Pomona
- State Chairman for the National Computer Graphics Association
- Past President of the Urban And Regional System Association
- California State Geographic Information Systems Task Force Leader
- Data Processing Specialist for LA County/ISD
Priorities:
- Make a major upgrade to computer systems to improve the staff's ability to respond to day to day requirements and avoid the loss of tax dollars.
- Make the office much more responsive to the public by instilling in the staff an attitude of customer service.
- Improve the flow of information to the public and entities by giving free and open access to Assessor information over the Internet.
John Carl Brogdon
20,639 votes
0.98%
John "Lower Taxes" Loew
19,705 votes
0.94%
- Occupation: Deputy Assessor
- Ten years as Deputy Assessor producing fair, consistent and conservative valuations of real estate.
- B.A. California State University at Northridge; Urban Studies
- Former Small Business Owner
Priorities:
- Public Service to be provided by licensed appraisal staff, NOT clerical workers.
- Instill a culture of conservative valuations by our appraisal staff resulting in lower property taxes to tax payers.
- Modernize Assessor's computer system.
F. Eugene Driver, III
18,849 votes
0.90%
Dan Kumaus
16,370 votes
0.78%
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