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Los Angeles County, CA March 5, 2013 Election
Controller; City of Los Angeles Voter Information

4 Year Term.

A runoff may be held on 5/21/2013 between the top 2 candidates who received the most votes if neither receives a majority. If one candidate receives a majority of votes in this election, that candidate wins and no runoff will be held.

Results as of Apr 12 4:19pm

Runoff Election 5/21/2013

Candidates (Vote for 1)
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Ron Galperin Click here for more information about this candidate 125,006 votes 37.8%

  • Occupation: Efficiency Commissioner/Businessman
  • Attorney At Law
  • President, City of LA Quality and Productivity Commission
  • Chair, City of LA Commission on Revenue Efficiency
  • Commissioner, County of LA Quality & Productivity Commission
  • Task Force Member, Home For Good: United Way / LA Area Chamber of Commerce Homelessness Task Force
  • Vice President, Neighborhood Council
  • info@ronforla.com
Priorities:
  • Economic Development & Revenues
  • Infrastructure Investment
  • Jobs & Education
Dennis P. Zine Click here for more information about this candidate 120,747 votes 36.5%
  • Occupation: Los Angeles City Councilman
  • Chair, City Council's Audits & Governmental Efficiency Committee
  • Former Los Angeles Police Department Officer
  • LAPD Reserve Officer
  • dennis@zineforcontroller.com
Priorities:
  • Continue to provide efficient services in tough economic times.
  • Stabilize the City's fiscal health.
  • Restore faith and trust in local government.
Analilia Joya 31,881 votes 9.6%
  • Occupation: Disability Advocate/Teacher
Jeff Bornstein Click here for more information about this candidate 22,912 votes 6.9%
  • Occupation: Business Owner
  • 30 year Local Business Owner
  • Lifelong Los Angeles Resident
  • 1984 CSUN B.A. Political Science
  • American for Democratic Action Exec/SCADA
  • 25 year Sierra Club member
  • High Tech Advocate
  • powcp@aol.com
Priorities:
  • Zero Tolerance Racism Policy
  • Reducing The City's Wasteful Spending
  • Impose a Tax on Exhorbant L.A City Pensions
Ankur Patel Click here for more information about this candidate 18,955 votes 5.7%
  • Occupation: Student/Labor Organizer
  • B.S. Ecology & Evolution (UCLA), M.S. Interdisciplinary (CSUN)
  • Sold, Designed, and Installed Solar Systems
  • Taught English in South Korea and China
  • Worked on Farms in India
  • ankur@controllerpatel.com
Priorities:
  • Transparency -- We should know where our tax dollars are and where they are going.
  • Efficient Spending -- We have to prioritize people over profit and scrutinize city contracts much more thoroughly.
  • Public Employee Compensation -- We must figure out how to provide health care and retirement security [to all workers] in a sustainable way.
Cary Brazeman Click here for more information about this candidate 11,437 votes 3.5%
  • Occupation: Local Company Executive
  • Founder, LA Neighbors United
  • Board Member, Mid City West Community Council
  • Former Board Member, Friends of the Los Angeles River
  • Member, Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce
  • Member, California Planning and Conservation League
  • Member, Congregation Kol Ami
  • info@carybrazeman.com
Priorities:
  • Address the city's structural budget deficit
  • Fix broken public infrastructure, including streets and sidewalks
  • Improve city service delivery, including Fire Dept. emergency response times and business permitting
David Manuel Gonzalez (Write-in)

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Ankur Patel
Jeff Bornstein
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