Runoff Election 11/4/2014
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Jeffrey Prang
116,475 votes
18.27%
- Occupation: Special Assistant Assessor
- Mayor/Councilmember, City of West Hollywood
- Board Deputy, State Board of Equaliztion
- Special Assistant, LA County Assessor Kenneth Hahn
- Sr. Advisor, LA County Sheriff's Dept.
- Deputy to LA Councilmember Ruth Galanter
- Public Information Director, LA Animal Services
- jeffreyprang@gmail.com
Priorities:
- Restore public trust in the Office of Assessor
- Upgrade and replace computer systems
- Fairly and accurately assess property values and provide excellent service
John Morris
105,657 votes
16.58%
- Occupation: Head Deputy D.A.
- 23-year violent gang and white collar crime Prosecutor
- 14 years Supervisory and Administrative Experience
- 4 years Real Estate Law Experience
- Real Estate Licensed
- morrisforassessor@gmail.com
Priorities:
- Protect Proposition 13 to protect all taxpayers
- Eliminate Fraud and Government Corruption at the Assessor's Office
- Establish transparency and accountability to stop future fraud
John Y. Wong
72,060 votes
11.30%
- Occupation: Assessment Appeals Boardmember
- L.A. County Assessment Appeals Board,Chairperson. 18 years, 5 years as chairman
- Industrial/Commercial real estate broker. (40 years)
- Small business owner.
- California State University, Los Angeles.
- Degree: BS Business Administration / Administrative Management.
- BOD - Mational Association of Realtors
- johnwong@assessorla.com
Priorities:
- Reestablish Trust, integrity along with bringing transparency to the office.
- To protect proposition. 13 and advocate against any changes proposition. 13
- Establish new technologies that will bring the office into the 21st Century.
John "Lower Taxes" Loew
60,349 votes
9.47%
Omar Haroon
58,374 votes
9.16%
- Occupation: Los Angeles County Deputy Assessor
- Founder of Kenter Canyon Capital, LLC
- Graduated from UCLA with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
- oharoon@omarharoon.com
Priorities:
- Restore integrity to the Assessor's Office
- Create transparency for taxpayers from within the Assessor's Office
- Be accountable for the actions and decisions made in the Assessor's Office
Frank Diaz, Jr.
55,955 votes
8.78%
- Occupation: Los Angeles County Deputy Assessor
- Supervisor of Assessor's Section with $4 Billion roll
- Has served as Assessor's Representative in front of the Assessment Appeals Board
- Holds an Advanced Appraiser Certificate from the State Board of Equalization
- Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with an option in Economics and Statistics from Cal State University Los Angeles
- Employeed in the Assessor's Office Fourteen years.
- diaz4assessor@gmail.com
Priorities:
- I will accept no contributions, represent no special interest and serve all the people of Los Angeles County equally.
- I will fight to have your homeowner's exemption increased from $7,000 to $35,000, which will lower your property tax bill.
- I will fight to protect Proposition 13 from changes that would create more frequent reassessment.
Sandy Sun
49,198 votes
7.72%
Yvonne Austin
35,923 votes
5.64%
- Occupation: Property Assessment Specialist
- J.D. from the University of La Verne
- B.S. in Public Administration
- A.A. in Liberal Arts
- lacountyassessor2014@yahoo.com
Priorities:
- I would respect & protect Proposition 13
- I would uniformly apply property tax law
- I would work with the Board of Supervisors to uphold the integrity of the assessment appeals process.
Krish Kumar
27,943 votes
4.38%
- Occupation: Los Angeles County Deputy Assessor
- Bachelors of Arts in Economics from the University of California, Riverside
- Advance Appraiser Certificate from the California State Board of Equalization
- assessor@krishkumar.com
Priorities:
- Improving the inefficiencies within our current system
- Streamline the assessment process
- Strengthening a commitment to real public service.
Nestor "Rick" Valencia
23,008 votes
3.61%
- Occupation: Councilman/Business Administrator
- Mayor - City of Bell
- Bachelor of Science, Health Care Management
- nestor.valencia@att.net
Priorities:
- Integrity
- Experience
- True Reforms
Tracy Okida
22,714 votes
3.56%
Brilliant Edward Manyere
9,786 votes
1.54%
- Occupation: LA Deputy Assessor with 28 years experience.
- BS Business Administration, MA Business Education, MBA Finance, MS Advanced Management
- Lifetime Member of the Beta Gamma Sigma
- Los Angeles County Appraiser Specialist
- CA State Board of Equalization Advanced Appraiser Certificate of Real Property Appraisal for Property Tax Purposes
- Founder: Virtual Property Assessment Institute
- electbmanyere@aol.com
Priorities:
- Restore public trust working with honesty and integrity
- Enforce and defend Proposition 13
- Replace 1979 Mainframe and train staff in skills in order to operate efficiently
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