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Los Angeles County, CA March 8, 2011 Election
Council Member; City of Los Angeles; District 12 Voter Information

4 Year Term.

A runoff may be held on 5/17/2011 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 Jun 10 1:36pm

posted 3/9/2011; 2:44:25 AM

Candidates (Vote for 1)
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Mitchell Englander Click here for more information about this candidate 11,448 votes 57.8%

  • Occupation: Policeman/Councilmember Deputy
  • Immediate Past Chair - North Valley Family YMCA
  • West Valley Boys and Girls Club Board of Directors
  • Devonshire Police Activites League "PALS" Board Member
  • Providence Holy Cross Hospital - Board of Directors
  • Valley Region High School #4 (Granada Hills) - Founding Board of Directors
  • Sierra Club Angeles Chapter - Wildlife and Endangered Species Committee
  • Mitch@MitchEnglander.org
Priorities:
  • Fixing the budget while protecting core services such as public safety
  • Making LA more business friendly and creating new local jobs for Council District 12
  • Holding all city departments accountable to voters using strict performance standards
Brad Smith Click here for more information about this candidate 4,998 votes 25.2%
  • Occupation: Neighborhood Council Boardmember
  • B.A. Journalism, CSUN
  • B.A. History, CSUN
  • Parsons Engineering, Project Manager
  • Granada Hills Neighborhood Council, Vice President
  • smithforcitycouncil@gmail.com.
Priorities:
  • 1. Working for "smart growth," not dumb growth
  • 2. Rehabilitating our city's infrastructure
  • 3. Preventing over-development and increased density
Navraj "Singh" Singh Click here for more information about this candidate 1,196 votes 6.0%
  • Occupation: Businessman/Restaurant Owner
  • Bachelors of Science
  • AA in Hotel Restaurant Management
  • Graduate of Indian Military Academy
  • Founded more than a dozen Restaurants in Los Angeles
  • navrajsingh1@yahoo.com
Priorities:
  • Fostering Busines Climate
  • Fewer Regulations
  • Lower Taxes
Kelly M. Lord, Jr. 1,075 votes 5.4% Armineh Chelebian Click here for more information about this candidate 771 votes 3.9%
  • Occupation: Boardmember, Neighborhood Council
  • 25+ years Accountant with diverse hands on experience in the field
  • B.S. Degree Business Administration major Accounting from CSUN
  • Small Business Owner-Self employed founder of ASC Accounting & Consulting
  • 8 years Neighborhood Council elected Board Member, Winnetka and currently Reseda NHC
  • 10 year community volunteer at zero cost to taxpayers
  • Mother- put kids through LAUSD and then CSUN
  • chelebian@aol.com
Priorities:
  • Preserving and improving our quality of life while building and leaving a stronger foundation for our youth and future generations to come
  • Bringing accountability and fiscal responsibility back to our local government and to help improve delivery of core essential services
  • Improving business and job climate within the city by supporting and sustaining our businesses
Dinesh "Danny" Lakhanpal 331 votes 1.7%
Basic candidate data supplied by the applicable elections official. Order of candidates is random and changes daily.
  Official Information

City of Los Angeles

District 12 Map
Candidate Statements from Channel 35

Chelabian: video, transcript
Englander: none provided
Lakhanpal: none provided
Lord: none provided
Shaw: none provided
Singh: none provided Smith: none provided
News and Analysis

L.A. Times

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