Election day is just 33 days away, so this is prime season for political forums, debates, and interviews, as everyone moves toward their final choices for candidates in a wide variety of local races. To help you catch up with some of these important candidate events, past and future, we offer the following lists of recordings to watch (or re-watch), stories to read (or re-read), and several upcoming events to note for your calendar (including one CD5 event next Monday moderated by the Buzz’s own Patty Lombard).
City Council District 5 (and LA County Supervisorial District 3): Katy Young Yaroslavsky and Sam Yebri…Bob Hertzberg and Lindsey Horvath
Previous Events/Writeups:
CD 5 Preservation Perspectives Forum – LA Conservancy – August 31 – https://youtu.be/68-eRazQYhE
CD5 & Supervisorial District 3 Forum – Hammer Museum – September 28 – https://channel.hammer.ucla.edu/video/1760/candidate-forums-your-vote-our-future
LA Times Overview – https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-10-08/2022-california-election-los-angeles-council-district-5-yaroslavsky-yebri-guide
Upcoming:
Thursday, October 6th
Sinai Temple – 7:00 pm – in-person – https://www.sinaitemple.org/event/mens-club-political-forum-with-la-city-council-district-5-candidates/
Monday, October 10th
CD5 Neighborhood Councils – 7:00 pm – Zoom (moderated by Buzz Co-Publisher Patty Lombard) – https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82740759310
City Council District 13 – Hugo Soto Martinez and Mitch O’Farrell
Neighborhood Council Sustainability Alliance – August 14 – https://youtu.be/_HC8SAjSFp4 (covered by the Buzz here)
LA Conservancy Preservation Perspectives Forum – September 29 – https://youtu.be/4dcTvCLYHOQ
Central Hollywood Neighborhood Council at LA LGBTQ Center – September 30 – https://www.facebook.com/CentralHollywoodNeighborhoodCouncil/videos/665182891556594
(Note: this most recent discussion was intended to be a forum with both candidates, but Soto Martinez cancelled about 90 minutes before the event, so the organizers went ahead with just O’Farrell. Soto Martinez does not seem to have addressed his withdrawal publicly, but the Inglewood-based 2urbangirls blog reports he was unhappy with the selected moderator.)
Ballot Measures
Previous Events:
League of Women Voters Valley Unit ballot measure presentations – September 15 – https://my.lwv.org/california/greater-los-angeles/event/join-us-zoom-learn-about-local-and-state-ballot-measures
LA Times on local ballot measures – https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-10-04/2022-california-election-los-angeles-ballot-measures
LA Times on California ballot propositions – https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-08-26/2022-california-election-ballot-propositions
Upcoming:
League of Women Voters at the Ebell of Los Angeles – October 12, 7 p.m. (in person) – https://ebellofla.org/event/knowledge-voting-power-10-12-22/
Also, as previously listed in the Buzz
Mayoral debate:
https://youtu.be/GxWv0keoEHE
Sheriff debate:
https://youtu.be/1zq6ME5SUww
Pre-Primary Coverage in the Buzz
NOTE: The following list is limited to candidates who participated in a discussion series sponsored by the Hang Out Do Good advocacy organization last spring, so it does not include all current candidates for each race (among the missing are mayoral candidate Rick Caruso and 51st Assembly District candidate Rick Chavez Zbur). Candidates’ inclusion or non-inclusion on the list does not indicate an endorsement or non-endorsement by the Buzz.
Los Angeles Mayor
Karen Bass – https://larchmontbuzz.com/featured-stories-larchmont-village/hodg-looking-local-candidate-series-karen-bass/
LA County Supervisor
Bob Hertzberg – https://larchmontbuzz.com/featured-stories-larchmont-village/hodg-looking-local-candidate-series-bob-hertzberg/
Lindsey Horvath – https://larchmontbuzz.com/featured-stories-larchmont-village/hodg-looking-local-series-lindsey-horvath/
City Council District 5
Katy Young Yaroslavsky – https://larchmontbuzz.com/featured-stories-larchmont-village/hodg-looking-local-candidate-series-katy-young-yaroslavsky/
Sam Yebri – https://larchmontbuzz.com/featured-stories-larchmont-village/hodg-looking-local-candidate-series-sam-yebri/
City Council District 13
Hugo Soto Martinez – https://larchmontbuzz.com/featured-stories-larchmont-village/hodg-looking-local-candidate-series-hugo-soto-martinez/
Mitch O’Farrell – https://larchmontbuzz.com/featured-stories-larchmont-village/hang-out-do-good-looking-local-candidate-series-mitch-ofarrell/
California State Assembly District 51
Louis Abramson – https://larchmontbuzz.com/featured-stories-larchmont-village/hodg-looking-local-candidate-series-louis-abramson/
Finally, please note that we’ll have more election coverage soon, including stories on the candidates runninng for City Attorney, and those running for California State Assembly District 51.
[Note: this story was edited after its initial publication to add an updated flyer for the October 10 CD 5 forum, the LA Times overview of the CD 5 race, and the ballot proposition event at the Ebell of Los Angeles.]
About Elizabeth Fuller
Elizabeth Fuller was born and raised in Minneapolis, MN but has lived in LA since 1991 - with deep roots in both the Sycamore Square and West Adams Heights-Sugar Hill neighborhoods. She spent 10 years with the Greater Wilshire Neighborhood Council, volunteers at Wilshire Crest Elementary School, and is the co-owner/publisher of the Buzz.
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