Helping LA: Get Out and VOTE

2013/05/16

Did you know that only 21% of LA’s 1.8 million registered voters actually voted in the last election? We know that Angelenos are more civic-minded than that–that’s why the focus of this month’s Helping Los Angeles project, in collaboration with Hidden LA and the League of Women Voters of Los Angeles, is to get out the vote!

Hollywood friends, consider this your friendly reminder–THIS Tuesday, May 21, make sure you get yourself to your local polling place and exercise your civic duty to vote in our LA General and Municipal Special Elections.

Many important offices will be decided Tuesday, including our city’s Mayor and Controller. Here are the races you’ll find on your ballot this Tuesday:

MAYOR: Eric Garcetti (LA City Council) vs. Wendy Greuel (LA City Controller)
 

CITY ATTORNEY: Carmen Trutanich (City Attorney) vs. Mike Feuer (Assembly Member/Attorney)
 

CITY CONTROLLER: Ron Galperin (Efficiency Commissioner/Businessman) vs. Dennis P. Zine (LA City Council)
 

CITY COUNCIL, DISTRICT 13: John J. Choi (Community Organizer/Former City Commissioner) vs. Mitch O’Farrell (Council member’s Senior Advisor)
 

LA COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SEAT 6: Nancy Pearlman (Trustee) vs. David Vela (School Board Member)
 

For official statements and videos from each candidate, via the City Clerk’s web site, go here. Voters will also tackle Proposition C, which seeks to limit campaign spending and recommend such measures be adopted in our Constitution, as well as three measures related to medical marijuana legislation (Proposition D, Ordinance E, and Ordinance F).

To find your polling place and view sample ballots online, consult the City’s finder.