ENDORSEMENTS

The Los Angeles Times' endorsements for the June 5 primary election.

The Times' endorsements

Our picks on candidates and ballot measures.

Jackie Lacey for D.A.

She has years of experience and a well-thought-out program for delivering justice in Los Angeles County.

The non-races for supervisor

Two are running unopposed, and one faces only token opposition. So The Times will not go through the motions of endorsing this year.

Yes on measures H and L

These hotel and landfill taxes provide needed revenue for county services.

Linda Parks for 26th Congressional District

The Ventura County supervisor could be just the independent voice Congress needs.

Times endorsements: Janice Hahn in the 44th

Janice Hahn for the 44th Congressional District

Residents of the 44th Congressional District deserve a representative whose attention and energies will be spent fighting for them.

Howard Berman for Congress in the 30th

His opponent, Rep. Brad Sherman, is a standout lawmaker, but we endorse Berman based on his experience, his breadth of support from his...

No on Prop. 29

Raising revenue to fund cancer research isn't a priority in a state with more pressing needs.

Yes on Prop. 28

The measure isn't perfect, but it's a good antidote to the problems with term limits in Sacramento.

Three solid picks for Superior Court

Sean Coen, Andrea Thompson and Eric Harmon get The Times' endorsement for open seats on the court.

For the Superior Court

Three incumbent judges being challenged -- Kumar, Otto and Olson -- deserve reelection.

Compton: Yes on Measure B

The city's at-large voting system has helped keep Latinos out of government. A charter amendment could change that.

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About Our Endorsements

The Los Angeles Times editorial board has gone through the June 5 ballot, selected the races we consider the most interesting and important, interviewed the candidates and ballot measure committees, delved into and debated the issues and is now making endorsements. Over the course of the coming three weeks, check here for our choices for Los Angeles County district attorney, three hotly contested congressional seats, six spots on the Superior Court, and three tax and one term limits initiative. We'll also have something to say about the uncontested or sparsely contested Board of Supervisors races.

The Times endorses selectively. With California no longer poised to make the difference in the GOP presidential primary, we will reserve our endorsement for November, although we continue to say plenty about the presidential race, live-blogging and tweeting the debates, and blogging and editorializing on the issues and the candidates.

Our priority list is topped by the race for district attorney. This will be the first time since 1964 that the seat is open, without an entrenched or embattled incumbent trying to hang on. The Times only occasionally endorses in congressional races, but California's twin reforms -- redistricting and the "top two" primary -- have created three interesting races: two in which incumbents are battling each other (Howard Berman and Brad Sherman, plus several challengers in the 30th; relative newcomers Laura Richardson and Janice Hahn in the 44th); and one in which the incumbents dropped out and left the field open and could as easily go to a Republican, one of several Democrats or an independent (the new 26th, in Ventura County).

Although election day is in June, voting by mail begins the first week in May. That's our target for sharing with voters our recommendations and -- more to the point -- our reasoning in each of those election contests.

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