Times Ballot Recommendations
Primary Nominating Election, April 11, 1989
The Times is listing its endorsements today to assist voters casting absentee ballots.
These recommendations also will appear on the Editorial Page on Sunday and April 11.
The Candidates
Mayor of Los Angeles
Tom Bradley
Los Angeles City Attorney
James Kenneth Hahn
Los Angeles City Controller
Rick Tuttle
Los Angeles City Council
1st District--Gloria Molina
3rd District--Joy Picus
5th District--Zev Yaroslavsky
7th District--Ernani Bernardi
9th District--Gilbert W. Lindsay
11th District--Marvin Braude
13th District--Michael Woo
15th District--Joan Milke Flores
Los Angeles Board of Education
2nd District--Alan Gershman
4th District--Julie Korenstein
6th District--Roberta Weintraub
Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees
Office 2--Rose Ochi
Office 4--Lindsay Conner
Office 6--Althea Baker
The Measures
Los Angeles
1. A $53.4-million bond issue to rehabilitate branch libraries--YES
2. A $176-million bond issue to expand and renovate police facilities--YES
3. A $100-million bond issue for loans for seismic-safety rehabilitation on low-rent apartments--YES
4. A $60-million bond issue for sprinkler systems for six city office buildings--YES
5. A charter amendment to change City Council voting majority needed to raise employee salaries--NO
6. A charter amendment to increase to $25,000 the amount that can be transferred within departments without City Council approval--YES
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