A Look at Tuesday’s Elections

Here are the Los Angeles city and county measures and candidates appearing on the primary ballot. Only contested judicial races are listed. Professional descriptions are the candidates ‘ own.

DISTRICT ATTORNEY Gil Garcetti, head deputy district attorney Sterling E. Norris, deputy district attorney Robert K. Tanenbaum, lawyer, prosecution adviser Howard Johnson, attorney at law Ira Reiner, district attorney SUPERVISOR District 2 Richard L. Atkins, real estate developer Louis Anthony Chitty, bilingual teacher Roye Love, county employment administrator Howard A. Sands, actor Gilbert D. (Gil) Smith, government administrator Diane E. Watson, state senator Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, attorney at law Eli Green, oil refinery worker David Sanchez, professor Clint Simmons, engineer Rudolph (Rudy) Thompson, professional designer, manufacturer Dean R. Wetmore, business consultant District 4 N. (Norman) Amjadi, environmental health specialist Deane Dana, supervisor, 4th District Lawrence Manning, businessman Gordana Swanson, councilwoman Joseph (Joe) Chavez, data processing supervisor Jeffrey H. Drobman, engineer, educator Al Stillwell, retired businessman District 5 Michael D. Antonovich, supervisor, 5th District Margalo Ashley-Farrand, attorney, mediator Shereff K. Aref, hazardous waste specialist Craig Freis, tax reduction organizer Jim Mihalka, paramedic, businessman Lynne A. Plambeck, business owner William M. Paparian, council member, city of Pasadena JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT Office No. 17 Donald Barnett, attorney at law Bob Henry, deputy attorney general Joyce Ann Karlin, judge of the Superior Court Thomasina Reed, attorney, school board member JUDGE OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT Citrus Judicial District Office No. 2 Abraham Aponte Khan, judge of the Municipal Court Patrick Murphy, law professor, attorney Los Angeles Judicial District Office No. 3 John Ladner, Municipal Court commissioner Stephanie Sautner, criminal prosecutor Gerald T. Richardson, Municipal Court commissioner Rio Hondo Judicial District Office No. 1 Bill Jacobson, attorney at law Richard Van Dusen, Rio Hondo Municipal Court judge Southeast Judicial District Salvador Alva, attorney at law Frank Gafkowski Jr., Southeast Municipal Court judge Whittier Judicial District James F. Rusch, attorney Yvonne T. Sanchez, Municipal Court commissioner

BALLOT MEASURES City of Los Angeles Charter Amendment F A City Charter amendment that would limit police chiefs to two five-year terms, remove the job’s Civil Service protections and give the mayor and City Council final say over the selection of chiefs. Charter Amendment G A “buy American” plan to give local and state firms preference in bidding on city contracts and establish a minimum U.S. content requirement for city purchases. Charter Amendment H Would authorize city officials to negotiate new, long-term concession agreements with merchants on historic Olvera Street--an effort to preserve the Mexican flavor of the tourist spot. Charter Amendment I Would eliminate a requirement that the number of ballots at each polling place be equal to 5% more than the number of registered voters in that precinct. Instead, the city clerk would be required to provide enough ballots to meet the expected voter turnout in that precinct based on turnout history. However, in no case would the number of ballots be allowed to be less than 75% of the total registered voters. Los Angeles County Proposition A A $100-million bond measure to equip older county high-rise buildings with sprinklers. This measure would raise property taxes on a home assessed at $125,000 by about $1.32 annually over the life of the 20-year bond.