CITY HALL ROUNDUP : Losing to ‘None of the Above’ isn’t as bad as it seems.

NO ONE WINS AGAIN: Well, look at it this way. He accomplished what he set out to do.

In this case, that meant losing. Not just to anyone. Specifically to no one.

Confused? Well so were the people who tried to find out why Green Party candidate Roger Donaldson, candidate for the South Bay’s 53rd Assembly District, received 171 votes Tuesday night, while his ballot partner, “none of the above,” breezed in with a cool 207.

Donaldson preferred it that way. Shortly before the election, the Hughes management analyst sent out a letter to fellow Greenies asking them to vote for none of the above in his race and instead concentrate on a more important congressional race.

“Running a marginal campaign with limited resources wouldn’t really serve any purpose” Donaldson told us shortly before the election.

The Green Party places the “none of the above” option on ballots to give party members a chance to protest their chosen representatives. Presumably, other political parties don’t choose to place it on their ballots for fear that the numbed electorate would be chalking up numerous victories to the box with no name.

BIENVENIDOS DUDES: We don’t know how well “goofy foot” or “moondoggie” are going to translate, but if five professors from the Independent University of Baja California Sur want to come to the South Bay this summer, they’d better break out their diccionarios del slang .

We bring this to your attention because the five teachers are looking for a place to hang out while they’re soaking up language training and “other issues of cultural interest” during a three-week teacher exchange program with the South Bay Adult School beginning July 5.

Families who wish to host of one of the visiting teachers can call (310) 830-8646 or (310) 372-1213.

The news release announcing the program also provided these disclaimers: “Families who agree to house the visiting professors will have no obligations other than providing lodging. Host families also need not be obligated to the entire three-week stay of the professors.”

We wonder if the professors know that.

BROTHER, CAN YOU SPARE $883.13?: Low wealth may be better than no wealth. But if you’re a low-wealth school district that wants to join an association of the similarly situated, don’t think you can plead poverty to get out of paying your membership dues.

The Assn. of Low Wealth Schools is charging the Lawndale School District $883.13 in annual membership fees. The group, which was formed about 20 years ago to combat inequities in school district funding, lobbies and advocates on behalf of the state’s poorer districts.

Supt. Joseph Condon points out that the annual fee comes to about $70 a month, which isn’t so bad when you consider “the lobbying they do and the materials they send you.”

And if you compare that to the California School Board Assn., which charges the district $4,290 in annual membership fees, the Assn. of Low Wealth Schools appears to be a downright bargain.

A MEASURE OF HIS SUCCESS: When will politicians wake up? All this election-year talk about doing away with business as usual, and yet candidates are still relying on tired old gimmicks to snare a few votes.

Rather than take a new tack, they’re still mailing out potholders, flying disks, pens, pencils and nail files with “vote for me” slogans. How about something more original, like air fresheners for voters who live in the shadow of oil refineries? Or perhaps beach chairs or boogie boards from candidates running in a coastal community district.

Sure it may cost a little more, but whoever said votes were cheap.

The proof is in the election results. Former Torrance Councilman Dan Walker gave out yardsticks--yardsticks?--during his unsuccessful run for the Assembly this year. All we can say is that he’ll have plenty of time to figure out a use for them during the next few years.

LAST WEEK’S HIGHLIGHTS

Inglewood: The City Council voted to spend $50,000 on a joint advertising program to help Hollywood Park get back in the winner’s circle. The horses have been running for weeks but so have the fans--to other tracks--ever since the civil unrest sparked by the verdict in the Rodney G. King beating trial. Attendance at the park, the city’s champion tax producer, has been down 10% to 15% on top of the expected 35% drop due to competition from newly introduced satellite wagering at other tracks.

Lawndale: The City Council last week began considering a proposed $6.9-million operating budget for the 1992-93 fiscal year that slashes expenditures by 6.3% in the face of continued economic stagnation. John Nowak, who devised the spending plan before resigning his post as city manager, blamed lagging revenues for proposed cuts, which include the elimination of three of the city’s 49 full-time positions. In addition, the proposed budget does not provide for across-the-board salary hikes for employees.

Palos Verdes Estates: Malaga Cove Plaza, a stately Italian structure composed of graceful arches and columns built in the 1920s, will receive a face lift if the community can come up with the money. The City Council gave conceptual approval to a design that will add an elevated walkway through the parking lot around the Neptune fountain. Trees will be planted along the walkway and next to the structure. Also included in the beautification project will be lighting, and shrub and flower plantings. The project is expected to cost up to $100,000.

MEETINGS THIS WEEK

Gardena: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, 1700 W. 162nd St., Gardena. (310) 217-9565. Televised live on Channel 22 (Paragon) and repeated 7 p.m. on the next two Sundays.

Hawthorne: 7 p.m. Monday, 4455 W. 126th St., Hawthorne. (310) 970-7902. Televised on Channel 22 (Paragon) at 7 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday and 6 p.m. Saturday.

Hermosa Beach: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, 1315 Valley Drive, Hermosa Beach. (310) 318-0239. Televised live on Channel 3 (Multivision).

Inglewood: 7 p.m. Tuesday, 1 Manchester Blvd., Inglewood. (310) 412-5280. No cable telecast.

Los Angeles: 10 a.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday at 200 N. Spring St., Los Angeles. In San Pedro, (310) 548-7637; in Wilmington, (310) 548-7586; in Harbor City/Harbor Gateway, (310) 548-7664; in Westchester, (310) 641-4717. Televised live on Channel 35; meetings repeated individually at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday and collectively on Sunday starting at 10 a.m.

Palos Verdes Estates: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, 340 Palos Verdes Drive West, Palos Verdes Estates. (310) 378-0383. No cable telecast.

Rolling Hills: 7:30 p.m. Monday, 2 Portuguese Bend Road, Rolling Hills. (310) 377-1521. No cable telecast.

Rolling Hills Estates: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, 4045 Palos Verdes Drive North, Rolling Hills Estates. (310) 377-1577. Televised live on Channel 3 (Dimension).

Torrance: 7 p.m. Tuesday, 3031 Torrance Blvd., Torrance. (310) 618-5880. Televised live on Channel 22 (Paragon), and replayed at 10 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays, and at 10 a.m., 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.