L.A. City Council District 5
Proposition 8, a measure backed by Mayor Richard Riordan, asks voters to create n elected 15-member panel to overhaul the 72-year-old charter than many believe is outdated and cumbersome.
District 5 Charter Reform Candidates
Erwin Chemerinsky
Occupation: USC Law professor
Age: 43
Residence Fairfax
Endorsements: Los Angeles County Democratic Party, County Federation of Labor, Police Protective League.
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Horace Hamilton Heidt
Occupation: Businessman/bandleader
Age: 50
Residence Sherman Oaks
Endorsements: San Fernando Valley Business and Professional Assn. State Sen. Cathie Wright (R-Simi Valley), City Councilman Hal Bernson.
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Michael S. Bohlke
Occupation: Senior Deputy to County Supervisor Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, former County Supervisor Ed Edelman
Age: 46
Residence Beverlywood
Endorsements: County Supervisor Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, Rep. Julian Dixon (D-Los Angeles)
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Jeff Brain
Occupation: neighborhood revitalization consultant
Age: 37
Residence Sherman Oaks
Endorsements: Neighborhood Cause Coalition; Police Commissioner Herbert Boeckmann, Planning Commissioner Robert Scott.
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Matt Epstein
Occupation: businessman
Age: 38
Residence Sherman Oaks
Endorsements: Mayor Richard Riordan, Rabbi Isaiah Zeldin, Sherman Oaks Homeowners President Richard Close.
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Andrew Tilles
Occupation: television supervising producer
Age: 35
Residence Studio City
Endorsements: Chip Chasalow, former president of the Benedick Canyon Assn.; Thomas V. Jones, former chairman Northrup Corp.; Donna Gould, superior court mediator.
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Howard Raphael
Occupation: land use consultant
Age: 65
Residence Sherman Oaks
Endorsements: none
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