Imelda Padilla was leading City Council aide Marisa Alcaraz in a special election to fill the Los Angeles City Council seat vacated by its former president last year, according to semifinal results released Tuesday night.
The winner will join the Los Angeles City Council in August after its recess.
Padilla led City Council Assistant Marisa Alcaraz 56.74%-43.26%, for a total vote of 6,684-5,096, respectively, according to official semifinal results released Tuesday night by the Los County Recorder’s Office. Angels.
Two Latina women who grew up in the San Fernando Valley, today measure forces in the special elections to elect a new councilor in the 6th district of Los Angeles.
Participation was 10.04%.
The ballot counting process continues after Election Day. All conditional voter registration ballots, provisional ballots, and vote-by-mail ballots returned on Election Day are processed, verified, and counted, so official final results are likely to arrive days after the vote deadline. vote.
The next vote count update is scheduled for Friday afternoon.
Padilla issued a statement to City News Services about the election.
“As someone who has been a community organizer and coalition builder in the Valley for 20 years, I am ready to be the community champion on the Los Angeles City Council to ensure we get our fair share of resources to thrive,” said Padilla. to City News Service in an email.
Padilla, community relations manager, vowed to prioritize the homelessness crisis.
Hours before the announcement of Martinez’s resignation from the Los Angeles Council for the 6th district, people were calling for his resignation.
Padilla was born in Van Nuys and grew up in Sun Valley. He graduated from Roscoe Elementary School, Byrd Middle School, and Polytechnic High School. He received a bachelor’s degree from UC Berkeley and a master’s degree from Cal State Northridge.
Padilla finished first in the April 4 primary with 25.65% of the votes, but did not reach a majority, which required the second round against Alcaraz, which was the second in the field of seven candidates with 21.13%.
Alcaraz, 38, is deputy chief of staff and director of environmental policy for Ninth Ward Councilman Curren Price. He grew up in Lake Balboa and graduated from Birmingham High School. He received a bachelor’s degree from UC Irvine and a master’s degree from USC.
Recordings of three council members making racist comments have caused much controversy and anger among Los Angeles residents.
District 6 consists of Van Nuys, Arleta, Lake Balboa, Panorama City, Sun Valley, and the eastern parts of the North Hills and North Hollywood.
Nury Martínez represented the district until October, when she resigned first her Council presidency and then, two days later, her seat outright after being blindsided making racist comments in a meeting which was secretly recorded and leaked to the media.
The winner will finish Martinez’s term, which ends in December 2024.
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