I had Kelly Reilly, a comedian and informed voter/volunteer, on my podcast to explain what the hell everything I'm voting for on the ballot actually means. The first hour is a lot of just general hilarious discussion about things and we touch on the Mayoral Race and key city council race. In the second hour we talk about every measure on the ballot. I you don't want to listen at all but just want to know what we ended up voting for I include all our recommendations below. We agreed on most things but there were occasional splits which are delineated:

National Election

US Senator Full Term- Alex Padilla

US Senator Short Term - Alex Padilla

City/ Local

Mayor- Karen Bass

City Attorney - Faisal M. Gill*

City Controller - Kenneth Mejia*

CD 13 City Council - Hugo Soto-Martinez*

LAUSD District 2 Board Member - Rocío Rivas

LACC Board of Trustees, Seat 2 - Glenn Trujillo Bailey

LACC Board of Trustees, Seat 4 - Christine T. Lamonica 

LACC Board of Trustees, Seat 6 - Josh Vote: Gabriel Buelna  Kelly Vote: Abstain

LACC Board of Trustees, Seat 7 - Kelsey Iino

State Senator, 26th District - Maria Elena Durazo

State Assembly, 52nd District - Mia Lives Porter

US Representative 30th District - G “Maebe A. Girl” Pudlo 

Measure LH - Yes 

Measure SP - Josh Vote: Abstain  Kelly Vote: No

Measure ULA - Yes*

Measure LA - No

County

Supervisor 3rd District: Josh Vote: Lindsey Horvath

Sheriff- Robert Luna

Judge of the Superior Court Office No. 60 - Anna Slotky Reitano 

Judge of the Superior Court Office No. 67 - Elizabeth Lashley-Haynes 

Judge of the Superior Court Office No. 70 - Holly L Hancock 

Judge of the Superior Court Office No. 90 - Melissa Lyons

Judge of the Superior Court Office No. 118 - Carolyn “Jiyoung” Park 

Judge of the Superior Court Office No. 151 - Patrick Hare

Measure A - Yes

Measure C - No

State

Governor - Gavin Newsom

Lieutenant Governor - Eleni Kounalakis

Secretary of State - Shirly N. Weber

Controller - Malia M. Cohen 

Treasurer - Josh Vote: Fiona Ma  Kelly Vote: Abstain

Attorney General - Rob Bonta

Insurance Commissioner - Josh Vote: Ricardo Lara  Kelly Vote: Abstain

Member. State Board of Equalization 3rd District - Tony Vazquez

Superintendent of Public Instruction - Tony K. Thurmond

State Measure 1 - Yes

State Measure 26 - Yes

State Measure 27 - No

State Measure 28 - Yes

State Measure 29 - Josh Vote: Abstain  Kelly Vote: Yes 

State Measure 30 - Josh Vote: Yes  Kelly Vote: Undecided

State Measure 31 - Josh Vote: Abstain  Kelly Vote: Yes

State Judicial  - Both leaving blank on all. 

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