The Los Angeles city clerk’s office has completed the tiebreakers for the last two spots on the Mid City West Community Council, finalizing the results of the election for the 35-seat neighborhood council ahead of their April 13 meeting.
Ryan Weisert was elected as Zone 6 representative after Barbara Gallen withdrew from the tiebreaker, while Thao Tran was elected to the Zone 7 representative seat after winning a drawing of the lots against Roxanne Arvizu, according to Josué Marcus, a spokesman for the city clerk’s office.
The tiebreaking process for the neighborhood elections is to draw lots, where candidates typically draw for wooden straws, Marcus said. The process has to be done in public view, and candidates or their designated representatives are requested to be present.
More than 70 candidates ran for the Mid City West Community Council, which represents areas including Park La Brea, the Melrose and Fairfax districts, Beverly Grove and Miracle Mile. The election, which featured all mail-in ballots, was held last month.
The 35 seats are broken into six categories: three homeowner representatives, five renter representatives, six nonprofit representatives, six business representatives, seven geographic zone representatives and eight at-large representatives.
The homeowner representatives are Valerie Jaffee Washburn, Shem J. Bitterman and Don Whitehead. The renter representatives are Lynda La Rose, Adam Gerber, Lauren Borchard, Tyler Lambert-Perkins and Xander Wikstrom. The nonprofit representatives are Arnali Ray, Lindsey Chase, Lyndsey Bonomolo, Ghermayn Baker, Daniel Schoorl and Andrew Werner. The business representatives are Lauren Nichols, Isack Fadlon, Jenny Morataya, Maria Malbas, Michael Schneider and Will Hackner. The geographic zone representatives are Daniel Kopec (Zone 1), Nasim Kablan (Zone 2), Amy Goldenberg (Zone 3), Dale Kandall (Zone 4), Andrea Guttag (Zone 5), Weisert (Zone 6) and Tran (Zone 7). The at-large representatives are Taylor Holland, Melissa Algaze, David Mann, Benjamin Kram, Nanette Barrutia, Christian La Mont, J. Keith Van Straaten and Sky Whitehead.
The next meeting will be held on Zoom on April 13 at 6:30 p.m. For information, visit midcitywest.org.
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Congratulations to all those elected to the Mid City West Community Council. Our hope in the community is that with new leadership, the Mid City West Board will no longer make bicycle lanes and community gardens the priority, and start to address the serious crime problems in our community, including the senseless stabbing and murder of a 31 year old resident in his backyard by a transient. Maybe the Mid City West Safety Committee will hold regular meetings, the last one being December2020, and maybe they will discuss more serious matters than reusable shopping bags!
I agree with Robert Cherno’s comments.
Does anyone know how to contact our local representatives?
Agree with Robert!