

Seal of Los Angeles, California. On March 27, 1905 Ordinance 10,834 authorized and described the City Seal still being used today http://cityclerk.lacity.org/cps/pdf/cityseals.pdf. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
By Brian Hews
This is BREAKING NEWS.
Los Angeles has a new mayor and it is Eric Garcetti.
Garcetti beat rival Wendy Greuel by 8 percentage points, a margin of victory that many political experts did not expect.
Here are the FINAL SEMI-OFFICIAL RESULTS.
More details throughout the day here at Los Cerritos Community Newspaper.
| 100 PERCENT REPORTING | ||||
| ****** PRECINCTS REPORTING – VOTING AT POLLS ***** | ||||
| TOTAL | NUMBER REPORTING | PERCENT REPORTING | ||
| COUNCIL DISTRICT 1 | 56 | 56 | 100.00 | |
| COUNCIL DISTRICT 2 | 87 | 87 | 100.00 | |
| COUNCIL DISTRICT 3 | 94 | 94 | 100.00 | |
| COUNCIL DISTRICT 4 | 119 | 119 | 100.00 | |
| COUNCIL DISTRICT 5 | 118 | 118 | 100.00 | |
| COUNCIL DISTRICT 6 | 63 | 63 | 100.00 | |
| COUNCIL DISTRICT 7 | 80 | 80 | 100.00 | |
| COUNCIL DISTRICT 8 | 88 | 88 | 100.00 | |
| COUNCIL DISTRICT 9 | 55 | 55 | 100.00 | |
| COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 | 78 | 78 | 100.00 | |
| COUNCIL DISTRICT 11 | 124 | 124 | 100.00 | |
| COUNCIL DISTRICT 12 | 116 | 116 | 100.00 | |
| COUNCIL DISTRICT 13 | 76 | 76 | 100.00 | |
| COUNCIL DISTRICT 14 | 76 | 76 | 100.00 | |
| COUNCIL DISTRICT 15 | 81 | 81 | 100.00 | |
| CITY OF LOS ANGELES | 1,311 | 1,311 | 100.00 | |
| OUTSIDE LA – LAUSD AND LACCD | 131 | 131 | 100.00 | |
| OUTSIDE LA – LACCD ONLY | 159 | 159 | 100.00 | |
| TOTAL VOTING AT POLLS | 1,601 | 1,601 | 100.00 | |
| ****** TOTAL BALLOTS CAST ***** | ||||
| NUMBER REGISTERED | BALLOTS CAST | PERCENT REPORTING | ||
| CITY OF LOS ANGELES | 1,797,318 | 345,207 | 19.20 | |
| OUTSIDE LA – LAUSD AND LACCD | 328,172 | 16,326 | 4.97 | |
| OUTSIDE LA – LACCD ONLY | 353,200 | 18,575 | 5.25 | |
| TOTAL BALLOTS CAST | 2,478,690 | 380,108 | 15.33 | |
| ****** SUMMARY OF BALLOTS CAST ***** | ||||
| BALLOTS CAST | PERCENT | |||
| TOTAL AT POLL BALLOTS | 219,637 | 57.78 | ||
| TOTAL VOTE-BY-MAIL BALLOTS | 160,471 | 42.21 | ||
| GRAND TOTAL OF BALLOTS CAST | 380,108 | 100.00 | ||
| ****** LOS ANGELES CITY OFFICES ***** | ||||
| VOTES | PERCENT | |||
| MAYOR | ||||
| ERIC GARCETTI | 181,995 | 53.92 | ||
| WENDY J. GREUEL | 155,497 | 46.07 | ||
| CITY ATTORNEY | ||||
| CARMEN “NUCH” TRUTANICH | 119,342 | 37.85 | ||
| MIKE FEUER | 195,913 | 62.14 | ||
| CONTROLLER | ||||
| RON GALPERIN | 171,512 | 56.20 | ||
| DENNIS P. ZINE | 133,651 | 43.79 | ||
| MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL, DISTRICT NO. 1 | ||||
| JOSE A. GARDEA | 7,747 | 47.55 | ||
| GILBERT CEDILLO | 8,543 | 52.44 | ||
| MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL, DISTRICT NO. 6 | ||||
| WALTER ALEXANDER ESCOBAR | 833 | 6.06 | ||
| NURY MARTINEZ | 3,288 | 23.93 | ||
| CINDY MONTANEZ | 5,981 | 43.54 | ||
| RICHARD VALDEZ | 781 | 5.68 | ||
| DEREK WALEKO | 1,583 | 11.52 | ||
| J. ROY GARCIA | 1,270 | 9.24 | ||
| MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL, DISTRICT NO. 9 | ||||
| CURREN D PRICE, JR | 5,184 | 52.75 | ||
| ANA CUBAS | 4,643 | 47.24 | ||
| MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL, DISTRICT NO. 13 | ||||
| MITCH O’FARRELL | 11,556 | 53.05 | ||
| JOHN J. CHOI | 10,224 | 46.94 | ||
| ****** LAUSD OFFICES ***** | ||||
| VOTES | PERCENT | |||
| MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF ED, DIST NO. 6 | ||||
| MONICA RATLIFF | 20,243 | 51.87 | ||
| ANTONIO SANCHEZ | 18,779 | 48.12 | ||
| ****** COMMUNITY COLLEGE OFFICES ***** | ||||
| VOTES | PERCENT | |||
| MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SEAT NO. 6 | ||||
| NANCY PEARLMAN | 183,578 | 57.18 | ||
| DAVID VELA | 137,470 | 42.81 | ||
| ****** BALLOT MEASURES ***** | ||||
| VOTES | PERCENT | |||
| PROPOSITION C – RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT REGARDING LIMITS ON POLITICAL CAMPAIGN | ||||
| YES | 235,517 | 76.56 | ||
| NO | 72,070 | 23.43 | ||
| PROPOSITION D – MEDICAL MARIJUANA REGULATION AND TAXATION | ||||
| YES | 193,969 | 62.57 | ||
| NO | 116,024 | 37.42 | ||
| INITIATIVE ORDINANCE E – MEDICAL MARIJUANA REGULATION | ||||
| YES | 97,499 | 34.55 | ||
| NO | 184,681 | 65.44 | ||
| INITIATIVE ORDINANCE F – MEDICAL MARIJUANA REGULATION AND TAXATION | ||||
| YES | 117,305 | 40.88 | ||
| NO | 169,629 | 59.11 | ||