Altadena Town Council Approves Candidates

The Altadena Town Council approved all candidates for the upcoming elections at their monthly meeting Tuesday night.

Nine Candidates are running for six of the eight open seats, with a race in Census Tract 4602 between newcomer Alex Shey and incumbent Okorie Ezieme, and a three way race in CT 4610, between newcomers Felicia Lee, Jessica Mack and Michelle Martinez.  Incumbent Judy Matthews is the only one running in CT 4603.01, as is newcomer Gloria Sanyika in CT4603.02, Jennifer Lee in 4612, and incumbent Diane Marcussen in CT 4613.

There are no candidates running in CT 4601 and 4611.  Residents of those census tracts are encouraged to apply directly to the Town Council after the election to be considered for those seats.

Three polling locations for Election Day, June 7th and one pre-voting location on June 3rd were announced.  Pre-voting will be from 4:00 to 7:00 pm, and Election Day voting will be from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. Locations will be Gordys Garage- 843 W. Woodbury Road, Farnsworth Park- 568 E. Mount Curve Avenue, S&J Auto- 1904 New York Drive, and for the pre-vote on June 3rd, Altadena Community Center- 730 E. Altadena Drive.

All candidates made a presentation of up to three minutes at the Town Council meeting, and video of the presentations, as well as candidate statements, Fliers, polling sites and more can be viewed at AltadenaElection.org.

—AltadenaElection.org