What's on Tuesday's Ballot?

Altadena voters will head to the polls Tuesday along with the rest of the county and state.  Below are the races that will be on the ballot: the State Senate, Assembly, Congressional races, as well as Measure A contain links to more in-depth Patch reporting.

To see profiles of each of the candidate in those races, click on their names. There are also some links to additional stories in some races.

State Senator, 25th District 

Carol Liu - Democratic

– Democratic

 - Republican

U.S. Representative, 27th District

Judy Chu - Democratic

Bob Duran  - Republican

- Republican

State Assembly, 41st District   

- Democrat

- Republican

- Democrat

- Republican

- Democrat

County Supervisor

Michael Antonovich

Raj Pal Kahlon

Pasadena Unified School District Measure

Measure A - Formation of Geographic Subdistricts in PUSD

"Shall the Charter of the City of Pasadena be amended to provide for the nomination and election of members of the Pasadena Unified School District Board of Education by geographic sub-districts, with geographic sub-districts adopted by the School Board and redrawn after each federal census based upon a citizen Redistricting Commission recommendation?"

L.A. County Measures

Measure H- Hotel Occupancy Tax Continuation Measure

"Shall the existing unincorporated county hotel room tax be readopted to ratify, continue and update the existing ordinance at the current rate of 12-percent to fund essential County general fund services, such as parks, libraries, senior services, and law enforcement; to continue exempting hotel stays longer than 30 days, to add exemptions for emergency shelter referrals, and for individuals on official government business pursuant to federal law?"

More on Measure H

Measure L- Landfill Tax Continuation Measure

"Los Angeles County's existing tax on landfills be readopted to ratify and continue the existing 10-percent tax on landfill operators' gross receipts from waste disposal in landfills in the unincorporated county, to fund essentual general fund services, such as parks, libraries, seniors services, and law enforcement; and to update the administrative appeal process, and clarify definitions to ensure the tax is properly calculated?"

More on Measure L

State Measures

Proposition 28 - Limits on Legislators' Terms in Office. Initiative Constitutional Amendment.

"Reduces total amount of time a person may serve in the state legislature from 14 years to 12 years. Allows 12 years' service in one house. Applies only to legislators first elected after measure is passed. Fiscal Impact: No direct fiscal effect on state or local governments."

More on Prop 28

Proposition 29- Imposes Additional Tax on Cigarettes for Cancer Research. Initiative Statute.

"Imposes additional five cent tax on each cigarette distributed ($1.00 per pack), and an equivalent tax increase on other tobacco products, to fund cancer research and other specified purposes. Requires tax revenues be deposited into a special fund to finance research and research facilities focused on detecting, preventing, treating, and curing cancer, heart disease, emphysema, and other tobacco-related diseases, and to finance prevention programs. Creates nine-member committee charged with administering the fund."

More on Prop 29

Superior Court Judges

Sixteen candidates are vying for six seats on Tuesday, in offices 3, 10, 38, 65, 78 and 114. Click on a name to learn more about the candidate.

Office 3

• Craig Gold
• Laurence N. Kaldor
• Sean D. Coen
• Joe Escalante

Office 10

• Sanjay T. Kumar
• Kim Smith

Office 38

• Douglas W Weitzman
• Lynn Diane Olson

Office 65

• Shannon Knight
• Matt Schonbrun
• Andrea C. Thompson

Office 78

• James D. Otto
• Kenneth R. Hughey

Office 114

• Ben M. Brees
• Berj Parseghian
• Eric Harmon 

County Bar Assoc. Ranks the 16 Candidates

Los Angeles Times Endorsements

Metropolitan News Endorsements

L.A. County District Attorney

• John L. Breault, III, Deputy District Attorney
• Danette E. Meyers , Senior Deputy DA
• Alan Jackson, Gang Homicide Prosecutor
• Bobby Grace , Deputy District Attorney
• Jackie Lacey , Chief Deputy DA
• Carmen Trutanich, Los Angeles City Prosecutor 

More info on the D.A. Race

Presidential Candidates

This election isn't a high-stakes presidential primary, as Mitt Romney has already earned the GOP nomination. However, voters can still cast ballots for presidential candidates.

More on the Election

The election will mark the first major test of the state's "top two" primary system approved by California voters in 2010. Under the system, only the top two vote-getters, regardless of political party, will advance to a Nov. 6 runoff. The system does not apply to local, presidential or central committee races.

For more information on candidates or the June 5 primary election visit the Los Angeles County Clerk website.