Real-Time Election Results: Hollywood, LA County Primary 2024

HOLLYWOOD, CA — Results continue to roll in for the presidential primary and scores of local and statewide races including City Council member, district attorney and Measure HLA.

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One of Hollywood's three Los Angeles Unified School District board seats, District 5, is up for grabs. Graciela "Grace" Ortiz, along with Fidencio Joel Gallardo, Karla Griego, Victorio R. Gutierrez — are trying to replace the retiring Jackie Goldberg.

The early returns showed Ortiz taking 34.25 percent of the vote, with Griego, an LAUSD educator, snaring 30.58 percent. Gallardo, the mayor of Bell, was third at 24.46 percent, while Gutierrez, a former teacher, placed fourth with 10.70 percent as of 10:32 p.m.

The race for the 4th District seat on the Los Angeles City Council appeared to be headed for a runoff between incumbent Nithya Raman and challenger Ethan Weaver.

As of 10:32 p.m., Raman was leading with about 45.35 percent, or 11,661 of early-voting returns, followed by deputy city attorney Weaver, who had received about 43 percent, or 11,045 of early voting-returns.

The results are preliminary: On a countywide level, the number of ballots counted by 10:32 p.m. amount to less than 12 percent of eligible voters. There's still many ballots left to count and it could take days for winners to be declared in some races. For comparison, nearly 76 percent of eligible LA County voters cast ballots in the 2020 presidential primary, according to county election officials.

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Here's a rundown of races impacting Hollywood:

City Council

One of the City Council seats that includes Hollywood is up for election. Incumbent Councilwoman Nithya Raman is defending her District 4 seat from two challengers: Sherman Oaks Neighborhood Council member and software engineer Levon "Lev" Baronian and LA Deputy City Attorney Ethan Weaver.

The contenders pitched their candidacy to voters in videos provided by the city:

• Raman
• Baronian
• Weaver

School Board

Hollywood is split up between three Los Angeles Unified School District board seats. One of those seats, District 5, is up for grabs. Four candidates, all of whom are current or retired educators, are vying to replace incumbent Jackie Goldberg. Below is a list of candidates along with links to their candidate statement videos.

• Fidencio Gallardo
• Victorio R. Gutierrez
• Karla Griego
• Graciela “Grace” Ortiz

Measure HLA

Voters will decide on one referendum, Measure HLA, which would require the city to install or change certain safety features — such as sidewalks, bike lanes or bus lanes — when crews are already working on the street, such as for a paving project.

County Supervisor

Hollywood is split up between three LA County Supervisor districts. Only District 5 is up for election. Incumbent Kathryn Barger is facing a challenge from Perry Goldberg, Chris Holden, Konstantine Anthony and Marlon Marroquin.

District Attorney

District Attorney George Gascón faces 11 challengers in Tuesday's primary election, including five members of his office: Jonathan Hatami, a child abuse prosecutor; Lloyd "Bobcat" Masson, a cold case prosecutor; John McKinney, supervising district attorney; Maria Ramirez, the head deputy DA; and Eric Siddall, a violent crimes prosecutor.

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judges Debra Archuleta and Craig J. Mitchell are also on the ballot, along with David S. Milton, who retired as a Superior Court judge in 2014.

The other candidates are Jeff Chemerinsky, an assistant U.S. attorney; Nathan Hochman, a former U.S. assistant attorney general who was the Republican candidate for state attorney general in the 2022 general election; and criminal defense attorney Dan Kapelovitz.

State Assembly

Hollywood is split up between three state Assembly districts:

District 51 incumbent Democratic Assemblymemeber Rick Chavez Zbur faces a challenge from two Republicans: Shiva Bagheri and Stephan Hohil.

District 52 incumbent Democratic Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo is not seeking reelection. In the running for that seat are eight Democrats: Jessica Caloza, Francisco Carrillo Jr., Genesis Coronado, Anthony Fanara, David Girón, Carlos León and Sofia Quinones; Green Party member Shannel Pittman; and Republican Stephen Sills.

District 54 incumbent Democratic Assemblymember Miguel Santiago is not seeking reelection. In the running for that seat are Democrats Mark Gonzalez and John Yi and Republican Elaine Alaniz.

Proposition 1

In 2004, California voters approved a tax on millionaires to finance mental health services. The tax raises $2-$3 billion annually to fund mental health programs through local government. Proposition 1 would require counties to spend 60 percent of the money on housing and programs for homeless people with serious mental illnesses or substance abuse problems.

Presidential Primary

The primary will decide which candidate gets California's 169 delegates — the largest haul of any state — to the Republican and Democratic national conventions, to be held in July and August, respectively.

All three top contenders have been stumping in California: President Joe Biden, Republican contender Nikki Haley and GOP frontrunner Donald Trump.

In California, the political parties determine whether they will have open or closed presidential parties, meaning only the party's registered voters can pick the winning candidates.

The Green Party, the Peace and Freedom Party, and the Republican Party are all holding closed primaries in California

Furthermore, the state's GOP changed the rules to winner-takes-all, so that any candidate who gets a majority wins all of the delegates. Previously, the delegates were divided up based on the number of congressional districts each Republican won.

The change, pushed by the Donald Trump campaign, raises the stakes in California's primary and favors the frontrunner in the Republican primary, which also happens to be Trump.

The American Independent Party, the Democratic Party, and the Libertarian Party hold a modified-closed primary, which means they allow No Party Preference voters to vote in their primaries.

Statewide Primary Elections

All 52 of California's congressional districts will have primary races March 5 along with one U.S. Senate race. With frontrunners Trump and Biden expected to sail to victory in California's presidential primary, the real suspense centers on the Golden State's senate race.

For the senate race, California has an open primary, which means only the top two vote-getters in the primary election, regardless of party affiliation, move on to the general election.

All election season, polls have shown Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) in the lead with former Los Angeles Dodger Steve Garvey (R), Rep. Katie Porter (D-Irvine ), and Rep. Barbara Lee (Oakland) vying for second place to make it into the general election. However, last week Garvey pulled into first place after consolidating conservative support and with a little help from an ad campaign by Schiff aimed at raising Garvey's profile over Porter, who is seen as the bigger threat in the general election.

According to a new polls from UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies, Garvey pulled into first place with the support of 27 percent of likely voters compared to Schiff's 25 percent and Porter's 19 percent.

Just weeks earlier a California Elections and Policy Poll released in February had Porter and Garvey deadlocked in the race for second place.

Schiff went into February far in the lead with 25 percent of likely voters while Porter and Garvey, each garnered support from 15 percent of likely voters. Lee was polling in fourth place at 7 percent of the vote, according to the poll.

It's been decades since a Republican won statewide office in California, and that may be why the Schiff campaign is expending considerable capital to raise Garvey's profile among Republican voters through a series of expensive Fox News ads, touting him as too conservative for California.
Garvey, with just over $300,000 in his war chest, can't afford such ads.

Porter blasted the tactic as a “brazenly cynical” bid for Schiff to handpick his opponent in the general election, counting on deep blue California to reject any statewide Republican candidate in the general election.

According to Politico, Porter and Schiff booked a staggering $25 million in airtime. Schiff has nabbed the bulk of the Democratic establishment endorsements such as Nancy Pelosi, United Farm Workers and the Los Angeles Times editorial board. Porter, a darling of progressives, garnered endorsements from Sen. Elizabeth Warren, CA Attorney General Rob Bonta, and consumer advocacy groups.

The senate candidates are:

• Sharleta Bassett (R)
• James P. Bradley (R)
• Eric Early (R)
• Steve Garvey (R)
• Denice Gary-Pandol (R)
• Laura Garza (No party preference)
• Sepi Gilani (D)
• Don Grundmann (No party preference)
• Forrest Jones (American Independent Party of California)
• Harmesh Kumar (D)
• Barbara Lee (D)
• Sarah Sun Liew (R)
• Gail Lightfoot (L)
• James Macauley (R)
• Christina Pascucci (D)
• David Peterson (D)
• Douglas Howard Pierce (D)
• Katie Porter (D)
• Perry Pound (D)
• Raji Rab (D)
• Jonathan Reiss (R)
• John Rose (D)
• Mark Ruzon (No party preference)
• Adam Schiff (D)
• Stefan Simchowitz (R)
• Major Singh (No party preference)
• Martin Veprauskas (R)
• Eduardo Berdugo (Independent) (Write-in)
• Danny Fabricant (R) (Write-in)
• Roxanne Lawler (R) (Write-in)

Patch Staffer Michael Wittner and City News Service contributed to this report.