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Watch Tonight's Debate: LA Co. Board Of Supervisors; City Council

Candidates for the LA Co. Board of Supervisors and LA City Council will go head-to-head at a candidate forum Wednesday. Here's how to watch.

Candidates for the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, District 3 and Los Angeles City Council, District 5 will go head-to-head at a candidate forum Wednesday. Here's how to watch.
Candidates for the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, District 3 and Los Angeles City Council, District 5 will go head-to-head at a candidate forum Wednesday. Here's how to watch. (Kristin Borden/Patch)

LOS ANGELES, CA — Candidates for the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, District 3 and City Council, District 5 will go head-to-head at a candidate forum Wednesday night at the Hammer Museum in Westwood.

The forum starts at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Hammer Museum's Billy Wilder Theater, located at 10899 Wilshire Boulevard.

Up first is a debate between Sam Yebri and Katy Young Yaroslavsky, who will battle for the District 5 seat on the Los Angeles City Council, which covers some of the San Fernando Valley and much of the westside of Los Angeles. Come Nov. 8, one of the candidates will replace council member Paul Koretz, who did not run for re-election.

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At 8 p.m., state senator Bob Hertzberg (D-Van Nuys) will face off with West Hollywood City Council member Lindsey Horvath to replace supervisor Sheila Kuehl's seat representing the massive 3rd district, which covers much of the San Fernando Valley and communities from Malibu to Hollywood. Kuehl did not run for re-election.

The forum will also be live-streamed. Watch the livestream below, or using this link.

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For City Council District 5, Yaroslavsky took the top spot with 48.97 percent of the June 8 primary vote. Sam Yebri trailed behind with 29.69 percent of the vote, moving the two candidates to the Nov. 8 general election.

Hertzberg was the top vote-getter for the Board of Supervisors seat in the June 8 primary with 31.08 percent of the vote, followed by Horvath with 27.74 percent of the vote. The two edged out state Senator Henry Stern (D-Malibu), who grabbed 24.31 percent of the vote.

Wednesday's debate will be moderated by Spectrum News 1 anchor Alex Cohen and UCLA Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Darnell Hunt.


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