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Los Angeles County, CA March 3, 2009 Election
Council Member; City of West Hollywood Voter Information

4 Year Term.

Results as of Jun 15 10:27am

Official Results

Candidates (Vote for 2)
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Jeffrey Prang Click here for more information about this candidate 2,751 votes 38.5%

  • Occupation: Mayor/City Councilmember
  • Assistant City Manager, City of Pico Rivera
  • California Council of Criminal Justice (2000-2008)
  • Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission
Priorities:
  • Alleviation of Traffic & Parking Problems - Transportation
  • Affordable Housing & Public Safety
  • Sustainable development - preventing overdevelopment
John J. Duran Click here for more information about this candidate 2,542 votes 35.6%
  • Occupation: City Councilmember / Attorney
  • Vice-Chair of the West Hollywood Rent Stabilization Commission, 2000 to 2001
  • Served as a volunteer attorney for the Coalition for Economic Survival (CES) Legal Clinic
  • Juris Doctorate degree from Western State University in Orange County
  • President, Board of Directors of EQCA + Equality California
  • Leads one of Southern California's most prominent law firms on Gay and Lesbian rights and AIDS law
  • Served as a member of the Board of Directors of the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California
Priorities:
  • Preventing Overdevelopment and Alleviating Traffic
  • Ensuring Access to Affordable Housing and Protecting Tenant's Rights
  • Improving the Quality of Life for all Residents of the City of West Hollywood
Lauren Meister Click here for more information about this candidate 1,530 votes 21.4%
  • Occupation: market research professional
  • Self-employed, market research
  • President of the largest neighborhood association in the city
  • Served as Public Safety Commissioner for City of West Hollywood for over 3-1/2 years
  • CERT-certified disaster volunteer
  • Member of the WeHo Chamber of Commerce
  • Bachelors degree in Sociology from U.C. Santa Barbara
Priorities:
  • Caring for our quality of life and re-establishing the urban village model we once knew to be West Hollywood
  • Developing more off-street parking opportunities
  • Saving our existing affordable and work force housing stock and our local neighborhood-serving businesses
Bisser Stoyanov 321 votes 4.5%

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  Official Information

City of West Hollywood
Candidate Forum

Wednesday February 25
time:
7:30-9:30 p.m.
location: West Hollywood Elementary School, 970 Hammond St.
co-sponsors: West Hollywood Neighborhood Associations
moderator: Larry Carroll, Broadcast Journalist & President of Diversified Entertainment Group
facilitation: League of Women Voters of Los Angeles
video: taped for webcast and rebroadcast on WeHo City Channel 10:
Thursday Feb. 26, 7:00 pm
Friday Feb. 27, 10:00 am
Saturday Feb. 28, 3:00 pm
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