City Clerk Calls for General Municipal Election
The Council approved a resolution last Tuesday affirming the City’s Clerk’s call for a general election to be held June 07, 2016. On that day, the community will elect three members to the City Council for four year terms.
Interested candidates are required to file a Notice of Intention Statement, follow all FPPC campaign finance regulations, and submit an official Nomination Petition containing at least twenty valid signatures from Torrance registered voters. The nominating period will be open from February 16 to March 11th at 5:00 pm.
Candidates may also submit a ballot statement. The Council did, however, raise the ballot statement fee from the previous $400 to $580. The fee had not been raised since 2008.
Five candidates have already filed documents indicating their intent to run. These candidates are incumbents and current Councilmembers Geoff Rizzo and Mike Griffiths and challengers Leilani Kimmel-Dagastino, Milton Herring, and Asam Sheikh. Dagastino currently serves on the Commission on Aging, Herring serves on the Planning Commission, and Sheikh serves on the Civil Service Commission.
Rizzo earned his seat on the Council with a 4th place finish in the 2014 election while Dagastino narrowly missed a seat coming in 5th. In that same election, Herring finished 7th and Griffiths 8th. Griffths, however, was able to gain an appointment to the Council after a vacancy left by Mayor Furey.
Pretty soon they will tax us just to be able to breathe in Torrance, oh wait cap and trade AB 32 is already doing it. Pension costs must be increasing again. I guess the big fancy mall didn’t fix it.
Hiiii Debbie…