League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
	Los Angeles County, CA June 8, 2010 Election
	Assessor; County of Los Angeles Voter Information

Results as of Jul 2 1:59pm, 100.00% of Precincts Reporting (5,190/5,190)

Runoff Election 11/2/2010 Candidates (Vote for 1) Candidates: to post info on this page, send an e-mail to ca-south@smartvoter.org and INCLUDE YOUR PHONE NUMBER. Click on highlighted name for additional information supplied by candidate. Contact non-highlighted candidates and encourage them to provide information for voters. John R. Noguez 214,309 votes 27.83% Occupation: Los Angeles County Deputy Assessor Mayor, Huntington Park State Certified Appraiser Specialist 25 Years Experience as Deputy Assessor noguez4assessor2010@hotmail.com Priorities: Accurate, fair and timely valuations on homes and business Increased use of lastest technology combined with old-fashioned, friendly public service Oppose any changes in or weakening of Proposition 13 John Y. Wong 98,485 votes 12.79% Occupation: L.A. County Assessment Appeals Board, Chairperson. Industrial/Commercial real estate broker. Small business owner. California State University, Los Angeles - BS Business Administration / Administrative Management. johnwong@johnwong4assessor.org John "Lower Taxes" Loew 81,724 votes 10.61% Occupation: Deputy Assessor Over twenty years experience appraising single family homes, condominiums, vacant land, commercial and industrial real estate for the Los Angeles County Assessor lowertaxesloew4assessor@gmail.com Priorities: Realistic appraisals for homeowners, which may reduce taxes Eliminate special interests influence within the office Reduce departmental waste and increase efficiency Yolanda T. Salazar 81,381 votes 10.57% Occupation: Deputy Assessor 2nd Place Finish, 2000 Assessor Election University of Southern California, BS, Business Administration 1989 yolanda@standwithsalazar.com Priorities: There is ALWAY$ a way to do it better....find it! - Thomas Edison Charles J. Hahn 56,725 votes 7.37% hahnassessor@gmail.com John Lewis Dortch 53,373 votes 6.93% Occupation: Assessor's Division Chief Experience Manager within Assessor's Ofc Master Appraiser-SBE Advanced Certificate B. S. Degree - Business Administration Veteran - United States Army Dortch4Assessor@gmail.com Priorities: Fair and accurate property assessments. Support continuation of Prop 13; Oppose a "split" Property Roll. Provide excellent public service Ed "Cesar" Chavez 39,896 votes 5.18% Mary Hollis Heath 33,840 votes 4.39% Adrian A. Gomez 33,698 votes 4.38% Occupation: Deputy County Assessor BSC - Marketing Real Estate Certificate SBE Advanced Appraiser Certificate Rated "Outstanding" for last 6 years adriangomez4assessor@gmail.com Priorities: Protect Proposition 13 taxpayer's benefits Provide excellent public service Replace current Property Data Base Jose Cornejo 24,305 votes 3.16% Occupation: Los Angeles City Councilman's Chief Deputy Managed the State Assembly's Budget staff 18 years of experience in public service An independent strategic thinker votecornejo@gmail.com Priorities: Fair and equitable property assessments Transparency in the Assessor's Office Reform the Assessor's office bureaucratic process Dan Kumaus 19,983 votes 2.59% Occupation: Deputy Assessor Veteran-USMC kumaus@sbcglobal.net Priorities: The Assessor's office is non-partisan The Assessor is mandated to treat all taxpayer's equitably Remove any special interests Krish Kumar 18,718 votes 2.43% Occupation: Deputy Assessor Advanced Appraiser Certificate from the State Board of Equalization Special Projects ( a program development division) Appraiser for the Los Angeles County Assessor Commercial Appraiser for the Los Angeles County Assessor Residential Appraiser for the Los Angeles County Assessor Commercial Appraiser for the Santa Barbara County Assessor Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of California, Riverside assessor@krishkumar.com Priorities: Provide and maintain the highest level of public service Assessment Appeals reform Build an efficient appraisal database system for our future Siavash "Sia" Gharib 13,671 votes 1.78% Occupation: Assessor's Principal Appraiser a. 18-year veteran of the Office as Principal Appraiser. b. Ph.D. and Post-Doctoral fellowship from USC in Engineering. c. Value oil and gas properties and power plants siagharib@gmail.com Priorities: a. Treat all taxpayers equally. b. Establish transparency in the Assessor's Office. c. Provide courteous, compassionate, and speedy services to all taxpayers. Basic candidate data supplied by the applicable elections official. Order of candidates is random and changes daily.

Candidates Answer Questions The League of Women Voters of Los Angeles County has asked all candidates for this office to respond to 3 questions on Qualifications, Qualities, and Strategies. Candidate Statements Available in Spanish Cornejo Gharib Gomez Kumar Kumaus Loew Salazar Wong Submitted to the League of Women Voters of L.A. County for publication in Election Info, a 28-page bilingual brochure including statements by Judicial Candidates and impartial Pros & Cons (Los Pros y Contras) on statewide Propositionss 14-17. Copies are available in most libraries, or e-mail ca-south@smartvoter.org. This election is archived. Any links to sources outside of Smart Voter may no longer be active. No further links will be added to this page. Links to sources outside of Smart Voter are provided for information only and do not imply endorsement.

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