Also there is a difference between the rules for "nonpartisan" offices including Supervisor and Councilmember and "partisan" offices such as Assembly, Senate and House seats. The former can be decided in the primary if someone gets 50%+1. The party offices always go to the top-two runoff even if one candidate has a clear majority.

Same

woooo every vote against brad helps!

I live in Ted Lieu's district. Otherwise, I would vote against Brad Sherman as well.

Heavy Rail. LFG. Thank you for the shout - Chris

@@christopherahuja very nice to hear from you :)

The issue is identifying NIMBY Congress people is easier said than done. I would say look at where they are on housing and climate projects to triangulate a best guess. If they believe in doing nothing or vaporware there, then they probably will do that in transit.

No, the way is been there forever , 30 years??! And we have thousand of unhoused neighbors. I would rather have a representative that has their only loyalty to the American people instead of Israel. Money for our communities because we see clearly there is money, it’s just our politicians don’t think we deserve our own tax money.

@Justice4all723 You're posting that below the line here? Who do you think is going to read it? Besides me, of course? Also, good luck getting the U.S government to not throw a lot of money at foreign policy. The issue is that they plead poverty on some issues but not others, and in this case the best point would be to have them pull money from useless highway expansions and put it into transit because we already spend a lot on highways but they're not effective as a solution. That way, you don't make the foreign policy crowd potential enemies of transit. They would have an easy response too if you did make them enemies "besides the money, what do they have to do with one another?" And they might drop that part about the money if they weren't feeling charitable. Don't put those parts of politics together. Potentially sacrificing transit in a possibly losing battle against Israel seems highly shortsighted. Keep in mind U.S. aid is not the only source of aid to Israel, and aid is not the majority of their defense budget. Also, they can always look for other allies. They already sell a lot of weapons to India, for example. So potentially turning transit into a political football in foreign policy arguments and attracting even more opposition to use it as a cudgel against Israel that probably won't even work seems ill-advised to be polite.

As a native Angeleno, that's very funny.

Ah you're right there's a distinction between local and state races. State reps I believe are top 2 no matter what (and congress for sure), while City Council and Board of Supervisors can win in the primary.

Gah how did I miss that. Typo, should say 64 for Pacheco. Thanks for catching it.

Looks like you're getting your wish!

Rick Cole is great on active transport

You have no idea what you're blabbering about. Los Angeles has built more rail transit than any other city in the country over the last few decades and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. And, LA Metro ridership increased every month in 2023. Things aren't perfect on the LA Metro, but significant improvements have been made on the system, especially over the last 7-8 months.

What do you mean by that?

@@NightSide1349 - the primaries, and I just voted the candidates randomly…minus Hahn. I ain’t gonna vote for that Villanueva guy…not after he toyed me and my colleagues on safety.

@@TheManny717 Thanks for the brief response