L.A. Times electoral endorsements for 2024 March primary
The 2024 election season is underway. While the presidential contest may garner the most attention, many important state and local races and measures are also on the ballot.
To help voters decide, the Times editorial board offers recommendations based on candidate interviews and independent reporting. Every registered voter will be mailed a ballot in early February, allowing ample time to read up on the candidates, tune in to a forum, consider endorsements, including ours, and make a decision before the last day of voting on March 5.
LOS ANGELES CITY
Yes on Measure HLA
The initiative would force L.A.'s leaders to enact their own visionary Mobility Plan, which aims to make the city's car-dominated streets safer for pedestrians, bicyclists, transit users and, yes, even drivers.
Imelda Padilla for City Council District 6
Padilla has been in the seat for only half a year, but has done what she said she would do. She deserves a full City Council term.
Marqueece Harris-Dawson for City Council District 8
Harris-Dawson has been an influential progressive voice on the City Council and a smart leader for his South L.A. district.
Check back for more endorsements in Los Angeles city races.
LOS ANGELES COUNTY
George Gascón for District Attorney
Gascón is making the criminal justice reforms voters elected him to carry out. Ignore the law enforcement establishment's resistance and keep him on the job.
Holly Mitchell for the Board of Supervisors, District 2
Voters should appreciate Mitchell’s focus on the big questions, such as the structure of county government and equity in the delivery of county services.
Janice Hahn for the Board of Supervisors, District 4
Through COVID and a historic shift from jails to social services, Hahn has served the county well in her first two terms. Her challengers would not bring her values and experience to the board.
Kathryn Barger for the Board of Supervisors, District 5
Barger has been the voice for political and fiscal reality that the Board of Supervisors needs. Voters should give her a third term.
LAUSD
Tanya Ortiz Franklin for L.A. Unified School Board District 2
Franklin has helped make the board a calm, well-run group that operates through collaboration and common sense rather than ideology.
Check back for more endorsements in Los Angeles Unified Board of Education races.
COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT
Check back for endorsements in Los Angeles County Superior Court judicial races.
STATEWIDE
Check back for the Times' recommendation on Proposition 1.
U.S. HOUSE & SENATE
Adam Schiff for the U.S. Senate
Schiff stands out for his extraordinary leadership in the last several years in helping to protect the nation’s institutions, the rule of law and American democracy itself from former President Trump.
Laura Friedman for the 30th Congressional District
As a state legislator and former Glendale City Council member, Friedman has been a smart, principled policymaker who takes on difficult issues and finds ways to solve problems.
Dave Min for the 47th Congressional District
Min's experience as a law professor and state senator make him the most qualified for the seat being vacated by Rep. Katie Porter
Read more: Meet the candidates for California's next U.S. Senator
Check back for endorsements in some Southern California congressional districts.
The editorial board endorses selectively, choosing the most consequential races in which to make recommendations.
This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
