The most recent election returns from Los Angeles County were posted on Friday and the news is very good! John Mirisch and councilmember-elect Robert Wunderlich will join Lili Bosse at the Council dais. That’s two-thirds of our endorsement slate!
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When the Courier endorsed Nancy Krasne for City Council last month, we observed it was a curious move to make. There were seven candidates for three seats but the paper only endorsed Krasne. And some of the reasons were a stretch, we thought. But it was strategic: she was the paper’s candidate so why send voters to another candidate in the at-large election? Krasne didn’t place, though, so the Courier got it wrong. Again.
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We’ve been checking every day for the final Beverly Hills City Council election results to be posted and finally the election results are in! After a month of prolonged suspense from Los Angeles County we now know our new City Council. The big news is that Nancy Krasne is out and newcomers Les Friedman and Bob Wunderlich are in. What a nail-biter!
Read moreFor those who rent in Beverly Hills there is no issue more relevant than the rent stabilization ordinance. That’s why Tuesday’s City Council election is the most important for us in decades. Literally it has been decades since City Council adopted rent stabilization ‘lite.’ We need better, and this election the eight thousand renting households can make a difference.
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Last week the Beverly Hills Courier endorsed Nancy Krasne for City Council. She was the newspaper’s only endorsed candidate in the local race even though seven candidates are in the running for three open seats. The Courier calls Krasne a “strong supporter” of the police. And she did vote to extend to officers a 10% raise in the latest contract. But with $330M in unfunded pension liabilities, the normally conservative paper’s endorsement was curious
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Yesterday I sent out an email blast that summarized recent changes to the Beverly Hills rent stabilization law and came out against the re-election of Vice Mayor and City Council candidate Nancy Krasne. After sending my email to a small segment of the Alliance email list, I took a break for dinner and received a call from an angry Nancy Krasne. She demanded a “retraction.” I then scrubbed two paragraphs (and otherwise softened my message) for the remainder of my Renters Alliance email subscribers. I apologize: I never should have softened a message that put tenant protections before my own personal considerations.
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I want to thank everyone who responded to my Renters Alliance invitation and attended the City Council meeting this past Tuesday. Some were reluctant to speak up, but many of you offered heartfelt comments and observations. But our recommendations on the proposed ordinance — released Friday night on a holiday weekend — were lost in our allotted one-and-a-half minutes at the microphone. So much for democracy!
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