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David Vahedi
David T. Vahedi ran for election for Los Angeles City Controller in California. He lost in the primary on June 7, 2022.
Vahedi completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
David T. Vahedi was born in Los Angeles, California.[1] Vahedi has a bachelor’s degree in accounting and a law degree. He has 23 years of experience as a litigator and transactional attorney and has conducted over 350 civil and criminal audits. He worked for ten years on the Westside Neighborhood Council and eight years on the Westwood South of Santa Monica Homeowner Association.[2]
Elections
2022
See also: City elections in Los Angeles, California (2022)
General election
General election for Los Angeles City Controller
Kenneth Mejia defeated Paul Koretz in the general election for Los Angeles City Controller on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Kenneth Mejia (Nonpartisan)  | 63.3 | 513,288 |
 | Paul Koretz (Nonpartisan) | 36.7 | 297,190 | |
| Total votes: 810,478 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Los Angeles City Controller
The following candidates ran in the primary for Los Angeles City Controller on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kenneth Mejia (Nonpartisan) | 43.1 | 240,374 |
| ✔ | | Paul Koretz (Nonpartisan) | 23.7 | 131,921 |
 | Stephanie Clements (Nonpartisan) | 15.9 | 88,678 | |
 | David T. Vahedi (Nonpartisan) | 7.0 | 39,240 | |
| J. Carolan O'Gabhann (Nonpartisan) | 3.9 | 21,984 | ||
| Reid Lidow (Nonpartisan) | 3.9 | 21,769 | ||
| Rob Wilcox (Nonpartisan) | 2.4 | 13,460 | ||
| Total votes: 557,426 | |||
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Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
David T. Vahedi completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Vahedi's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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David Vahedi would be the first Los Angeles City Controller to have an advanced degree in accounting. David has conducted over 350 civil and criminal audits. His criminal audits have resulted in the prosecution of people who stole taxpayer's funds. David also has 23 years of experience as a litigator and transactional attorney.
Being a professional auditor and attorney, David can root out corruption on day one at city hall and eliminate waste and inefficiencies before it occurs. David served 10 years on the Westside Neighborhood Council and 8 years on the Westwood South of Santa Monica Homeowner Association.
David does not accept special interest donations to maintain his independence of the entities he is responsible for auditing.- Corruption has reached deep into city hall. Three councilmembers have been indicted as have the former general managers of the DWP, LADBS, and head of litigation of the City Attorney’s office. My number once goal is to root out corruption and to put in policies that make corruption easier to detect at its inception.
- Auditing homeless programs before the money is spent to make sure we are getting people off the streets and returning our neighborhoods to the residents.
- Reducing waste and inefficiency in Los Angeles City operations. Every dollar wasted is one less dollar for parks, pothole repair, tree trimming, sidewalk repair, and adequate funding of police and fire.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
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