Giovany Hernandez
Giovany "Gio" Hernandez was a candidate for District 1 representative on the Los Angeles City Council in California. Hernandez was defeated in the primary election on March 7, 2017.
Biography
Hernandez graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he studied political science; he is a first-generation college graduate in his family.[1]
Elections
2017
The city of Los Angeles, California, held primary elections for mayor, eight city council seats, city attorney, and city controller on March 7, 2017. Three community college board of trustees seats were also up for general election on that date.
Most races where no candidate earned a majority (50% plus one) of the primary votes cast advanced to a general election on May 16, 2017. This rule did not apply to the community college board races, which were determined by a plurality winner in the March election.[2]
This election was the second impacted by Charter Amendment 1. Passed in March 2015, the amendment shifted city elections to even-numbered years beginning in 2020. As a result, officials elected in 2017 won special five-and-a-half year terms ending in 2022. Incumbent Gilbert Cedillo and Joe Bray-Ali defeated Giovany Hernandez and Jesse Rosas in the primary election for the District 1 seat on the Los Angeles City Council.[3]
| Los Angeles City Council, District 1 Primary Election, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Gilbert Cedillo Incumbent |
49.34% | 10,396 |
| Joe Bray-Ali |
37.97% | 8,000 |
| Giovany Hernandez | 8.53% | 1,798 |
| Jesse Rosas | 4.15% | 875 |
| Total Votes | 21,069 | |
| Source: Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "March 7, 2017, Election Results: Statement of Votes Cast," accessed May 22, 2017 | ||
Campaign finance
2017
Hernandez had received $8,219.00 in contributions and had made $7,308.51 in expenditures, leaving the campaign with $910.49 on hand as of reports available from the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission on February 27, 2017.[4]
Campaign themes
2017
Hernandez listed the following issues on his campaign website: housing crisis, preserving small businesses, capacity building programs, a greener LA, safety/crime, a more healthy LA, governance style, and immigration. Below are excerpts from his statements on each topic.[5]
- Housing crisis:
- "Freeze on rent increases."
- "Moratorium on unjust evictions through the Ellis Act."
- "Halt on spot zoning for luxury housing units."
- Preserving small businesses:
- "Ensure that more contracting bids go to local businesses to create more local jobs."
- Capacity building programs:
- "Invest in vocational programs"
- "Develop an emergency disaster response plan in conjunction with LAFD, law enforcement, neighborhood councils, The Red Cross and residents/community leaders trained in CERT."
- A greener LA:
- "Ensure all city property converts to operating on solar energy."
- " Rapid expansion of LADWP’s Feed-in Tariff program to create more local jobs and stray away from a dependence on electricity from coal-fired plants."
- Safety/crime:
- " Work for more visible crosswalks, repairs of our sidewalks, school zone signage, new traffic signals lacking in dangerous intersections, more bike lanes, and address mobility concerns that exist for our physically impaired population."
- A more healthy LA:
- "Create sustainable, organic community gardens in some of our lowest income areas."
- "A ban on GMO's"
- Governance style:
- "Rotating monthly Listening Tours in the district for the entirety of the term elected."
- Immigration:
- "Vow continued implementation of our state and local officials' stance to protect our most vulnerable, law abiding immigrant populations through the sanctuary city status, provide legal representation for low-income immigrant families, and not allow the use of local law enforcement as a vehicle to target and separate families."
See also
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Giovany Hernandez, "About Gio," accessed February 8, 2017
- ↑ Los Angeles Daily News, "A dozen hopefuls step up to the starting line for Los Angeles mayoral race," November 11, 2016
- ↑ City of Los Angeles City Clerk, "2017 Primary Nominating Election Candidates," December 16, 2016
- ↑ Los Angeles City Ethics Commission, "2017 City and LAUSD Elections," accessed February 27, 2017
- ↑ Giovany Hernandez, "Issues," accessed February 7, 2017
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