12.4.2018 - Staff Report 1AGENDA ITEM NO. 1
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AGENDA STAFF REPORT
City of West Covina I Office of the City Manager
DATE: December 4, 2018
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Chris Freeland
City Manager
SUBJECT: OFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS OF THE NOVEMBER 6, 2018 GENERAL MUNICIPAL
ELECTIONS
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the following resolution:
RESOLUTION NO.2018-135 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, RECITING THE FACT
OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION HELD NOVEMBER 6, 2018
DECLARING THE RESULTS AND SUCH OTHER MATTERS AS
PROVIDED BY LAW
DISCUSSION:
On November 6, 2018, a general and special municipal election was held in consolidation with the Los Angeles
County local and municipal consolidated elections to elect three members of the City Council (Districts 2, 4 and 5)
for the full term of four years; City Clerk; City Treasurer; Measure T (regarding the appointment of the City
Treasurer); and Measure V (regarding the appointment of the City Clerk).
The Los Angeles County election department conducts a canvass of all election returns to verify that all ballots
have been counted and accounted for. The Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk has not been able to certify the results
of the election at the time this report was written. They have told the City of West Covina that the Official Canvass
Certificate and the Official Statement of Votes Cast will be available on December 3, 2018. These results will be
made available to the public on December 3, 2018 and presented to the City Council at the December 4, 2018 City
Council Meeting. The results will be marked as "Exhibit A" to the attached resolution (Attachment No. 1), once
they are made available.
The unverified results of West Covina's election states there were 52,185 registered voters in West Covina; with a
total number of ballots cast of 19,585, which results in a 37.53% turnout.
The unverified results provided by the County of the votes cast, are as follows:
• City Council Second District
• Letty Lopez 1,300
• Mike Spence 800
• Brian Gutierrez 650
• Roger Hernandez 484
• Robert Robinson 382
Letty Lopez is elected to the City Council 2nd District for a four-year term.
. City Council Fourth District
• Dario Castellanos 1,886
• James Toma 1,634
Dario Castellanos is elected to the City Council 4th District for a four-year term.
• City Council Fifth District
• Tony Wu 1,921
• Fredrick Sykes 1,577
Tony Wu is elected to the City Council 5th District for a four-year term.
. City Clerk
• Nick Lewis 8,183
• Steven Bennett 7,742
Nick Lewis is elected to serve as City Clerk for a four-year term.
• City Treasurer
• Colleen Rozatti 8,792
• Marsha Solorio 7,096
Colleen Rozatti is elected to serve as City Treasurer for a four-year term.
. Measure T failed with 12,485 voters voting NO and 4,651 voters voting YES.
• Measure V failed with 11,592 voters voting NO and 5,450 voters voting YES.
California law requires the City Council to adopt a resolution certifying the election results. Once the election
results have been certified, the City Council should proceed with the installation of the newly elected officers and
the City Council reorganization.
Attachments
Nov. 6, 2018 Election Results Resolution No. 2018-135