League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
	Los Angeles County, CA March 3, 2015 Election
	Council Member; City of Bell Voter Information 4 Year Term.

Results as of Mar 31 4:45am

Candidates (Vote for 3) Click on highlighted name for additional information supplied by candidate. Contact non-highlighted candidates and encourage them to provide information for voters. Ali Saleh 1,080 votes 23.2% Occupation: Councilmember/Business Owner - Miembro del Concejo/Propietario de Negocio Fidencio Joel Gallardo 1,029 votes 22.1% Occupation: High School Teacher - Maestro de Escuela Secundaria Bachelor's Degree n English (USC) Master's Degree in Educational Administration (CSULA) Adjunct Professor at California State University, Los Angeles Platinum Apple Teaching Award gallardo4bell@gmail.com Priorities: Government Transparency and City Charter Reform Increased Public Safety Smart Economic Development Nestor Enrique Valencia 817 votes 17.6% Occupation: Mayor/Healthcare Administrator - Alcalde/Administrador de Baccalaureate of Science in Health Science, San Jose State University Priorities: Lowering Taxes Bringing new business to new Downtown area Protecting and creating City Parks Violeta Alvarez 520 votes 11.2% Occupation: Incumbent - Titular Isamar Arambula 319 votes 6.9% Occupation: Community Youth Organizer - Organizadora Comunitaria de Donna I. Gannon 284 votes 6.1% Occupation: Retired - Jubilada Yamel "Jimmy" Mourad 208 votes 4.5% Occupation: Businessman - Hombre de Negocios Marcos A. Oliva 138 votes 3.0% Occupation: Programmer Analyst - Programador Analista Donald H. Tavares 93 votes 2.0% Occupation: Truck Driver - Conductor de Camiones Jorge Fiffe 90 votes 1.9% Occupation: Nonprofit Manager - Gerente sin Fines de Lucro Master of Fine Arts in Visual Arts, Rutgers University Bachelor of Arts in Art Studio, University of California Riverside jorge@jorgefiffe.com Priorities: Evaluate our expenses and measure what matters Design programs shaped by and with community-driven priorities Build a better Bell. Together. Alfred Areyan 76 votes 1.6% Occupation: Carpenter - Carpintero Basic candidate data supplied by the applicable elections official. Order of candidates is random and changes daily.

Nonpartisan Information CITY ATTORNEY IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS CHARTER AMENDMENT The City Council has proposed certain basic changes to the City Charter to assure a more transparent and effective governing system for the City. Many of these revisions are to correct issues which arose during the Bell scandal. For the most part, these revisions align the City Charter with provisions of California law relating to general law cities. The changes permit a thirty day residency requirement for candidates for city council instead of sixty days. In addition, the changes assure that councilmembers cannot increase their own compensation while in office and require that any reimbursement for necessary expenses conform to a policy adopted by the City Council in an open and public forum. The changes also establish a policy that prevents the City Council from indemnifying any former or current elected official from liability beyond what state law requires. The measure assures that in recall elections, candidates to fill vacancies will be filled at the same time as the recall election. This revision also assures that the election process adheres to standard procedures and policies applicable to general law cities and that no person who is the subject of a recall can be a candidate to succeed himself. Other general provisions include requiring that council meetings be held at a place designated by ordinance or resolution that is open to the public. Closed session meetings may still be held, however, in accord with state law. The Charter Amendment also eliminates the position of Assistant Chief Administrative Officer which is currently unfilled. The Charter Amendment also establishes for City officials the ethical standards set forth in the California Government Code. It provides that no City Council member, officer or employee, or commission member shall do any of the following: o Engage in employment or other activity for compensation that is inconsistent, incompatible, or in conflict with his or her duties to the City o Engage in any activity prohibited in general law cities; or o Receive a personal loan from the City (includes anyone who contracts with or is under the control of the City). Conviction of any violation of these standards allows restitution to the City, and forfeiture of office in addition to any other penalty under state law. The Charter Amendment provides for the appointment of a five member Planning Commission with each Commission member appointed by the Council and subject to state laws relating to such entities. Finally, the Charter Amendment requires that all franchises be awarded by resolution adopted by the Council at a public hearing and that they terminate within 10 years with no "evergreen" or automatic roll over clause unless good cause is found by four-fifths (4/5) vote of the Council. In sum, the Charter Amendment brings the Charter of the City of Bell into conformity with most California cities. The City Council has established a Charter committee to look at other Charter reforms, but wanted these corrections to begin immediately and so placed this Measure on the Ballot. This election is archived. Any links to sources outside of Smart Voter may no longer be active. No further links will be added to this page. Links to sources outside of Smart Voter are provided for information only and do not imply endorsement.

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