Politics & Government

6 Candidates Qualify for Council District 12

There will be a random alphabet drawing this morning to determine candidate order on the ballot.

Six candidates qualified to run in the 2011 Primary Election to succeed retiring District 12 City Councilman Greig Smith, Patch has learned.

There will be a random alphabet drawing this morning to determine candidate order on the ballot.

Encino is within Council District 12.

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The election will be March 8, with a runoff on May 17 if no candidate wins a majority of the vote. The seven even-numbered City Council district seats are up for election. There are 15 seats on the Council.

Here's how the election works. First, candidates file with the city clerk their intention to run. Then they circulate nomination petitions.

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When candidates collect 1,000 to 2,000 valid signatures of registered voters within their district, they qualify for the ballot. However, if they gather only 500 to 1,000 signatures they can pay a $300 filing fee to get on the ballot. 

Here are the qualifying candidates listed in the order their names were originally posted on the city clerk's website:

ARMINEH CHELEBIAN Boardmember, Neighborhood Council

P.O. Box 2231
Winnetka, CA 91396
Telephone: (818) 772-8173
Fax: (818) 772-8176
Email: Chelebian@aol.com

http://www.arminehchelebian.com/

 DINESH "DANNY" LAKHANPAL Businessperson 21032 Devonshire Street #106
Chatsworth, CA 91311
Telephone: (818) 773-5880 NAVRAJ "SINGH" SINGH Businessman/Restaurant Owner

4924 Balboa Ave. #457
Encino, CA 91316
Telephone: (818) 402-1917

Email: navrajsingh1@yahoo.com

MITCHELL ENGLANDER Policeman/Councilmember Deputy

777 S. Figueroa Street, Suite 4050
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Telephone: (213) 452-6565
Fax: (213) 452-6575

http://mitchenglander.homestead.com/ KELLY M. LORD, JR. Small Business Owner 18222 Labrador Street
Northridge, CA 91325
Telephone: (818) 324-1520
Email: KellyM.Lord@gmail.com BRAD SMITH Neighborhood Council Boardmember 555 S. Flower St., Suite 4210
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Telephone: (213) 489-4792
Fax: (213) 489-4818
Email: dlgould@davidgouldcompany.com

Those who failed to qualify for the ballot are: Lucie Volotzky, Timothy Flanigan, Yehuda "YJ" Draiman, Glenn Bailey and Jenny Horst.

Also to be listed on the ballot are the four odd-numbered districts on the Community College District Board of Trustees and the four odd-numbered seats on the Los Angeles Unified Board of Education.

Encino Patch invites candidates to post photographs and links to their campaign websites 


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