Results for Los Angeles County races in the March 5 primary were certified Friday by the County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk confirming that three Los Angeles City Council races will be decided by runoffs.
Tenant rights attorney Ysabel Jurado will face Councilman Kevin de León in the 14th District race. Jurado led the eight-candidate field with 24.52% of the vote while de León received 23.39%.
With more than 76% of the primary vote going to candidates other than de León, Jurado is the heavy favorite in the runoff.
De León drew the ire of the public and fellow elected officials, including President Joe Biden, for his participation in a secretly recorded conversation in 2021 over redistricting that included a series of racist remarks.
The 14th District stretches from downtown Los Angeles and Northeast Los Angeles, including El Sereno, Boyle Heights and Lincoln Heights.
Former Assemblyman Adrin Nazarian led the field of seven candidates seeking to succeed termed-out Council President Paul Krekorian to represent the Second District with 37.18%.
Business owner Jillian Burgos was second with 22.34% in the district covering North Hollywood, Studio City, Sun Valley, Toluca Lake, Valley Glen, Valley Village and Van Nuys.
Councilwoman Heather Hutt was forced into a runoff in her bid for a full four-year term representing the 10th District, receiving 37.79% of the vote in the five-candidate field. Attorney Grace Yoo was second with 23.11%.
The council voted to appoint Hutt to the seat in 2022 following the indictment of Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas on federal corruption charges.
The 10th District encompasses Arlington Heights, Koreatown, Mid-City, Palms, South Robertson, West Adams and Wilshire Center.
Four council members avoided runoffs in their bids for reelection — Nithya Raman (Fourth District), Imelda Padilla (Sixth District), Marqueece Harris-Dawson (Eighth District) and John Lee (12th District).
Raman came closest to being forced into a runoff with 50.67% of the vote in the three-candidate field.
Lee received 62.3% of the vote, Padilla 78.35% and Harris-Dawson 78.41%.
Los Angeles voters approved Measure HLA, an initiative to require the installation of various street modifications aimed at making roads safer for pedestrians and bicyclists.
The Healthy Streets LA measure won 65.5%-34.5.
The measure will require the city to implement modifications described in its Mobility Plan 2035 whenever certain street improvements are made to at least one-eighth of a mile of roadway.
It will also require the city to create a website so the public can follow the progress of Mobility Plan projects.
All three members of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on the ballot were reelected without the need for a runoff.
Supervisor Holly Mitchell received 68.45% to be reelected for a second term representing the Second District which includes Culver City, Marina del Rey, Inglewood, Compton, Carson and much of South Los Angeles
Supervisor Janice Hahn received 57.8% of the vote, securing a third and final term representing the Fourth District which includes Artesia, Long Beach, Pico Rivera, Torrance, Whittier, Santa Catalina Island, Harbor City, San Pedro and Wilmington.
Supervisor Kathryn Barger received 56.81% of the vote to win a third and final term representing the Fifth District, which includes the Antelope and Santa Clarita valleys and portions of the San Fernando and San Gabriel Valley, including Arcadia, Burbank, La Cañada Flintridge, Palmdale, Santa Clarita, Temple City.
The Los Angeles County district attorney’s race will be decided in a runoff. District Attorney George Gascón topped the field of 12 candidates with 25.19% of the vote, with former U.S. Assistant Attorney General Nathan Hochman finishing second with 15.94%.
With nearly 75% of the primary vote going to candidates other than Gascón, Hochman is the heavy favorite in the runoff.
Turnout was 28.9%.