Neighborhood council election day is Sun., April 30
39 Greater Wilshire candidates are certified
Every two years, local residents, workers or property owners, plus individuals who are a member of, or participate in, a community organization (such as a local business, school, or religious or other nonprofit organization) within the boundaries of our neighborhood council may help elect 21 people to serve as Directors of the Greater Wilshire Neighborhood Council (GWNC) for the following two years.
The Bylaws of the GWNC provide that people who document their eligibility to vote in specific categories must vote in person at the polling place on election day. This year, that is at The Barking Lot on Larchmont Boulevard on April 30 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
At that time, voters must bring their driver licenses (or other photo ID showing birthday, address) and, if you also are voting for one of the special interest board seats in addition to the geographic area where you live, work or own property, you also must bring some sort of evidence of your participation in that special interest constituency. Therefore, as has been the case since the initial founding of the local neighborhood council in 2001 and the official certification of GWNC in 2003, an individual voter may cast up to two votes.
Although the adopted GWNC Bylaws also provide that there shall be no absentee voting, including but not limited to voting by mail or proxy, the city, as part of its COVID-19 regulating, has allowed vote-by-mail in neighborhood council elections. Information about that is at: tinyurl.com/5n7hevr4.
Detailed information about 2023’s GWNC election is at:
greaterwilshire.org/2023- elections.
Candidate registration has closed, and information about the certified candidates for the GWNC seats is at:
tinyurl.com/824npp2j.
Greater Wilshire Neighborhood Council
Candidates for April 30, 2023 Election
Geographic Areas:
1 — Brookside
Owen Smith
2 — Citrus Square
Jeffry Carpenter
3 — Country Club
Heights
Selene Betancourt
4 — Fremont Place
Mark McQueen
5 —Hancock Park
David Trainer
Jennifer Devore
6 — La Brea-Hancock
Sixto J Sicilia
7 — Larchmont Village
Charles D’atri
Vincent Cox
8 — Melrose
Neighborhood
Craig Au
Jesseca Harvey
Jason Wood
9 — Oakwood-Maple-
wood- St. Andrews Sq.
Tess Paige
Alex Nava
10 — Ridgewood-Wil-
ton/St. Andrews Square
Patricia (Patti) Carroll
11— Sycamore Square
Conrad Starr
12 — Western-Wilton
(“We-Wil” Neighborhood)
(None)
13 — Wilshire Park
John Gresham
14 — Windsor Square
David Meister
Gary Gilbert
15 — Windsor Village
Bianca Sparks Rojas
Claire Ortiz
Julie Kim
Special Interest Categories:
At-Large
Lucy Pinkwater
Cindy Chvatal-Keane
Diran Yanikian
Business
Michael Knowles
Romi Cortier
John Winther
Education
Scott Appel
Other Nonprofit
Mark Alpers
Brian Curran
Religious
Benjamin Rosenberg
Suzana Kim
John Halbert
Renter
Lourdes Gomez
Tommy Atlee
Annah Rose Verderame
Mj Anderson
John Marchesini
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