The Weekly Newspaper of Torrance
Herald Publications - Torrance, El Segundo, Manhattan Beach, Hawthorne, Lawndale, & Inglewood Community Newspapers Since 1911 - (310) 322-1830 - Vol. 8, No. 3 - January 18, 2018
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Professionals.......................2
Classifieds............................6
Crossword/Sudoku.............6
Legals....................................7
Police Briefs........................3
Politically Speaking............5
Real Estate...........................8
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TerriAnn in Torrance..........4
Weekend
Forecast
Torrance Fire Department Helps
Out After Carpinteria Mudslides
Torrance firefighters were part of the South Bay Area G Strike Team that went to Carpinteria to perform secondary searches, a debris search down Carpinteria Creek, and to assist at an elementary school
removing mud. Photo Courtesy of Torrance Fire Department.
Date Set For the City of Torrance
General Municipal Election
By Cristian Vasquez
Tuesday, June 5 is the date set for this
year’s general municipal election. The resolution
establishing the date was approved by
the Torrance City Council during its last
regular meeting. Additionally, the request has
been submitted to the Los Angeles County
Board of Supervisors for the latter to agree
to consolidate the election on the statewide
primary ballot.
On the ballot will be the seats of Councilmembers
Heidi Ashcraft, Tim Goodrich
and Kurt Weideman, along with Mayor
Patrick Furey’s seat. All incumbents, with
the exception of Ashcraft, have submitted
candidate contact information with the City
Clerk’s office, along with six other aspiring
candidates.
The candidate nomination filing period
will open Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018 at 7:30
a.m. and close on Friday, March 9, 2018
at 5 p.m. for any of the elective offices for
Mayor, City Council, City Clerk, and City
Treasurer, according to City Clerk Rebecca
Poirier. “If any eligible incumbent candidate
does not file within the nomination filing
period, the nomination closing date for only
the applicable offices would be extended five
days (March 14 at 5 p.m.),” she said.
For the office of Mayor there have been
finance disclosure forms submitted by Furey
and candidates Norman Sase, Ron Riggs
and former Torrance Councilmember Tom
Brewer. Forms have also been submitted
by Goodrich and Weideman, as well as by
potential candidates George Chen, Aurelio
Mattucci and former Councilmember Bill
Sutherland.
Of the candidates who have declared so far,
Brewer and Sutherland enter the race with
experience at City Hall. Brewer served as a
councilmember for two terms, has been part
of the Torrance Civil Service Commission,
Torrance Environmental Quality Commission,
the Torrance Education Foundation and
various other community and City Council
committees. Sutherland, who also served
on the City Council alongside Brewer and
Furey, served two terms and has years of
experience working in the City of Torrance.
Based on the Political Reform Act all
candidates must file documents with the
filing official, the City Clerk’s office, before
beginning to raise or spend money towards
their candidacy. That includes personal funds.
Candidates are also required to establish committees
(Statement of Organization) within
10 days of spending, or receiving, $2,000.
Complete information and forms are available
in the City Clerk’s office.
“In a consolidated election, the County
charges the City their vendors cost for
printing candidates statements,” said
Poirier. “Previous councils have assumed
a portion of the candidates’ statements
printing costs.”
An inquiry made by the City Clerk’s office
to learn what portion of candidate statements
are covered by the candidate and/or city
they represent was sent to 480 agencies,
of which 18 responded. Torrance is one of
four that pays a portion of the fee. State
law allows nonpartisan candidates to include
a written statement of no more than 200
words to be included on the sample ballot.
However, a city may authorize candidate
statements to be no more than 400 words.
As of 2016, printing costs per candidate are
set at $1,329.74 per candidate. In 2016, the
City Council raised the candidate’s portion
of the printing cost to $580, totaling $3,480
for the candidate. The City was left to cover
the remaining balance of $4,498.44. The
Council agreed to bring back the issue of
candidate printing costs for discussion during
an upcoming meeting.
Campaign finance documents are public
records available for review (during regular
business hours) by visiting the City Clerk’s
office, or online at https://www.torranceca.
gov/government/city-clerk. For a full list of
the current candidates, persons interested can
visit www.TorranceVotes.org. •
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