The political spectrum in the city of Los Angeles (pop. 4M) is to the left of most places including the rest of L.A. County (10m). People with similar political profiles have won seats on the council in recent years (Hugo Soto Martinez, Eunisses Hernandez, Nithya Raman, and City Controller Ken Mejia). I don't always agree with their rhetoric, but they have been an interesting factor in L.A. city politics in recent years. I am somewhat to their right, but left of the mainstream establishment Dems. Here's a mindblower for you: Ysabel Jurado was endorsed by the Times! The LAT is a much better paper than the NYT, but it shows how much there is a desire for change and to get rid of the a$$h*le KDL.

My sense of the local electorate is that we are cranky and want a better quality of life. These sentiments have expressions both to the right (our county's next District Attorney) and to the left, with these lefty council candidates. KDL might still win, but Ysabel Jurado has a great chance of becoming L.A.'s first Filipina city councilmember. If Jurado wins and Jillian Burgos gets the seat here in the SFV then the new left will have had a great election. I think the regular Dem, Adrin Nazarian, will win here in CD-02 in the southeast SFV, but it is never over until it is over...