It's election season

The race to succeed retiring City Councilman Greig Smith features six contenders, but the election Tuesday in the northwest San Fernando Valley may boil down to what voters think of candidate Mitch Englander. Kevin Modesti in the Daily News.

Englander - who is Greig Smith's chief of staff - inherited the role of "insider" in the 12th District campaign, enjoying huge advantages in fundraising and endorsements while becoming the target of opponents' anti-City Hall rhetoric.

Armineh Chelebian, Dinesh Lakhanpal, Kelly Lord, Navraj Singh and Brad Smith hope to deny Englander an outright majority in this primary round and force a May 17 runoff between the top two vote-getters.

An array of ballot measures
Los Angeles voters will be asked Tuesday to decide a dizzying array of issues, including the appointment of a ratepayer advocate for the Department of Water and Power, a tax on medical marijuana and oil, and changes in the pension system for police and firefighters. Daily News.

Ten measures are on the ballot as well as elections for seven City Council seats.