In Chatsworth, Porter Ranch and other northwestern parts of the San Fernando Valley, voters are headed to the polls Tuesday to decide who should fill a coveted seat on the Los Angeles City Council.
long held by Republicans. Many candidates are also pushing to end the long pattern of electing the top aide to the previous councilman — a City Hall dynasty that would lead next to John Lee, a former Englander aide widely seen as a frontrunner in the race.
IBEW Local 18, the union that represents Department of Water and Power workers, has also sponsored an independent expenditure committee that has spent tens of thousands of dollars promoting his candidacy. Many of the sharpest barbs have come from Frank Ferry, a former Santa Clarita councilman running for the seat, who bolstered his campaign coffers by loaning himself roughly $200,000 and sent out mailers targeting Lee.
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