Good morning, it’s Monday, November 9. The weather will be almost oppressively nice today, with temps in the mid-to-high 80s.
1. Could the millennial former mayor of WeHo be L.A. County’s first elected CEO?
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We have some big news this morning: Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath is launching her campaign to be L.A. County’s first elected CEO, she told L.A. Material exclusively.
Horvath’s announcement fires the starting gun on what will almost certainly be L.A.’s next savage political fight, though there are still more than 480 days before the March 7, 2028 primary. So get ready for a long and bruising battle ahead.
The 44-year-old former West Hollywood mayor characterized voters across the region as hungry for disruption, and herself as uniquely qualified to offer generational change and challenge broken systems.
Some background: Los Angeles County has been governed by a five-member legislative board for well over a century. (These are the county supervisors; Horvath is currently one of the five.)
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