CAPE Political Endorsement Committee Interviews Candidates for L.A. County Supervisor, 3rd District, and County Assessor

The twenty-one member CAPE Political Endorsement Committee (PEC) gathered in February & March to engage and measure the candidates for L.A. County Supervisor, 3rd District, and L.A. County Assessor.

The two leading candidates for the Third District L.A. County Supervisor, as well as eight of the candidates for County Assessor including some CAPE members, participated in the CAPE endorsement process.

As part of the endorsement process, all of the candidates completed a comprehensive Questionnaire covering a wide range of issues regarding their campaigns, County services, and CAPE members’ careers. The candidates also participated in formal interviews before the CAPE PEC as part of the evaluation process. After careful deliberation, the CAPE PEC voted to recommend the endorsement of Sheila Kuehl for L.A. County Supervisor, 3rd District and to make “No Endorsement” for County Assessor for the June 2014 Primary Election.

The CAPE Board of Directors ratified the PEC’s endorsement recommendations and publicly announced the endorsements on March 11th. The Board also thanked the twenty-one members of the CAPE PEC for their outstanding service during the endorsement process.

For a complete list of CAPE’s endorsements for the June 2014 Primary Election, please click here.  

ABOUT SHEILA KUEHL

Sheila James Kuehl served eight years in the State Senate and six years in the State Assembly, and, in 2008, left the legislature under California’s term limits statute. During the 1997-98 legislative session, she was the first woman in California history to be named Speaker pro Tempore of the Assembly. She is also the first openly gay or lesbian person to be elected to the California Legislature.

In spring of 2012, she was appointed Regents’ Professor of Public Policy at UCLA, teaching a class on Making Policy Through Laws and Rules in that quarter.

Sheila Kuehl understands the many challenges facing public employees. She is steadfastly in support of the current ‘defined benefit’ pension system for public employees. She appreciates the absolute necessity of livable, secure pension benefits for all public employees, especially Los Angeles County employees who pay into their pensions for their entire careers.

In her youth, Sheila was known for her portrayal of the irrepressible Zelda Gilroy in the television series, “The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.”

Sheila Kuehl