“Democracy is not what governments do; it’s what people do”
Municipal Election to Elect Two City Council Members will be held November 5, 2024
Two of our current Council Members (Dawn Murdock and Jim Roos), will be completing their 4-year terms and have decided not to run again. We thank them for their service. To fill those two positions, there are three candidates (in alphabetical order):
Derek Lazzaro
Desiree Myers
Craig Quinn
Martin Petersen is the sole candidate running for City Treasurer.
To help voters be more informed, PVrrg assembled information on the issues and candidates for your consideration:
Statements from each Candidate describing why they’d like you to consider voting for them (as well as photo, bio and link to their website) — click here
Written Responses from each candidate to specific questions about recent issues that have been controversial — click here
Campaign funding disclosures — click here
Candidate flyers/mailers/ads — click here
Here is a Video of the PVE City Council Candidate Forum held on September 24th at La Venta Inn. The event was co-hosted by Co-hosted by: League of Women Voters of Palos Verdes Peninsula, AAUW Palos Verdes Peninsula, and Palos Verdes Peninsula Chamber of Commerce:
Here is a Video of the PVE City Council Candidate Forum held on October 9th at Palos Verdes Beach & Athletic Club:
Here is a Video of the PVE City Council Candidate Forum held on October 16th hosted by Palos Verdes Scenic Views Council:
PVrrg Policy on Neutrality during Elections
The primary purpose of PVrrg is to provide PVE residents and members of our PVE City Government with factual information on local issues.
PVrrg’s policy during any election is to remain neutral or impartial. As an organization, PVrrg will not endorse or advocate for any candidates. However, individual members of PVrrg are free to exercise their First Amendment right to support any candidate as individuals.
During elections for City Council or the PVHA Board, PVrrg assembles information by
Obtaining information directly from the candidates for our website
Conducting public candidate forums during election campaigns and posting videos of those forums on our website
To ensure no one has an advantage, all communications between PVrrg and the candidates will be the same. All submissions collected from the candidates will be kept confidential until the publication date. Their unedited and complete submissions (adhering to word count limitations) will be posted on the website at the same time without exception.