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Four Candidacies Emerge as Filing of Declarations Ends
By a MetNews Staff Writer
Four more candidates entered races for Los Angeles Superior Court open seats yesterday, as the five-day extension for such filings ended, and three deputy district attorneys who had previously each filed a declaration for a single seat yesterday filed declarations for additional offices, plunking down a filing fee for each seat.
Troy Slaten, who was defeated in his quest for an open seat two years ago and is now apparently an administrative law judge, filed a declaration. Slaten’s campaign website, unchanged from two years ago, identifies the office he is seeking as No. 145; however, the seat he is now signed up to compete for is No. 60.
Slaten ran into criticism in his last campaign for claiming to be a “former prosecutor” when he had merely handled minor prosecutions as a volunteer while in law school.
Beverly Hills criminal defense attorney Mark Rosenfeld and Los Angeles drunk-driving defense lawyer Craig M. Sturm each filed a declaration for Office No. 60, and Glendale practitioner Carolyn “Jiyoung” Park entered the race for Office No. 118.
Deputy district attorneys filing for additional seats are Keith Koyano, Abby Baron, and Melissa Hammond.
Koyano filed six declarations yesterday—for Nos. 60, 67, 70, 90, 151, and 152. He filed for Office No. 118 on Jan. 31.
Baron, who filed a declaration for Office No. 60 on Dec. 31, yesterday filed additional declarations: for Office Nos. 67, 70, 90, 118, and 151. Melissa Hammond, who filed a declaration for Office No. 151 on Feb. 3, filed a one yesterday for Office No. 118 and took out nominating papers for that office.
On Page 3 is the line-up of candidates, as reported yesterday by the Office of Registrar Recorder. Descriptions of the candidates are not the official ballot designations, which will be declared when nominating papers are filed.
The deadline for filings by incumbents and challengers was last Wednesday.
Candidacies are not perfected until nominating papers are filed. The deadline for that is March 11, except that there will be a five-day extension where an incumbent filed a declaration of intent but does not file a nominating petition.
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