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Gill, Soto to Compete for L.A. City Attorney
By a MetNews Staff Writer
Civil rights attorney Faisal M. Gill and private practitioner Hydee Feldstein Soto emerged Friday as the top vote-getters in the seven-candidate June 7 primary election for Los Angeles city attorney.
Attorney Marina Torres, who works for a private law firm, was in the lead in election night balloting but fell to third as mailed ballots were counted, and did not rebound. Torres, a former assistant U.S. attorney for the Central District of California, represented herself in campaign literature as a “Federal Corruption Prosecutor.”
The Office of Registrar-Recorder’s final tally shows that Gill amassed 24.23 percent of the votes, Soto drew 19.9 percent, and Torres wound up with 19.87 percent.
In the tight race for Los Angeles Superior Court Office No. 90, Deputy District Attorney Melissa Lyons received 35.28 percent of the vote, Deputy District Attorney Leslie Gutierrez attracted 27.76 percent of the ballots, and Deputy Public Defender got 27.58 percent.
The Board of Supervisors is expected to officially certify the results on Tuesday. The run-off election will take place Nov. 8.
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