L.A. City Council District 5

Proposition 8, a measure backed by Mayor Richard Riordan, asks voters to create n elected 15-member panel to overhaul the 72-year-old charter than many believe is outdated and cumbersome.

District 5 Charter Reform Candidates

Erwin Chemerinsky

Occupation: USC Law professor

Age: 43

Residence Fairfax

Endorsements: Los Angeles County Democratic Party, County Federation of Labor, Police Protective League.

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Horace Hamilton Heidt

Occupation: Businessman/bandleader

Age: 50

Residence Sherman Oaks

Endorsements: San Fernando Valley Business and Professional Assn. State Sen. Cathie Wright (R-Simi Valley), City Councilman Hal Bernson.

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Michael S. Bohlke

Occupation: Senior Deputy to County Supervisor Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, former County Supervisor Ed Edelman

Age: 46

Residence Beverlywood

Endorsements: County Supervisor Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, Rep. Julian Dixon (D-Los Angeles)

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Jeff Brain

Occupation: neighborhood revitalization consultant

Age: 37

Residence Sherman Oaks

Endorsements: Neighborhood Cause Coalition; Police Commissioner Herbert Boeckmann, Planning Commissioner Robert Scott.

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Matt Epstein

Occupation: businessman

Age: 38

Residence Sherman Oaks

Endorsements: Mayor Richard Riordan, Rabbi Isaiah Zeldin, Sherman Oaks Homeowners President Richard Close.

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Andrew Tilles

Occupation: television supervising producer

Age: 35

Residence Studio City

Endorsements: Chip Chasalow, former president of the Benedick Canyon Assn.; Thomas V. Jones, former chairman Northrup Corp.; Donna Gould, superior court mediator.

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Howard Raphael

Occupation: land use consultant

Age: 65

Residence Sherman Oaks

Endorsements: none