Southern California News Group's endorsement guide to California's June 2 primary
Over the last couple of months, the Southern California News Group editorial board has been busy surveying and interviewing candidates across the four county region we cover (Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties). In addition to covering city and county races, our editorial board selectively interviewed candidates in two races for statewide office, one key congressional race and one race for state Assembly.
Here are our regional endorsements to date.
Statewide offices
Insurance commissioner: Patrick Wolff
State Superintendent of Public Instruction: Sonja Shaw
Congress
40th Congressional District: Young Kim
Assembly
72nd Assembly District Matthew Harper
Los Angeles County
No on Los Angeles County Measure ER
Los Angeles County judicial endorsements
County Supervisor: Lindsey Horvath
Los Angeles mayor: Adam Miller
Los Angeles city controller: Kenneth Mejia
Los Angeles city attorney: Hydee Feldstein Soto
Los Angeles City Council: Timothy Gaspar
Los Angeles Unified School Board: Nick Melvoin
Orange County
Board of Supervisors 2nd District: Vicente Sarmiento
Board of Supervisors 4th District: Tim Shaw
Board of Supervisors 5th District: Katrina Foley
County Clerk-Recorder: Hugh Nguyen
Judicial Office No. 13: Robert Mestman
Judicial Office No. 141: Ami Sagel
Inland Empire
San Bernardino County Sheriff: Shannon Dicus
San Bernardino County Supervisor: Curt Hagman
City of Riverside Measure Z: No
Riverside City Council: Oz Puerta
San Bernardino City Council: Fred Shorett, Theodore Sanchez, Sandra Ibarra
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This story was originally published May 27, 2026 at 12:42 AM.