to summarize:

• prop 40: no
• prop 41: no
• prop 42: no
• prop 43: no
• prop 44: no
• prop 45: yes
• governor: riordan
• lt. governor: mcpherson
• superintendent: leach
• sec. of state: olberg
• controller: mcclintock
• la county measure a: no
• la county measure b: no
• la county measure c: yes
• la county supervisor, 3rd district: yaroslavsky
• la county assessor: auerbach
• la county sheriff: baca
• city of la prop q: no
• city of la prop r: yes
• superior court judges: just skip 'em all

finding good information about the various candidates and issues has been hard. all of the newspaper websites have little-to-no information and it is impossible to find. i wish i'd taken more time to follow the money (not just on the propositions, but all of the races).

i also wish i had discovered jim dimov's website earlier. he has the scientific data to convert garbage into gasoline!