Hackman vet Zach Sokoloff appears set to lose LA city controller race

Hackman Capital Partners veteran Zach Sokoloff is likely to lose the race for Los Angeles city controller, based on early results. Incumbent Kenneth Mejia will probably keep his watchdog spot, an office seen as a motherlode of political potential, despite Sokoloff’s industry ties and financial backing. As of Wednesday morning, Mejia tallied about 59 percent of the vote, while Sokoloff trailed behind at 41 percent, per the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder.  Sokoloff’s real estate donors included Ben Ashkenazy, CEO of Ashkenazy Acquisition, Hackman Capital people — including boss Michael Hackman — and LA Realty Partners’ Gary Weiss, plus Compass and […]

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