As part of a series of in-depth, one-on-one interviews with candidates on the March ballot, I talk with Serena Oberstein, who is running to unseat incumbent Los Angeles City Councilmember John Lee to represent the 12th District in the northwest San Fernando Valley. It is a fascinating race, pitting Oberstein, former president of the city's Ethics Commission, against an elected official who is under investigation by the commission for his alleged role in a scandal that sent his predecessor to federal prison.
Oberstein, who is currently head of Jewish World Watch, would be the first Democrat to represent the 12th District, and the first person in decades to hold the seat without first serving as chief of staff to a previous councilmember.
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