Election Results 2022
Updated April 26, 2022
Total Voter Registration: 36,079
Total Ballots Cast: 8,932
Voter Turnout: 24.76 percent
Following are official results for the April 12, 2022 Cerritos General Municipal Election. As a result of the election, Lynda Johnson and Frank Aurelio Yokoyama were declared elected to the Office of Cerritos City Councilmember for a full term of four years, and Measures D, E and H were adopted.
| Candidates | Official Results |
|---|---|
| Frank Aurelio Yokoyama (elected) | 3,737 |
| Lynda Johnson (elected) | 3,475 |
| Jennifer Hong | 3,072 |
| Ernie Nishii | 2,832 |
| Sam Desai | 862 |
| Rocky Pavone | 635 |
| Patricia Murray | 467 |
Measure D — ADOPTED
Shall the Cerritos City Charter be amended to remove or modify provisions based on superseding and preemptive State law, promote inclusivity through the use of generic personal pronoun references, increase City-wide operational efficiency by eliminating references to outdated business practices, and correct grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors?
| Measure D | Official Results |
|---|---|
| Yes | 5,341 |
| No | 2,552 |
Measure E — ADOPTED
Shall the Cerritos City Charter be amended to add SECTION 609, which would prohibit the employment or appointment by the Mayor, City Councilmembers, or City Manager of their relatives by blood or marriage within the third degree, as defined?
| Measure E | Official Results |
|---|---|
| Yes | 7,249 |
| No | 908 |
Measure F
Shall SECTION 400 of the Cerritos City Charter be amended to remove current limitations regarding the terms of office for City Councilmembers?
| Measure F | Official Results |
|---|---|
| Yes | 1,648 |
| No | 6,260 |
Measure G
Shall SECTION 400 of the Cerritos City Charter not be substantively amended, which would keep the current limitations regarding the terms of office for City Councilmembers, if another competing ballot measure, relating to TERM LIMITS, is affirmatively approved by a simple majority of the votes cast by the electorate for the competing ballot measure?
| Measure G | Official Results |
|---|---|
| Yes | 4,966 |
| No | 2,693 |
Measure H — COMPETING MEASURE ADOPTED
(highest number of affirmative votes)
Shall SECTION 400 of the Cerritos City Charter be amended to modify current limitations regarding the terms of office for City Councilmembers, such that after April 12, 2022, a Councilmember who has served two (2) complete four-year terms, whether consecutive or not, is not eligible after the completion of the second four-year term to be elected or appointed to the City Council?
| Measure H | Official Results |
|---|---|
| Yes | 5,128 |
| No | 2,811 |
Measure I
Shall SECTION 400 of the Cerritos City Charter be amended to modify current limitations regarding the terms of office for City Councilmembers, such that after April 12, 2022, a Councilmember who has served three (3) complete four-year terms, whether consecutive or not, is not eligible after the completion of the third four-year term to be elected or appointed to the City Council?
| Measure I | Official Results |
|---|---|
| Yes | 3,936 |
| No | 3,775 |