Rushed Judgments: Baron, Barreto, Chang, Lyons, Hammond, Hare for judge

There are 52 races and ballot propositions for Los Angeles County voters to decide on in the 2022 general election. No voter can possibly make informed judgments on so many items. I'm spending 5 to 10 minutes looking at each issue and giving you my half-baked decision. 

There are six Los Angeles Superior Court judgeships on the the ballot. For five of the six races, the Los Angeles Times and Metropolitan News endorsements agree. Conveniently, the five people endorsed were also my choices in the primary. Done. 

The one race of "contention" is for office No. 70, where the Times endorses Holly Hancock and the Met News says Renee Yolande Chang. The Los Angeles Daily News endorsed Chang in the primary but hasn't said anything about the general election. I chose Hancock in the primary. Is there any reason to change? 

It's a close call. As a public defender, Hancock probably leans more toward defendant's rights. As a prosecutor, Chang probably leans toward victim's rights. 

 Frankly, there's a not a lot to go on in this race, but the Met News endorsement from the primary seems the only substantive look at the race, and they chose Chang. So I'll go with Chang.

So my suggestions:

Office 60: Abby Baron

Office 67: Fernanda Maria Barreto

Office 70: Renee Yolande Chang

Office 90: Melissa Lyons

Office 118: Melissa Hammond

Office 151: Patrick Hare