Los Angeles City Controller Kenneth Mejia faces a lone challenger for reelection in Tuesday’s primary — but that challenger has raised $1 million in contributions, and is also being helped by $7.5 million in so-called independent expenditures bankrolled by his mother.
Zach Sokoloff is a senior vice president for asset management at Hackman Capital Partners, a real estate investment firm. He contributed $1 million of his own cash to his campaign, in addition to $500,000 raised in contributions, campaign finance data show.
His mother, Sheryl Sokoloff, contributed $7.5 million in independent expenditures to the race, campaign finance reports show. That money has largely been spent on TV ads and mailers attacking Mejia…