Well-known Democratic political consultant Kam Kuwata was found dead Monday in his Venice, Calif. condominium, according to city officials and a family e-mail.
The family e-mail, sent to friends and acquaintances of the 57-year-old Kuwata, said that Los Angeles Police Department officers had found him on the floor of his condo. News reports stated there was no indication of foul play.
Kuwata helped Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein win election multiple times, and worked on the presidential campaign of the late Sen. Alan Cranston. He also was one of former Mayor James Hahn’s campaign managers and helped engineer Hahn’s 2001 victory over Antonio Villaraigosa.
Kuwata was the campaign manager for the City of Los Angeles effort to defeat the ballot measure in Nov. 2002 that would have allowed the San Fernando Valley to secede from Los Angeles. That successful campaign to defeat secession relied heavily on contributions from businesses and business groups in the city.
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