North Hills,known previously as Sepulveda,is a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles,California.
San Fernando High School (SFHS) is a high school of the Los Angeles Unified School District. It is located in the Pacoima neighborhood of Los Angeles,in the northeastern San Fernando Valley,California. It is near and also serves the City of San Fernando.
Cindy Montañez was an American Democratic politician who was an Assemblywoman from California's 39th State Assembly district,serving for four years,from 2002 until 2006.
The President of the Los Angeles City Council is the presiding officer of the Los Angeles City Council. The president presides as chair over meetings of the council and assignments to City Council committees and handles parliamentary duties like ruling motions in or out of order. The president automatically becomes an acting mayor when the mayor is out of state. Since 2020,the president has been elected at the first scheduled council meeting in January of even-numbered years.
Mitch O'Farrell is an American politician,who served as a member of the Los Angeles City Council for the 13th district from 2013 to 2022,during which he spent eight days as President of the City Council during the 2022 Los Angeles City Council scandal. A member of the Democratic Party,O'Farrell was the first Native American elected to the body,and was one of its two openly gay members until the end of his second term in 2022.
Nury Martinez is an American politician who served as a member of the Los Angeles City Council for the 6th district from 2013 until her forced resignation in 2022. A former member of the Democratic Party,Martinez became president of the Los Angeles City Council in December 2019,after serving as the council's president pro tempore. Martinez was the first Latina to become council president. She was a member of the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education from 2009 to 2013.
Patty López is a Mexican-American politician and former member of the California State Assembly,representing the 39th district,encompassing parts of the San Fernando Valley. She is a Democrat. Prior to being elected to the Assembly,she was a community representative for the North Valley Occupational Center-Aviation Center. After serving in the Assembly,she ran for a seat on the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education,but did not make the run-off election.
Monica Rodriguez is an American politician in California. She currently serves as a Los Angeles City Council member,and represents the 7th district. The district is located in the San Fernando Valley,and includes the neighborhoods of Pacoima,Sunland-Tujunga,Sylmar,Shadow Hills,Sun Valley,Lake View Terrace,and Mission Hills. Rodriguez was sworn in on July 1,2017.
The 2022 Los Angeles mayoral election was held on November 8,2022,to elect the mayor of Los Angeles,California. A top-two primary was held on June 7,2022. Candidates could win the election outright by receiving more than 50% of the vote,but no candidate received a majority. More than forty candidates formed committees to run. Twenty-seven filed their declaration of intention to collect signatures for the ballot,and of these twelve qualified.
Nithya V. Raman is an American urban planner,activist,and politician serving as the Los Angeles City Councilmember for the 4th District since 2020. Raman,a member of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America,defeated incumbent Councilmember David Ryu in 2020.
The 2020 Los Angeles elections were held on March 3,2020. Voters elected candidates in a nonpartisan primary,with runoff elections scheduled for November 3,2020. Seven of the fifteen seats in the City Council were up for election.
Nicholas James Melvoin is an American attorney,former teacher,and adjunct professor serving as member of the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education for District 4 since May 16,2017. A member of the Democratic Party,Melvoin is the second youngest member of the board after Kelly Gonez. He is currently a candidate for California's 30th congressional district in the 2024 election to succeed Adam Schiff.
Kelly Fitzpatrick-Gonez is a former science teacher and current member and former president of the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education. She was elected as a board member in 2017 and as president in 2020. Prior to her election,she had previously served as an education policy advisor for the Obama administration.
The 2022 Los Angeles elections were held on June 7,2022. Voters elected candidates in a nonpartisan primary,with runoff elections scheduled for November 8,2022. Eight of the fifteen seats in the City Council were up for election while three of the seven seats in the LAUSD Board of Education were up for election. The seat of Mayor of Los Angeles was up for election due to incumbent Eric Garcetti's term limit. The seats of the Los Angeles City Controller and the Los Angeles City Attorney were also up for election,as their incumbents,Mike Feuer and Ron Galperin,were running for mayor and California State Controller respectively.
The 2019 Los Angeles special elections were held on March 5,2019,and June 4,2019. Voters elected candidates in a nonpartisan primary,with runoff elections scheduled for May 14,2019 and August 13,2019. One of the fifteen seats in the City Council were up for election while one of the seven seats in the Board of Education were up for election.
Heather J. Hutt is an American politician who is currently serving as an appointed councilmember representing the 10th District of Los Angeles since April 11,2023,previously serving for a temporary vacancy from September 2,2022 to March 30,2023. She was previously a candidate for California's 54th State Assembly district in 2021 and served as a California State Director for then-Senator Kamala Harris from 2019 to 2020.
On October 9,2022,an audio recording surfaced of a private meeting involving Los Angeles City Council members and a union leader that involved racist and disparaging comments and led to a local political scandal. The audio recording captured a conversation between City Council president Nury Martinez,fellow councilmembers Gil Cedillo and Kevin de León,and Los Angeles County Federation of Labor President Ron Herrera.
The 2023 Los Angeles special election was held on April 4,2023 with a runoff occurring on June 27,2023. Voters will elect a candidate in a nonpartisan primary,with runoff elections potentially scheduled. One of the fifteen seats on the Los Angeles City Council was up for election due to the vacancy of one member,councilwoman Nury Martinez of District 6,who resigned in the wake of the 2022 Los Angeles City Council scandal. Sharon Tso was installed as a caretaker to the district,but no formal appointment was made. There was potential for a recall over Kevin de León's statements made during the 2022 Los Angeles City Council scandal as well,though due to the lack of signatures turned in by the deadline on April 1,2023,the petition to recall de León failed. Former City Attorney Mike Feuer also proposed that a special election be held on a referendum to replace the Council's ability to redraw the City Council districts with an independent commission before the 2024 elections.
The 2024 Los Angeles elections will be held on March 5,2024. Voters will elect candidates in a nonpartisan primary,with runoff elections scheduled for November 5. Seven of the fifteen seats in the City Council will be up for election.
