Los Angeles's 5th City Council district

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Los Angeles's 5th
City Council district
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Councilmember
  Katy Young Yaroslavsky
D – South Carthay
Demographics68.1%  White
3.1%  Black
11.2%  Hispanic
13.3%  Asian
0.3% Other
Population (2020)280,176
Registered voters (2017)167,884
Website cd5.lacity.gov

Los Angeles's 5th City Council district is one of the fifteen districts in the Los Angeles City Council. It is currently represented by Democrat Katy Young Yaroslavsky since 2022 after winning an election to succeed Paul Koretz, who termed out.

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The district was created in 1925 after a new city charter was passed, which replaced the former "at large" voting system for a nine-member council with a district system with a 15-member council. The original district was mapped at its origin in 1925 in the West Adams district of Los Angeles, but over the years its boundaries have been shifted west and north in keeping with the city's population changes.

Geography

The district covers all or a portion of Bel Air, Beverly Crest, Beverly Grove, Beverlywood, Carthay Circle, Century City, Cheviot Hills, Fairfax District, Holmby Hills, Melrose, Palms, Pico-Robertson, Westwood, Westside Village, and Encino. [1]

The district overlaps California's 32nd, 36th, and 37th congressional districts, California's 24th and 28th State Senate district, and California's 42nd, 51st, 52nd, 55th, and 61st State Assembly districts.

Historical boundaries

The district was proceeded by the fifth ward, which was established in 1878 and added three seats to the Los Angeles Common Council, alongside the fourth ward. It encompassed the southern and western parts of the city. [2] [3] The district was obsolete when the at-large district was first established in 1889.

In 1889, the ward was re-established as a single-member ward, as part of the passing of the 1888 charter. It elected one member through a plurality vote before the ward became obsolete when the at-large district was re-established again in 1909. [4]

In 1925, the district was created and originally encompassed the West Adams area, bounded on the north by Washington Boulevard, on the south by Exposition Boulevard, on the west by Robertson Boulevard and on the east approximately by Vermont Avenue. [5] [6] By 1933, it was bounded on the east by Vermont avenue, on the north by Wilshire Boulevard, on the west by La Brea avenue and on the south by Exposition Boulevard. [7] [8]

By 1937, it was bounded "on the east by Western to Pico, by Hobart to Washington, and by Vermont to Exposition and on the west by Crenshaw and Rimpau." [9] In 1940, it was bounded on the north by Wilshire Boulevard, on the east by Western or Vermont, on the south by Exposition Boulevard, on the west by Arlington, Crenshaw and minor streets. [10] By 1957, it was part of the Wilshire Boulevard area, extending to Westwood and West Los Angeles. [11] In 1965, it ran from Fairfax Avenue to the San Diego Freeway and from Bel-Air and Beverly Hills south to Washington Boulevard. [12]

List of members representing the district

1878–1889

DatesCouncilmembers
CouncilmemberPartyElectoral historyCouncilmemberPartyElectoral historyCouncilmemberPartyElectoral history
Multi-member ward created 1878.
December 5, 1878 –
December 5, 1879		 Nathan Randolph Vail, 1880s.jpg
Nathan R. Vail 		Democratic Elected in 1878.
[ data missing ]
William B. Lawlor 		Democratic Elected in 1878.
Re-elected in 1879.
[ data missing ]		 James G. McDonald of Los Angeles, 19th century.jpg
James G. McDonald 		Democratic Elected in 1878.
Re-elected in 1879.
Re-elected in 1880.
[ data missing ]
December 5, 1879 –
December 11, 1880		 John P. Moran, 1890.jpg
John P. Moran 		Democratic Elected in 1879.
Re-elected in 1880.
Re-elected in 1881.
Re-elected in 1882.
[ data missing ]
December 11, 1880 –
December 10, 1881		 Fire-Chief-Walter-S-Moore-of-Los-Angeles-California.png
Walter S. Moore 		Republican Elected in 1880.
Re-elected in 1881.
Re-elected in 1882.
Re-elected in 1883.
Retired.
December 10, 1881 –
December 9, 1882
Otto G. Weyse 		Democratic Elected in 1881.
Re-elected in 1882.
[ data missing ]
December 9, 1882 –
December 8, 1883
December 8, 1883 –
December 9, 1884
Daniel M. McGarry 		Democratic Elected in 1883.
Re-elected in 1884.
[ data missing ]
John B. Niles		 Republican Elected in 1883.
Re-elected in 1884.
Resigned.
December 9, 1884 –
December 10, 1885
Hiram Sinsabaugh 		Republican Elected in 1884.
Re-elected in 1885.
Lost re-election.
Vacant
December 10, 1885 –
December 13, 1886
Cyrus Willard		 Democratic Elected in 1885.
Re-elected in 1886.
[ data missing ]		 Jacob Frankenfield, 1901.jpg
Jacob Frankenfield 		Republican Elected in 1885.
Re-elected in 1886.
Lost re-election.
December 13, 1886 –
December 12, 1887
Horace Hiller		 Republican Elected in 1886.
Re-elected in 1887.
Lost re-election.
December 12, 1887 –
December 10, 1888		 A.W. Barrett of Los Angeles, 19th century.png
A. W. Barrett 		Democratic Elected in 1887.
Re-elected in 1888.
Redistricted to the
single-member ward
and lost re-election.
Hiram Sinsabaugh 		Republican Elected in 1887.
Re-elected in 1888.
Redistricted to the
single-member ward
and lost renomination.
December 10, 1888 –
February 21, 1889		 Austin Conrad Shafer, portrait.jpg
Austin C. Shafer 		Republican Elected in 1888.
Redistricted to the
single-member ward.
Multi-member ward eliminated February 21, 1889.

1889–1909

CouncilmemberPartyDatesElectoral history
Single-member ward established February 25, 1889
Austin Conrad Shafer, portrait.jpg
Austin C. Shafer
(Harvard Heights)		 Republican February 25, 1889 –
December 5, 1890		Redistricted from the multi-member ward
and re-elected in 1889.
[ data missing ]
Jqatufts (cropped).jpg
John Q. Tufts
(Downtown)		 Republican December 5, 1890 –
December 12, 1892		Elected in 1890.
Retired to run for Mayor.
Freeman G. Teed, 1894.png
Freeman G. Teed
(South Park)		 Republican December 12, 1892 –
December 13, 1896		Elected in 1892.
Re-elected in 1894.
[ data missing ]
Charles H. Toll, 1905.png
Charles H. Toll
(Pico-Union)		 Republican December 16, 1896 –
December 12, 1900		Elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
[ data missing ]
William M. Bowen, 1902.png
William M. Bowen
(Exposition Park)		 Republican December 12, 1900 –
December 8, 1904		Elected in 1900.
Re-elected in 1902.
[ data missing ]
George A. Smith, Los Angeles politician and businessman.jpg
George A. Smith
(Arlington Heights)		 Republican December 8, 1904 –
December 13, 1906		Elected in 1904.
Retired to run for Mayor.
A.J. Wallace of California (cropped).png
Albert J. Wallace
(Hancock Park)		 Republican December 13, 1906 –
December 10, 1909		Elected in 1906.
Retired to run for
Lieutenant Governor of California.
Single-member ward eliminated December 10, 1909

1925–present

CouncilmemberPartyDatesElectoral history
District established July 1, 1925
Robert S. Sparks, 1920.png
Robert S. Sparks
(Adams-Normandie)		 Republican July 1, 1925 –
June 30, 1927		Elected in 1925.
Lost re-election.
Virgil A. Martin, 1927.jpg
Virgil A. Martin
(Jefferson Park)		 Republican July 1, 1927 –
June 30, 1931		Elected in 1927.
Lost re-election.
Roy Lawrence Donley family portrait circa 1923.jpg
Roy Donley
(Jefferson Park)		 Democratic July 1, 1931 –
June 30, 1933		Elected in 1931.
Lost re-election.
Byron B. Brainard, 1935.jpg
Byron B. Brainard
(Adams-Normandie)		 Independent July 1, 1933 –
June 30, 1939		Elected in 1933.
Re-elected in 1937.
Lost re-election.
Arthur-E-Briggs-of-Los-Angeles-California.tiff
Arthur E. Briggs
(Adams-Normandie)		 Democratic July 1, 1939 –
June 30, 1941		Elected in 1939.
Lost re-election.
Ira J. McDonald, 1943.jpg
Ira J. McDonald
(Harvard Heights)		 Democratic July 1, 1941 –
June 30, 1945		Elected in 1941.
Re-elected in 1943.
Retired to run for Mayor.
George P. Cronk, 1948.jpg
George P. Cronk
(Mid-Wilshire)		 Republican July 1, 1945 –
June 30, 1953		Elected in 1945.
Re-elected in 1947.
Re-elected in 1949.
Re-elected in 1951.
Retired.
Rosalind Wiener Wyman, 1964.jpg
Rosalind W. Wyman
(Bel Air)		 Democratic July 1, 1953 –
June 30, 1965		Elected in 1953.
Re-elected in 1955.
Re-elected in 1957.
Re-elected in 1961.
Lost re-election.
Edmund D. Edelman, 1972.jpg
Edmund D. Edelman
(West L.A.)		 Democratic July 1, 1965 –
December 1, 1974		Elected in 1965.
Re-elected in 1969.
Re-elected in 1973.
Resigned when elected to the
L.A. County Board of Supervisors.
VacantDecember 1, 1974 –
July 1, 1975
Zev Yaroslavsky, 1986.jpg
Zev Yaroslavsky
(Fairfax District)		 Democratic July 1, 1975 –
December 1, 1994		Elected in 1975.
Re-elected in 1977.
Re-elected in 1981.
Re-elected in 1985.
Re-elected in 1989.
Re-elected in 1993.
Resigned when elected to the
L.A. County Board of Supervisors.
VacantDecember 1, 1994 –
July 1, 1995		Assistant Chief Legislative Analyst Avak Keotahian
appointed as caretaker until next election. [13]
Mike Feuer, 1996.png
Mike Feuer
(Beverly Grove)		 Democratic July 1, 1995 –
June 30, 2001		Elected in 1995.
Re-elected in 1997.
Retired to run for City Attorney.
Jack Weiss, 2007.jpg
Jack Weiss
(Westwood)		 Democratic July 1, 2001 –
June 30, 2009		Elected in 2001.
Re-elected in 2005.
Retired to run for City Attorney.
Los Angeles City Councilmember Paul Koretz (cropped).jpg
Paul Koretz
(Fairfax District)		 Democratic July 1, 2009 –
December 12, 2022		 Elected in 2009.
Re-elected in 2013.
Re-elected in 2017.
Termed out and ran for City Controller.
Katy Young Yaroslavsky, 2023.jpg
Katy Y. Yaroslavsky
(South Carthay)		 Democratic December 12, 2022 –
present		 Elected in 2022.

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  5. ↑ "First Map Showing City Council's Districts," Los Angeles Times, January 16, 1925, page 1
  6. ↑ "Here Are the Hundred and Twelve Aspirants for the City's Fifteen Councilmanic Seats," Los Angeles Times, May 3, 1925, page 7
  7. ↑ "District Lines Get Approval," Los Angeles Times, December 24, 1932, page 2
  8. ↑ "City Reapportionment Measure Gets Approval," Los Angeles Times, January 19, 1933 With map of all districts.
  9. ↑ "New Council Zones Defined," Los Angeles Times, January 7, 1937, page A-18
  10. ↑ "Proposed New Alignment for City Voting Precincts" (with map), Los Angeles Times, November 30, 1940, page A-3
  11. ↑ "Mrs. Wyman Given Edge in 5th Council District," Los Angeles Times, March 27, 1957, page 18
  12. ↑ Richard Bergholz, "Seven in Council Seek Re-Election," Los Angeles Times, March 29, 1965, page 3
  13. ↑ Schwada, John (December 11, 1994). "From Obscurity to Caretaker of 5th District : City Council: A coalition is urging appointment of a permanent member--who can vote--to replace Yaroslavsky. However, some say that is contrary to recent precedent". Los Angeles Times .
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