The Los Angeles City Council is the lawmaking body of Los Angeles,California,United States. It has 15 members from 15 council districts that are spread throughout the city.
Richard Anthony Alarcon is an American politician who served as a member of the Los Angeles City Council from 1993 to 1998 and again from 2007 to 2013. A Democrat,he previously served in the California State Senate and,for approximately three months,in the California State Assembly.
Herman J. "Herb" Wesson Jr. is an American politician who served as a councilmember representing the 10th District for three terms between July 1,2005 and December 14,2020,and again on an appointed basis from March 22,2022 until August 25,2022. He was also the President of the Los Angeles City Council and Speaker of the California State Assembly.
Curren De Mille Price Jr. is an American politician of the Democratic Party,currently serving as a Los Angeles city council member for District 9. Price was a California State Senator,representing the state's 26th Senate District which he won in the May 19,2009 special election to fill the seat vacated by Mark Ridley-Thomas. He previously served as a member of the California State Assembly,representing the state's 51st Assembly District. He was first elected to that position in 2006,and was re-elected in 2008. Price resigned as state senator on July 1,2013,to be sworn in as Los Angeles city councilman.
Los Angeles's 10th City Council district is one of the fifteen districts in the Los Angeles City Council. It is currently represented by Democrat Heather Hutt since 2022,after previous member Herb Wesson was barred from serving on an interim basis in place of suspended member Mark Ridley-Thomas.
The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in California were held on Tuesday,November 4,2014,with a primary election on June 3,2014. Voters elected the 53 U.S. representatives from the state of California,one from each of the state's 53 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other offices,including a gubernatorial election.
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 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.
Sebastian Ridley-Thomas is an American politician who served in the California State Assembly. A Democrat,he represented the 54th Assembly District,which includes the Los Angeles County communities of Century City,Culver City,Westwood,Mar Vista,Palms,Baldwin Hills,Windsor Hills,Ladera Heights,View Park,Crenshaw,Leimert Park,Mid City,and West Los Angeles.
David Eun Seok Ryu is an American politician,who served as the Los Angeles City Councilman for District 4 from 2015 to 2020. He is the first Korean-American to hold a council seat in Los Angeles,California,and the first Asian-American to serve on Los Angeles City Council Leadership. Ryu was defeated by Nithya Raman in the November 3rd,2020 general election.
The 2018 California State Senate elections were held on Tuesday,November 6,2018,with the primary election being held on June 5,2018. Voters in the 20 even-numbered districts of the California State Senate elected their representatives. The elections coincided with the elections of other offices,including for governor and the California State Assembly.
In 2019,a scandal arose over a criminal conspiracy to influence undergraduate admissions decisions at several top American universities. The investigation into the conspiracy was code named Operation Varsity Blues. The investigation and related charges were made public on March 12,2019,by United States federal prosecutors. At least 53 people have been charged as part of the conspiracy,a number of whom pleaded guilty or agreed to plead guilty. Thirty-three parents of college applicants were accused of paying more than $25 million between 2011 and 2018 to William Rick Singer,organizer of the scheme,who used part of the money to fraudulently inflate entrance exam test scores and bribe college officials. Of the 32 parents named in a Federal Bureau of Investigation affidavit filed in U.S. District Court in Boston,more than half had apparently paid bribes to have their children enrolled at the University of Southern California (USC).
Jovan Vavic is the former head coach of both the University of Southern California (USC) men's and women's water polo teams. In 2012,he was interim head coach of the United States men's national water polo team. While coaching USC he won the National Coach of the Year award 15 times,and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Coach of the Year award 13 times. He was fired by USC in March 2019 in the wake of his indictment in the 2019 college admissions bribery scandal. After his indictment,Vavic was arrested on charges of accepting at least $250,000 in bribes. In April 2022,he was convicted of fraud and bribery. However,the conviction was later overturned and a new trial ordered.
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.
The 2020 Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors elections took place on March 3,2020,with runoff elections held on November 3,2020,to elect members of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. Three of the five seats on the board were up for election.
Stephen Bennett is an American activist,educator,and politician serving as a member of the California State Assembly from the 38th district as a member of the Democratic Party. Prior to his tenure in the state legislature,he was active in local politics in Ventura,California,and Ventura County,California,with him serving on the city council and board of supervisors.
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.
The 2022 Los Angeles County elections were held on November 8,2022,in Los Angeles County,California,with nonpartisan blanket primary elections for certain offices being held on June 7. Two of the five seats of the Board of Supervisors were up for election,as well as two of the countywide elected officials,the Sheriff and the Assessor. In addition,elections were held for the Superior Court,along with two ballot measures.
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.
Marilyn Louise Flynn is the former dean of the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work.
Robert J. Stevenson was an American politician and former actor who served on the Los Angeles City Council for the District 13 from 1969 to 1975. As a film and television actor,Stevenson had approximately 133 credits. After his death in 1975,his wife,Peggy Stevenson,was elected to the seat. They were the second husband and wife to serve consecutive terms on the Los Angeles City Council—the first having been Ed J. Davenport and Harriett Davenport between 1945 and 1955.
