James Kenneth Hahn is an American lawyer and politician. A Democrat,Hahn was elected the 40th mayor of Los Angeles in 2001. He served until 2005,at which time he was defeated in his bid for re-election. Prior to his term as Mayor,Hahn served in several other capacities for the city of Los Angeles,including deputy city attorney (1975–1979),city controller (1981–1985) and city attorney (1985–2001). Hahn is the only individual in the city's history to have been elected to all three citywide offices. He is currently a sitting judge on the Los Angeles County Superior Court.
William Joseph Rosendahl was an American politician. He served on the Los Angeles City Council,representing Council District 11 from 2005 to 2013. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
Eric Michael Garcetti is an American politician and diplomat who has been the United States ambassador to India since May 11,2023. He was the 42nd mayor of Los Angeles from 2013 until 2022. A member of the Democratic Party,he was first elected in the 2013 election,and re-elected in 2017. A former member of the Los Angeles City Council,Garcetti served as City Council president from 2006 to 2012. He was the city's first elected Jewish mayor,and its second consecutive Mexican-American mayor. He was elected as the youngest mayor in over 100 years,having been 42 at the time of his inauguration. Upon nomination by President Joe Biden after a previously failed nomination the year before,Garcetti was finally confirmed as Ambassador to India by the Senate on a 52–42 vote on March 15,2023.
Paul Koretz is an American politician,who served as a member of the Los Angeles City Council for the 5th district from 2009 until he was term-limited in 2022. He was previously a member of the California State Assembly and the West Hollywood City Council.
Wendy Jane Greuel is an American politician. She served as Los Angeles City Controller from 2009 to 2013. Greuel was the second woman elected to citywide office in Los Angeles,after her predecessor Laura Chick.
Kevin Alexander Leon,known professionally as Kevin de León and colloquially as KDL,is an American politician serving as the Los Angeles City Council member for District 14 since 2020. A member of the Democratic Party,he was defeated in the 2018 United States Senate election in California against incumbent Senator Dianne Feinstein and came in third place with just 7.79% of the vote in the 2022 Los Angeles mayoral election.
Mitchell Englander is an American former politician who served as a member of the Los Angeles City Council,representing District 12 in the San Fernando Valley,until he resigned December 31,2018. While serving in City Council,he was the only member of the city council who was registered as Republican.
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 former 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.
A special election was held on June 6,2017,to elect the member of the United States House of Representatives for California's 34th congressional district. A special open primary election was held on April 4,2017.
Measure S,originally known as the Neighborhood Integrity Initiative,was considered by voters in the city of Los Angeles in the March 7,2017,election. It would have imposed a two-year moratorium on development projects seeking variances from some aspects of the city's zoning code,made changes to the environmental impact statement requirements in the code,and required the city to update its comprehensive plan during the moratorium. The measure failed,with over two-thirds of those who voted on it voting against it.
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.
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.
Traci Park is an American attorney and politician,who is the Los Angeles City Councilmember for the 11th district since 2022. Having entered the race to challenge incumbent Mike Bonin,Park became a frontrunner for the open seat upon Bonin's announcement of retirement,and defeated civil rights attorney Erin Darling in the general election.
Eunisses Hernandez is an American activist and politician,currently serving as a member of the Los Angeles City Council for the 1st district since 2022. A member of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America,Hernandez defeated incumbent councilmember Gil Cedillo during the primary in an upset in the 2022 election.
Hugo Soto-Martinez is an American labor organizer and politician,currently serving as a member of the Los Angeles City Council for the 13th district since 2022. A member of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America,Soto-Martinez defeated incumbent Mitch O'Farrell in the 2022 general election.
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.
Lindsey Patrice Horvath is an American politician,advertising executive,and activist. She is currently serving as a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for the 3rd District,which covers the San Fernando Valley,and the Chair of Los Angeles County. She was previously a Councilmember for West Hollywood,California and was twice its mayor.
