2024 Los Angeles elections

The 2024 Los Angeles elections was 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.

Municipal elections in California are officially nonpartisan; candidates' party affiliations do not appear on the ballot.

District 2
The 2nd district is located in the San Fernando Valley, including North Hollywood, Studio City, Sun Valley, Valley Glen, Van Nuys, and Toluca Lake. The incumbent is council president Paul Krekorian, who was first elected in 2009 after the resignation of Wendy Greuel. He is term-limited and cannot seek re-election to office. Former assemblymember Adrin Nazarian and neighborhood councilor Jillian Burgos advanced to the runoff.

Qualified

 * Rudy Melendez, laborer and artist
 * Jillian Burgos, member of the North Hollywood neighborhood council
 * Adrin Nazarian, former California state assemblyman
 * Jon-Paul Bird, mental health professional
 * Manuel Gonez, TreePeople policy director and husband of Los Angeles Board of Education member Kelly Gonez
 * Sam Kbushyan, member of the Respiratory Care Board of California
 * Marine Ghandilyan, lawyer

Declared

 * Cameron Lancour
 * Star Irvine

Withdrew

 * Willie Fort

District 4
The 4th district includes all or parts of Encino, Studio City, Reseda, Sherman Oaks, Silver Lake, Los Feliz and Hollywood Hills. The incumbent is Nithya Raman, who was first elected with 52.9% of the vote in 2020. Raman sought re-election to a second term in office. The district was drastically changed from the previous election due to the 2021 redistricting, with 40% of the district's population being allocated to other districts. Initial results showed that Raman and her challenger, Ethan Weaver, were set for a runoff since neither had secured a majority of votes. With subsequent returns, however, Raman crossed the 50% threshold and won reelection outright.

Declared

 * Levon Baronian, Sherman Oaks neighborhood councilor and engineer
 * Stacey Segarra-Bohlinger
 * Nithya Raman, incumbent councilor
 * Ethan Weaver, neighborhood prosecutor in the Los Angeles City Attorney's office

District 6
The 6th district is in the central and eastern San Fernando Valley, including Arleta, Lake Balboa, North Hollywood, North Hills, Panorama City, Van Nuys and Sun Valley. The incumbent is Imelda Padilla, who was elected in 2023 after the resignation of Nury Martinez after the 2022 Los Angeles City Council scandal. Padilla ran for re-election to a full term in office, which she won in a landslide.

Declared

 * Imelda Padilla, incumbent councilor
 * Ely De La Cruz Ayao, real estate broker
 * Carmenlina Minasova, respiratory care practitioner

District 8
The 8th district encompasses a large area of South Los Angeles, including West Adams, Hyde Park, Vermont Vista, Baldwin Hills and Adams-Normandie. The incumbent is Marqueece Harris-Dawson, who was re-elected unopposed in 2020. Harris-Dawson was first elected in 2015 and ran for re-election to a third term in office, to which he was re-elected in a landslide.

Declared

 * Marqueece Harris-Dawson, incumbent councilor
 * Jahan Epps, business owner and real estate broker
 * Brett Riley
 * Cliff Smith, roofer and union community organizer

District 10
The 10th district encompasses Mid-City, Little Ethiopia, Leimert Park, La Cienega Heights, Baldwin Hills, Jefferson Park, Koreatown and Little Bangladesh. The incumbent is Heather Hutt, who was appointed to the seat in 2022 after the suspension of Mark Ridley-Thomas. Hutt is running for election to a full term in office. Hutt and attorney Grace Yoo advanced to the runoff.

Declared

 * Heather Hutt, appointed councilor
 * Reggie Jones-Sawyer, California state assemblyman
 * Channing Martinez, community organizer and candidate for this district in 2020
 * Aura Vasquez, former Los Angeles Department of Water and Power commissioner and candidate for this district in 2020
 * Grace Yoo, attorney and runner-up for this district in 2020
 * Dennis Comer
 * Ron Collins III
 * Eddie Anderson, community organizer and progressive pastor

Declined

 * Isaac Bryan, California state assemblyman

District 12
The 12th district encompasses San Fernando Valley, including Northridge, Chatsworth, Granada Hills, West Hills, Porter Ranch, Sherwood Forest, North Hills and Reseda. The incumbent is John Lee, who was re-elected with 50.6% of the vote in 2020. Lee ran for re-election to a third term in office, which he won in the election against Serena Oberstein.

Qualified

 * John Lee, incumbent councilor
 * Serena Oberstein, nonprofit leader

Declared

 * Michael Benedetto, former president of the Granada Hills South neighborhood council

Declined

 * Loraine Lundquist, educator and scientist

District 14
The 14th district is situated in Downtown Los Angeles, including Skid Row, Boyle Heights, Lincoln Heights, Eagle Rock, El Sereno and Hermon. The incumbent is Kevin de León, who was first elected with 52.6% of the vote in 2020. de León is running for re-election to a second term in office after refusing to step down despite his involvement in the 2022 Los Angeles City Council scandal. Tenants rights attorney Ysabel Jurado defeated Assemblymembers Wendy Carrillo and Miguel Santiago to advance to the runoff, placing ahead of de León in the primary.

Declared

 * Samir Bitar, member of the Downtown L.A. Neighborhood Council
 * Barry Boen, former councilor and mayoral candidate
 * Wendy Carrillo, California state assemblywoman for the 52nd district
 * Nadine Diaz, geriatric social worker
 * Kevin de León, incumbent councilor
 * Genny Guerrero, entrepreneur
 * Teresa Hillery, L.A. County Bar Association leader
 * Ysabel Jurado, tenants rights attorney
 * William Rodriguez Morrison
 * Nick Pacheco, former councilor
 * Miguel Santiago, California state assemblyman for the 54th district
 * Juan Marcos Tirado
 * Eduardo "Lalo" Vargas, teacher

District 1
The 1st district encompass an area that spans from Koreatown to Mid City, with sections in Westside Los Angeles and South Los Angeles by Baldwin Hills. The incumbent is George J. McKenna III, who was first elected in 2014 in a special election. In July 2023, McKenna announced that he would not be running for re-election.

Declared

 * Kahllid A. Al-Alim, janitorial worker
 * John Aaron Brasfield, security staff member
 * Christian Flagg, director of planning for Community Coalition
 * Sherlett Hendy Newbill, aide to George McKenna
 * Didi L. Watts, aide to board member Tanya Ortiz Franklin
 * DeWayne Davis, education consultant and adjunct professor

District 3
The 3rd district is in the San Fernando Valley, including North Hollywood, Sherman Oaks, and Van Nuys. The incumbent is Scott Schmerelson, who was first elected in 2014. Schmerelson is running for a third term.

Declared

 * Scott Schmerelson, incumbent board member
 * Dan Chang, middle school math teacher
 * Elizabeth Badger, auto repair shop owner
 * Andreas Farmakalidis, part-owner of California MusicBox
 * Raquel Villalta, teacher

District 5
The 5th district encompasses an area in Northeast Los Angeles, including Eagle Rock, Glassell Park and Echo Park. It also includes the cities of Huntington Park, Maywood and South Gate. The incumbent is Jackie Goldberg, who was first elected in 2019 after the resignation of Ref Rodriguez. In August 2023, she announced that she would not be running for re-election.

Declared

 * Fidencio Gallardo, aide to Jackie Goldberg and adjunct professor
 * Victorio R. Gutierrez, retired principal
 * Karla Griego, community schools coordinator
 * Graciela Ortiz, member of the Huntington Park City Council

District 7
The 7th district encompasses South Los Angeles, including Gardena, Carson, San Pedro and Wilmington. The incumbent is Tanya Ortiz Franklin, who was first elected in 2020. Ortiz Franklin is running for a second term.

Declared

 * Tanya Ortiz Franklin, incumbent board member
 * Lydia A. Gutiérrez, public school teacher

Measure HLA
Healthy Streets LA, on the ballot as Measure HLA, mandates the city to implement its 2015 mobility plan – including pedestrian– and cyclist–oriented improvements to many major streets in the city – whenever a street is repaved. A report released by Chief Administrative Officer Matt Szabo in February 2024 indicated that the ballot measure would cost $3.1 billion to implement, which HLA supporters have called a politicized move. The ballot measure passed by a wide margin.