Los Angeles's 14th City Council district

Los Angeles's 14th City Council district is one of the fifteen districts in the Los Angeles City Council. The district, which has a large Latin American population, includes the neighborhoods of Boyle Heights, Downtown Los Angeles and parts of Northeast Los Angeles. It is currently represented by Democrat Kevin de León since 2020. He replaced José Huizar after winning outright in the special election held during the 2020 California primaries; he was officially appointed on October 15, 2020. Huizar had vacated the seat earlier in the year due to bribery and corruption allegations.

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. Since its creation, it hasn't strayed from its original location, always residing in the Northeast Los Angeles and Downtown Los Angeles areas, which neighborhoods have been historically Latino. The district has been involved in scandals with the suspension of member José Huizar in 2020 and the audio scandal of Kevin de León in 2022.

Geography
District 14 consists of all or part of the neighborhoods of the Downtown, Boyle Heights, Eagle Rock, Highland Park, El Sereno, Garvanza, Glassell Park, Lincoln Heights, and Monterey Hills. The Boyle Heights and Northeast sections are connected by a narrow strip of land.

The district is completely within California's 34th congressional district as well as residing within California's 24th State Senate district and California's 51st and 53rd State Assembly district.

Historical boundaries
Historical boundaries have not differed from the modern bounties, always representing Eagle Rock and Highland Park. As the city's population increased, it has expanded southward. In 1925, the district included the communities of Eagle Rock, Highland Park and Annandale before expanding westward to Allesandro Street in 1928. In 1933, the District was expanded to have the boundaries at South Pasadena, Pasadena, Glendale, and Glendale Boulevard, before the western boundary was moved to meet at Griffith Park and including the Atwater area in 1935. In 1955, the district expanded to include Rose Hill.

In 1971, the district now began in the East Los Angeles Mexican-American barrios of El Sereno and Lincoln Heights, extending westward across the Pasadena Freeway to Anglo middle-class homes in Glassell Park, Highland Park, Hermon, and Eagle Rock through Griffith Park. Around the western edge of the district is the Los Feliz District, with some of the city's more expensive homes." In 1986, Los Feliz was removed from the district. Southern reach included El Sereno, College Avenue, Huntington Drive and portions of Alhambra Avenue and Valley Boulevard, then across the San Bernardino Freeway to Brooklyn Avenue, East Beverly Boulevard, Fourth Street and Whittier Boulevard.