Los Angeles's 6th City Council district

Los Angeles's 6th City Council district is one of the fifteen districts in the Los Angeles City Council. It is currently represented by Imelda Padilla.

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. As the city expanded to the north and west, the 6th District's boundaries gradually shifted in those directions, but in 2002 the boundaries of the entire district were lifted out of West Los Angeles and transferred to the San Fernando Valley, as was the then-representative, Ruth Galanter, who protested the suddenness of the move.

Geography
The district includes the neighborhoods of North Hollywood, Sun Valley, Van Nuys, Lake Balboa, Panorama City, Pacoima and Arleta.

It is encompassed in California's 29th congressional district, California's 20th and 27th State Senate districts, and California's 43rd and 46th State Assembly districts.

Historical boundaries
When the district was created in 1925, it encompassed the Hyde Park and Angeles Mesa annexations and Vermont Avenue south to 62nd Street as well as a shoestring strip leading to present-day Westchester, Mines Field and the Hyperion sewage screening plant. By next year the Exposition Park area was included. In 1928, the boundary ". . . remains as Vermont avenue on the east. The south line runs along Manchester avenue to Van Ness avenue, then the boundary turns north to Slauson Avenue, on which it continues west to Angeles Mesa Drive and then to Exposition boulevard, where it turns east to Arlington avenue. It follows that avenue south to Vermont avenue and goes east on Vernon"

In 1933, due to the exceptional growth of the western part of the city, a "general movement toward the ocean was necessary". By 1940, the general trend is westward and northeastward, "due to heavy construction in the San Fernando Valley and the beach areas." Eastern section remains the same as 1937, but to the district is added the Shoestring Strip north of Inglewood and an area as far west as Sepulveda Boulevard. By 1955, the district was a "big jig saw puzzle and stretching from Venice, Playa del Rey and Westchester to Leimert Park."

In 1960, Venice was lost from the 6th District to the 11th, and Baldwin Hills was shifted to the 6th from 10th. By 1969, the district had the Airport area, including Westchester and Playa del Rey, the Baldwin Hills area, including Hyde Park and Leimert Park and the Mar Vista-Venice area.

In 1975, it spanned from the coast inland to the Crenshaw District, and includes Venice, Ocean Park, Westchester and portions of South-Central Los Angeles. By 1992, it spanned from Venice, Playa del Rey and Westchester east to the Crenshaw District. In 2002, it was transferred to the east San Fernando Valley, "where a Latino would have a good chance to win."