LA City Council Members

District 2 - East San Fernando Valley

Jillian Burgos vs. Adrin Nazarian

TLDR: WHO SHOULD I CHOOSE FOR DISTRICT 2 COUNCIL MEMBER??

If you want a community organizer running on a platform focused on social justice, affordable housing, and renters’ rights, vote for JILLIAN BURGOS.

If you want an experienced legislator with significant on-the-ground experiences prioritizing the housing and homelessness crisis, renters’ rights, and economic development by reducing bureaucratic hurdles for business, vote for ADRIN NAZARIAN.

JILLIAN BURGOS

Background

  • Burgos would be the first Afro-Latina elected to Los Angeles City Council.

  • Burgos grew up in Cleveland, OH, raised by a single mother and grandmother, influencing her focus on public service and social justice.

  • She founded her own theatre company in LA, focusing on uplifting marginalized communities.

Experience

  • Currently serves as Chair of the Housing & Services Committee on the North Hollywood Neighborhood Council​.

  • Developed a Tenant Rights Workshop in collaboration with local organizations to help address the housing crisis​.

  • Supports unarmed crisis response and has worked with LA Forward on this issue.

Platform

  • Advocates for housing as a human right, emphasizing building more affordable units and providing compassionate solutions for unhoused residents.

  • Supports expanding public transit options to improve mobility and reduce environmental impact​.

  • Focuses on climate justice, emphasizing policies that protect vulnerable communities from the impacts of climate change.

  • Advocates for protecting working-class families, including fighting for higher wages and better job opportunities​.

  • Aims to reform public safety by advocating for community-based approaches and mental health services instead of traditional policing​.

ADRIN NAZARIAN

Background

  • Nazarian is of Armenian descent and immigrated to the U.S. as a child​.

  • He attended UCLA and earned a bachelor's degree in Political Science.

Experience

  • Served for ten years representing the 46th District, which includes parts of the San Fernando Valley. During this time, he worked on housing, transportation, senior services, and healthcare.

  • Worked as Chief of Staff to Assemblymember Paul Krekorian before his own election to the Assembly.

  • Supported tenant protections and affordable housing measures, including opposition to state bills that limited local control over housing decisions​.

Platform

  • Committed to increasing housing production to meet demand and addressing homelessness through various housing types (affordable, middle-income, etc.).

  • Supports Transit-Oriented Development and expanding public transportation access.

  • Aims to streamline processes for businesses, encouraging local economic growth by reducing bureaucratic red tape and promoting job creation through partnerships between public institutions and private industries.

  • Supports a balanced approach to public safety, which includes hiring more police officers while also promoting alternative crisis response measures​.

  • Advocates for gender equity, racial justice, and LGBTQ+ rights, including policies to protect marginalized communities and expand access to healthcare.

District 10 - Central LA (Koreatown, Mid-City, and West Adams)

Heather Hutt vs. Grace Yoo

TLDR: WHO SHOULD I CHOOSE FOR DISTRICT 10 COUNCIL MEMBER??

If you want a Democrat running on a platform with strong focus on housing, homelessness, and community welfare, vote for incumbent HEATHER HUTT.

If you want a Democrat who wants police to focus on basic law-and-order issues (and supports LAPD’s robot dog), while prioritizing ethics reform, vote for GRACE YOO.

HEATHER HUTT

Background

  • Hutt is born and raised in South LA.

  • Single mother of three, long been involved in community and public service roles.

Experience

  • Served as California State Director for then-Senator Kamala Harris.

  • Interim City Councilmember for District 10, appointed in 2022 after the seat was vacated by Mark Ridley-Thomas.​.

  • Hutt has dedicated her career to improving the lives of marginalized communities, focusing on economic development, education, and housing.

Platform

  • Hutt is focused on addressing the homelessness crisis by building more affordable housing units, providing tenant protections, and expanding mental health services. She is particularly concerned with the root causes of housing insecurity​.

  • She advocates for public transit improvements, such as expanding public transit options and promoting sustainable, eco-friendly initiatives like electric vehicles. She also emphasizes the need for better coordination between city departments for maintaining infrastructure​.

  • Hutt supports unarmed emergency services and community safety programs. She also aims to work on providing better resources for mental health and public health.

GRACE YOO

Background

  • Born and raised in Los Angeles, Yoo has deep ties to the city’s diverse communities, especially Koreatown, which is part of District 10.

  • Graduated from UC Riverside with honors and earned her law degree from Seton Hall University School of Law​.

Experience

  • An attorney who also served as the Executive Director for the National Asian-Pacific American Bar Association and the Korean American Coalition.

  • Appointed to the Los Angeles Department of Transportation as a Commissioner and served as the Director of St. Barnabas Senior Services, focusing on issues related to seniors.

  • An advocate for transparency and fair representation, leading lawsuits against the City of Los Angeles for zoning and representation issues.

Platform

  • Plans to address homelessness by focusing on affordable housing and job creation. She also advocates for better city services and sustainable housing developments.

  • Focused on community-based safety solutions, aiming to create safer environments while ensuring accountability in law enforcement

  • Emphasizes the importance of improving the city's transportation infrastructure, addressing issues like gridlock, and ensuring more reliable city services​

District 14 - Downtown LA to Highland Park

Kevin De León vs. Ysabel J. Jurado

TLDR: WHO SHOULD I CHOOSE FOR DISTRICT 14 COUNCIL MEMBER??

If you want a Democrat running on a platform emphasizing community empowerment, affordable housing, and progressive reforms for public safety and environmental sustainability, vote for incumbent YSABEL JURADO..

If you want a Democrat prioritizing homelessness, economic inequality, and environmental justice, and don’t care about his recent scandal where he was caught in a blatantly racist conversation discussing redistricting to gather more power, vote for KEVIN DE LEÓN.

KEVIN DE LEÓN

Background

  • Born to a single immigrant mother from Guatemala, de León grew up in downtown Los Angeles.

  • First in his family to graduate from high school and attended U.C. Santa Barbara, later graduating from Pitzer College.

Experience

  • Worked as a labor organizer with the California Teachers Association and helped mobilize a large protest against Prop 187, which sought to deny public services to undocumented immigrants.

  • Served in the State Assembly (2006-2010) and then the State Senate (2010-2018), where he became the first Latino Senate President pro Tempore in over 130 years.

  • Elected to represent LA City Council District 14 in 2020. He has used his position to focus on homelessness, infrastructure, and environmental protection​.

Platform

  • De León has prioritized tackling homelessness, leading efforts to build affordable housing and passing his "A Way Home" initiative, which aims to create 25,000 units of homeless housing by 2025.

  • Pushed for environmental protections, including securing funding for Los Angeles River revitalization and toxic waste cleanups.

  • De León has advocated for improved public safety measures and infrastructure investments, particularly in historically underserved communities like Boyle Heights.

YSABEL J. JURADO

Background

  • Born and raised in Highland Park, Los Angeles, to undocumented Filipino immigrants.

  • Graduated from UCLA with a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and later from UCLA School of Law, specializing in Public Interest Law and Critical Race Studies​.

Experience

  • Jurado has worked extensively on housing justice, representing tenants in eviction cases and advocating for affordable housing. She also provided legal assistance to small businesses at Bet Tzedek Legal Services.

  • Jurado served as a Commissioner on the LA City Human Relations Commission and worked as a legal and policy aide in Mayor Eric Garcetti's office​.

  • She has long been active in fighting against displacement caused by gentrification and supporting community land trusts.

Platform

  • Advocates for "development without displacement" and aims to increase renter protections, particularly for working-class communities

  • Supports reimagining public safety by shifting funds toward unarmed crisis response and addressing root causes of crime.

  • Proposes community-driven solutions for addressing climate change, such as creating water retention systems to mitigate drought impacts.