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.
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.[12] 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.[13][14] 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.[15]
Candidates
Declared
Levon Baronian, Sherman Oaks neighborhood councilor and engineer[12]
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.[55]
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.[57] 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.[58] The ballot measure passed by a wide margin.[59]
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^Zahniser, David (March 12, 2024). "L.A. City Councilmember Nithya Raman wins reelection as Ethan Weaver concedes". Los Angeles Times.
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^"Endorsement: Reelect Nithya Raman to the Los Angeles City Council". Los Angeles Times. January 25, 2024.
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^Smith, Dakota (February 1, 2024). "Your guide to the L.A. City Council District 6 race: Central and East Valley". Los Angeles Times.
^"Endorsement: Imelda Padilla for Los Angeles City Council District 6". Los Angeles Times. January 4, 2024.
^"Endorsement: Imelda Padilla for Los Angeles Council District 6". Los Angeles Daily News. June 18, 2023.
^ a b c d e f g hPineda, Dorany; Petrow-Cohen, Caroline (February 1, 2024). "Your guide to the L.A. City Council District 8 race: South Los Angeles". Los Angeles Times.
^"Endorsement: Marqueece Harris-Dawson for L.A. City Council District 8". Los Angeles Times. January 12, 2024.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k lPineda, Dorany; Petrow-Cohen, Carolina (February 1, 2024). "Your guide to the L.A. City Council District 10 race: South L.A., Mid-City, Koreatown". Los Angeles Times.
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^"Endorsement: Eddie Anderson for Los Angeles City Council District 10". Los Angeles Times. February 2, 2024.
^"Mayor Karen Bass Endorses Heather Hutt for City Council". Los Angeles Sentinel. January 31, 2024.
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^ a b c d e f gBlume, Howard (February 1, 2024). "Your guide to the LAUSD District 1 school board primary election". Los Angeles Times.
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^"Endorsement: Sherlett Hendy Newbill for L.A. Unified school board District 1". Los Angeles Times. February 4, 2024.
^ a b c d e fBlume, Howard (February 1, 2024). "Your guide to the LAUSD District 3 school board primary election". Los Angeles Times.
^"Endorsement: Reelect Scott Schmerelson to L.A. Unified school board". Los Angeles Times. February 4, 2024.
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^ a b c d eBlume, Howard (February 1, 2024). "Your guide to the LAUSD District 5 school board primary election". Los Angeles Times.
^"Endorsement: Fidencio Gallardo for Los Angeles Unified school board District 5". Los Angeles Times. January 23, 2024.
^ a b cBlume, Howard (February 1, 2024). "Your guide to the LAUSD District 7 school board primary election". Los Angeles Times.
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^ a bUranga, Rachel (February 1, 2024). "Your guide to Los Angeles' citizen ballot Measure HLA: Mobility plan". Los Angeles Times.
^ a b cZahniser, David (February 16, 2024). "L.A. bus and bike lane measure will cost $3.1 billion, a new report says. Backers cry foul". Los Angeles Times.
^Uranga, Rachel (March 5, 2024). "Voters in car-centric L.A. approve Measure HLA to make room on streets for bikes, buses". Los Angeles Times.
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^"Endorsement: Yes on Measure HLA. Los Angeles needs safer, more bikeable, walkable streets". Los Angeles Times. January 18, 2024.
^"Endorsement: No on Measure HLA in Los Angeles". Los Angeles Daily News. Retrieved February 26, 2024.