| Los Angeles's 6th City Council district | |||||
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| Demographics | 48.0% White 3.6% Black 34.2% Hispanic 0.9% Asian 13.3% Other | ||||
| Population (2020) | 260,301 | ||||
| Registered voters (2017) | 104,559 | ||||
| Website | cd6 | ||||
Los Angeles's 6th City Council district is one of the fifteen districts in theLos Angeles City Council. It is currently represented byImelda 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 adistrict 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 ofWest Los Angeles and transferred to theSan Fernando Valley, as was the then-representative,Ruth Galanter, who protested the suddenness of the move.
The district includes the neighborhoods ofNorth Hollywood,Sun Valley,Van Nuys,Lake Balboa,Panorama City,Pacoima andArleta.[1]
It is encompassed inCalifornia's 29th congressional district,California's 20th and27th State Senate districts, andCalifornia's 43rd and46th State Assembly districts.
When the district was created in 1925, it encompassed theHyde Park andAngeles Mesa annexations andVermont Avenue south to 62nd Street as well as ashoestring strip leading to present-dayWestchester,Mines Field and theHyperion sewage screening plant.[2][3] By next year theExposition Park area was included.[4] 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 toVermont avenue and goes east on Vernon"[5]
In 1933, due to the exceptional growth of the western part of the city, a "general movement toward the ocean was necessary".[6][7][8][9] By 1940, the general trend is westward and northeastward, "due to heavy construction in theSan Fernando Valley and the beach areas." Eastern section remains the same as 1937, but to the district is added theShoestring Strip north of Inglewood and an area as far west asSepulveda Boulevard.[10] By 1955, the district was a "bigjig saw puzzle and stretching fromVenice,Playa del Rey andWestchester toLeimert Park."[11]
In 1960,Venice was lost from the 6th District to the11th, andBaldwin Hills was shifted to the 6th from10th.[12] By 1969, the district had theAirport area, including Westchester and Playa del Rey, theBaldwin Hills area, includingHyde Park andLeimert Park and theMar Vista-Venice area.[13]
In 1975, it spanned from the coast inland to theCrenshaw District, and includes Venice, Ocean Park, Westchester and portions ofSouth-Central Los Angeles.[14] By 1992, it spanned fromVenice,Playa del Rey andWestchester east to theCrenshaw District.[15] In 2002, it was transferred to the eastSan Fernando Valley, "where a Latino would have a good chance to win."[16]
| Councilmember | Party | Years | Electoral history |
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| Single-member ward established February 25, 1889 | |||
A. N. Hamilton (Echo Park) | Republican | February 25, 1889 – December 5, 1890 | Elected in 1889. [data missing] |
C. H. Alford (Downtown) | Republican | December 5, 1890 – December 12, 1892 | Elected in 1890. [data missing] |
 George D. Pessell (Downtown) | Democratic | December 12, 1892 – December 16, 1896 | Elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. Retired to run forL.A. County Board of Supervisors. |
.png) Leroy M. Grider (Downtown) | Democratic | December 16, 1896 – December 15, 1898 | Elected in 1896. [data missing] |
George D. Pessell (Downtown) | Democratic | December 15, 1898 – December 12, 1900 | Elected in 1898. [data missing] |
 A. A. Allen (Downtown) | Republican | December 12, 1900 – December 5, 1902 | Elected in 1900. Retired. |
 James P. Davenport (Pico-Union) | Republican | December 5, 1902 – September 16, 1904 | Elected in 1902. Recalled from office. |
 Arthur D. Houghton (Downtown) | Nonpartisan | September 16, 1904 – December 13, 1906 | Elected to finish Davenport's term. Re-elected in 1904. Retired. |
 Henry H. Yonkin (South Central) | Republican | December 13, 1906 – December 10, 1909 | Elected in 1906. Redistricted to the at-large district and lost re-election. |
| Single-member ward eliminated December 10, 1909 | |||
| Councilmember | Party | Dates | Electoral history |
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| District created July 1, 1925 | |||
 Edward E. Moore (Vermont Square) | Republican | July 1, 1925 – June 30, 1927 | Elected in 1925. Lost re-election. |
 Lester R. Rice-Wray (Palms) | Democratic | July 1, 1927 – August 28, 1928 | Elected in 1927. Recalled from office. |
 James G. McAllister (Vermont Square) | Republican | August 28, 1928 – June 30, 1933 | Elected to finish Rice-Wray's term. Re-elected in 1929. Lost re-election. |
 Earl C. Gay (Chesterfield Square) | Republican | July 1, 1933 – June 30, 1945 | Elected in 1933. Re-elected in 1937. Re-elected in 1941. Lost re-election. |
 L. E. Timberlake (Gramercy Park) | Democratic | July 1, 1945 – July 2, 1969 | Elected in 1945. Re-elected in 1947. Re-elected in 1949. Re-elected in 1951. Re-elected in 1953. Re-elected in 1955. Re-elected in 1959. Re-elected in 1963. Re-elected in 1967. Retired early. |
| Vacant | July 2, 1969 – December 8, 1969 | ||
 Pat Russell (Westchester) | Democratic | December 8, 1969 – June 30, 1987 | Elected to finish Timberlake's term. Re-elected in 1971. Re-elected in 1975. Re-elected in 1979. Re-elected in 1983. Lost re-election. |
 Ruth Galanter (Venice) | Democratic | July 1, 1987 – June 30, 2003 | Elected in 1987. Re-election in 1991. Re-election in 1995. Re-election in 1999. Retired due to term limits. |
 Tony Cárdenas (Sylmar) | Democratic | July 1, 2003 – January 3, 2013 | Elected in 2003. Re-elected in 2007. Re-elected in 2011. Resigned when elected to theU.S. House of Representatives. |
| Vacant | January 3, 2013 – August 29, 2013 | ||
.jpg) Nury Martinez (Sun Valley) | Democratic | August 29, 2013 – October 12, 2022 | Elected to finish Cárdenas's term. Re-elected in 2015. Re-elected in 2020. Resigned due to apolitical scandal. |
| Vacant | October 12, 2022 – July 5, 2023 | Chief Legislative Analyst Sharon Tso appointed as caretaker until next election. | |
| July 5, 2023 – August 1, 2023 | Member-electImelda Padilla appointed as caretaker until certification of election. | ||
 Imelda Padilla (Sun Valley) | Democratic | August 1, 2023 – present | Elected to finish Martinez's term. Re-elected in 2024. |
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