Los Angeles's 1st City Council district
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Los Angeles's 1st City Council district is one of the fifteen districts in the Los Angeles City Council. It is currently represented by Democrat Eunisses Hernandez since 2022, after she beat previous councilmember Gil Cedillo that year.
Los Angeles's 1st City Council district | |||
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Demographics | 9.2% White 2.5% Black 96.5% Hispanic 17.6% Asian 0.4% Other | ||
Population (2022) | 248,124 | ||
Registered voters (2017) | 96,058 | ||
Website | councildistrict1 |
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. Between 1923 and 1987, District 1 represented all, then parts, of the San Fernando Valley. It was redistricted in 1987 after the death of councilmember Howard Finn to cover an area northwest and north of Downtown Los Angeles in order to provide another majority-Hispanic council district in the city.[1][2]