Full Coverage: L.A. City Council District 4 race
Fourteen candidates are campaigning to represent District Four, which stretches from Sherman Oaks to Miracle Mile and includes parts of Hollywood and Los Feliz. The winner will replace Councilman Tom LaBonge, who will soon be termed out of office. The primary election will be held March 3.
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Days after Angelenos went to the polls, it is still unclear who will go head to head in a May runoff election to represent a sprawling Silver Lake-to-Sherman Oaks City Council district.
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As she gears up for a possible runoff, Los Angeles City Council candidate Carolyn Ramsay is prodding a potential opponent to reject spending by independent committees to back his campaign.
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Los Angeles City Council members each represent districts of about 250,000 people.
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L.A.’s Tom LaBonge is a big-city councilman with a small-town style.
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Los Angeles election law restricts how much campaign money a politician can receive from each donor.
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More than a dozen candidates are stumping for votes in L.A.’
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Anger over how Los Angeles is permitting development — from vast shopping centers to the McMansion next door — is all but constant on the campaign trail as more than a dozen candidates compete to represent the 4th City Council District, a grab bag of far-flung neighborhoods such as Sherman Oaks, the Hollywood Hills and Hancock Park.
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The campaign in an eclectic, recently redrawn City Council district that stretches from the Miracle Mile to Sherman Oaks is shaping up as Los Angeles’ most unpredictable election this year.
