Duties

The City Council is the governing body of the City, except as otherwise provided in the Charter, and enacts ordinances subject to the approval or veto of the Mayor. It orders elections, levies taxes, authorizes public improvements, approves contracts, and adopts traffic regulations.

East San Fernando Valley, spans from Toluca Lake to Van Nuys

Candidates

Jillian Burgos

Business owner/Housing advacate

Democrat

https://www.jillianforthevalley.com/

Jillian Burgos is a neighborhood councilmember, small business owner, essential worker, life-long renter and the first Afro-Latina in history to serve on the Los Angeles City Council.

Founded her own theater company in District 2 with a focus on uplifting the experiences and stories of marginalized communities.

In 2021, Jillian was elected to NoHo Neighborhood Council. She went on to develop a Tenant Rights Workshop in partnership with The City of Los Angeles, Abundant Housing LA, and SAJE, and helped pass several Neighborhood Purpose Grants that feed many of NoHo’s unhoused and have brought mental health services and mentorship to schoolchildren in the district. She has also worked to bring care to public safety by advocating for unarmed crisis response with LA Forward.

Adrin Nazarian

Advocates for mass transportation and the environment

Democrat

https://www.adrinnazarian.com/

In 1981, at the age of 8, Adrin and his family migrated from Iran to the United States.

He attended Pierce College, California State University, Northridge (CSUN), and in 1996 earned a degree in Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

During his time in school, Adrin became actively involved in civic engagements. He interned in the office of former Congressman Howard Berman and volunteered for various non-profit organizations focused on youth and civic engagement.

As a founding board member of Generation Next, he dedicated efforts to mentoring and supporting young individuals facing poverty and other challenges.

Adrin was accepted into the prestigious CORO Fellowship Program, gaining experience in the offices of elected officials such as Congressman Brad Sherman, Governor Gray Davis, and Los Angeles City Councilmember Tom Labonge. He eventually became Chief of Staff to then Assistant Majority Leader of the California State Assembly, Paul Krekorian.

Adrin Nazarian won an underdog campaign and was elected to the California State Assembly in November 2012.

For over a decade, until 2022, he proudly represented California’s 46th Assembly District, spearheading key legislative initiatives and securing significant state investments in his district. Including the Hollywood Hills, Lake Balboa, North Hills, North Hollywood, Panorama City, Sherman Oaks, Studio City, Toluca Lake, Valley Glen, Universal City, Van Nuys, and Valley Village. Among Assemblymember Nazarian’s significant accomplishments were streamlining access to senior services, implementing new tenant protections, preserving affordable housing, expanding mass transit access in the Valley, enhancing medical disclosure requirements by doctors, and establishing the largest college savings program in the United States.

Primaries: Nazarian came out of the primary with 37% of the votes. Burgos had 22%. They were the top two finishers in a field of seven candidates.

Key Issues: Housing shortage, green space, mass transit.