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.

Central L.A., including Koreatown, Mid-City and West Adams

candidates

Heather Hutt

advocate and organizer for marginalized communities

Democrat

Heather Hutt serves as the Councilwoman for the Tenth District where she was born and raised.

A public servant for over 30+ years, Hutt has dedicated her life to activism, public service, and her community. She recently served as the first Black U.S. Senate State Director in California’s history, and in her capacity serving Senator Kamala D. Harris, Hutt was the principal representative among constituents and elected leaders throughout California. In that role, she advocated for women by bringing together healthcare professionals to discuss implicit bias in health care, especially for women and women of color as well as advocating for DACA recipients and fighting against the Trump Administration’s assault on immigrants. Hutt was the first African American woman to serve as a 10th District Council District chief of staff since 1973.

Heather championed environmental justice policy changes for Watts and South Los Angeles, launched the “VOTE LA“ campaign, LA Cities Clean Air-Clean Water campaign, and shaped critical outreach to pass the “Durbin Bill” which provided aid for small businesses.

Grace Yoo

Attorney/Neighborhood Council member

Democrat

Grace Yoo is a community advocate, attorney, and former L.A. City Commissioner.

Grace served as Executive Director for the National Asian-Pacific American Bar Association and the Korean American Coalition in Los Angeles, and as Director at St. Barnabas Senior Services. These nonprofits all worked to protect fair representation and access to services, and being mindful to help underserved community members.

Primaries: Hutt and Yoo were the top two vote-getters in the March primary. Hutt finished with a slight lead over Yoo at just under 38% of the votes to Yoo’s 23%.

Key issues: Homelessness and affordable housing