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Los Angeles City Council District 12 is one of the 15 districts of the Los Angeles City Council. It encompasses the northwestern and western section of the San Fernando Valley, in the city of Los Angeles. It is represented by John Lee.

Los Angeles City Council District 12
City district
Country	United States
State	California
County	Los Angeles
City	Los Angeles
Government
• Type	City district
• Body	Los Angeles City Council
• Councilmember	John Lee (Independent)
Website	cd12.org

On August 14, 2019 candidate John Lee claimed victory as the results showed him with a sizable lead over his opponent.[1][2] Los Angeles City Council elections are nonpartisan. Lee is the only Independent on the 15-member council, his predecessors, Smith and Englander were Republicans.[3] With Lee, the City Council includes two Asian Americans (the other being Councilmember Nithya Raman), the most in its history.[4]

Politics

Party[5]		Percent Registration
	Democratic	44%
	Republican	24%
	other	32%

Geography

Modern

The district covers the northwestern San Fernando Valley communities of

• Chatsworth,
• Granada Hills
• Northridge
• Porter Ranch
• West Hills
• Sherwood Forest
• and parts of North Hills, and Reseda.

See official city map outlining District 12.

Historic

From 1925 to 1964 the district occupied the same general area in northwest Downtown Los Angeles or the Westlake area. In 1964, however, it was shifted bodily to the North Valley, taking Council Member John P. Cassidy with it.

The rough boundaries or descriptions have been as follows:

1926. Bunker Hill and northwest Downtown, with a district office at 1209 Huntley Drive in the Westlake area.[6][7]

1928. South boundary: Ninth Street. West: Hoover Street. North: Fountain Avenue. East: Temple, Bellevue and Alvarado streets.[8]

1932–33. Same as 1928, with the east boundary moved to Figueroa Street and the south boundary to Pico Boulevard.[9][10]

1935. Same general area as 1932, with the north boundary in an irregular line on Temple Boulevard to the southern edge of Griffith Park.[11]

1940. Same general area as previously, with the east and north boundaries at Glendale Boulevard and at Sunset Boulevard.[12]

1954. West of Downtown, between Figueroa and Catalina streets.[13]

1955. Roughly Venice Boulevard on the south, Sunset Boulevard on the north, Catalina Street on the west and Figueroa Street on the east.[14]

1964. Shifted to the northwest San Fernando Valley.[15]

Officeholders

The district has been represented by thirteen men and one woman, Harriett Davenport; she succeeded her husband, Ed J. Davenport, who died in office in 1953. The district has also been represented by a Republican since at least 1979.

Northwest and west of Downtown

Portrait	Name	Term of office
	A. J. Barnes	1925–1927
	Douglas Eads Foster	1927–1929
	Thomas W. Williams	1929–1931
	Thomas F. Ford	1931–1933
	James T. Carroll	1933
	John W. Baumgartner	1933–1945
	Ed J. Davenport	1945–1953
	Harriett Davenport	1953–1955
	Ransom M. Callicott	1955–1961
	John P. Cassidy	1961–1964

San Fernando Valley

Portrait	Name	Term of office
	John P. Cassidy	1964–1967
	Robert M. Wilkinson	1967–1979
	Hal Bernson	1979–2003
	Greig Smith	2003–2011
	Mitchell Englander	2011–2018
	Greig Smith	2019
	John Lee	2019–present

2011 elections

Elections were held on March 8, 2011, and won by Mitchell Englander to replace the term-limited Greig Smith. The candidates were:[16][17] Armineh Safarian Chelebian, YJ Jay Draiman, Mitchell Englander, Timothy Flanagan, Dinesh Lakhanpal, Kelly M Lord, Brad Smith and Lucie Volotzky.

References

• Access to the Los Angeles Times links requires the use of a library card.

External links

• official Los Angeles City Council District 12 website
• Council District 12: official city map

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