Los Angeles City Council District 14
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Los Angeles City Council
The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles.The Council is composed of fifteen members elected from single-member districts for four-year terms. The president of the council and the president pro tempore are chosen by the Council at the first regular meeting after...
. It is a primarily Latino
Latino
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district in Boyle Heights and Northeast Los Angeles
Northeast Los Angeles
Northeast Los Angeles is an area of the city of Los Angeles, northeast of Downtown Los Angeles, east of the Los Angeles River, bounded on the north by the cities of Glendale and Pasadena, and bounded on the east by several cities of the San Gabriel Valley...
. Council Member Jose Huizar
José Huizar
José Luis Huizar is an American elected official and a member of the Los Angeles City Council representing District 14. He was elected on November 8, 2005 in a special election to fill the seat vacated by current Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and was reelected to a full four-year term in...
has represented it since 2005.
Modern
District 14 consists of all or part of the neighborhoods of the Arts District, Boyle Heights, Brooklyn Heights, Chinatown, Eagle Rock, El Sereno, Garvanza, Glassell Park, Lincoln Heights, Monterey Hills, Rose Hill Park, Skid Row, University Hills and the Wholesale District. The Boyle Heights and Northeast sections are connected by a narrow strip of land. Huizar maintains field offices in Downtown, Boyle Heights, El Sereno and Eagle Rock.See official city map outlining District 14.
Historic
A new city charter effective in 1925 replaced the former "at large" voting systemPlurality-at-large voting
Plurality-at-large voting is a non-proportional voting system for electing several representatives from a single multimember electoral district using a series of check boxes and tallying votes similar to a plurality election...
for a nine-member council with a district system with a 15-member council. Each district was to be approximately equal in population, based upon the voting in the previous gubernatorial election; thus redistricting was done every four years. (At present, redistricting is done every ten years, based upon the preceding U.S. census results.) The numbering system established in 1925 for City Council districts began with No. 1 in the north of the city, the San Fernando Valley
San Fernando Valley
The San Fernando Valley is an urbanized valley located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area of southern California, United States, defined by the dramatic mountains of the Transverse Ranges circling it...
, and ended with No. 15 in the south, the Harbor area.
District 14 has always represented Eagle Rock and Highland Park. As the city's population increased, it has expanded southward. The rough boundaries or descriptions of the district have been as follows:
1925 The communities of Eagle Rock, Highland Park and Annandale
Annandale (Pacific Electric)
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1928 Westward extension to Allesandro Street.
1932: East boundary: South Pasadena
South Pasadena
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and Pasadena
Pasadena, California
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. North: Glendale
Glendale, California
Glendale is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2010 Census, the city population is 191,719, down from 194,973 at the 2000 census. making it the third largest city in Los Angeles County and the 22nd largest city in the state of California...
. West: Glendale Boulevard
Glendale Boulevard
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1935 Same general area as 1932, with the western boundary at Griffith Park
Griffith Park
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, thus including the Atwater area.
1940 Same general area as previously, with the west boundary at Glendale Boulevard
Glendale Boulevard
Glendale Boulevard is a north–south street in Los Angeles that starts off as Lucas Avenue at 7th Street west of Downtown LA. The name changes at Beverly Boulevard. Echo Park is located north of the 101 at Bellevue Avenue. State Route 2 runs from Alvarado Street until the freeway entrance...
.
1955: Rose Hills
Rose Hills, California
Rose Hills is a census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California. Rose Hills sits at an elevation of . The 2010 United States census reported Rose Hills's population was 2,803.-Geography:...
is now included in the district's description.
1971 "The district begins in the East Los Angeles
East Los Angeles, California
East Los Angeles is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California, United States...
Mexican-American barrios
Barrio
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of El Sereno and Lincoln Heights
Lincoln Heights
Lincoln Heights may refer to:* Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles, California* Lincoln Heights, Ohio* Lincoln Heights , Ontario, a neighbourhood* Lincoln Heights, Washington, D.C., a neighbourhood...
extends westward across the Pasadena Freeway
Pasadena Freeway
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to Anglo middle-class homes in Glassell Park, Highland Park and Eagle Rock
Eagle Rock
Eagle Rock can refer to one of the following:Places in the United States*Eagle Rock, North Carolina, an unincorporated community in Wake County, North Carolina, west of Zebulon*Eagle Rock , a town in northern Botetourt County...
through Griffith Park
Griffith Park
Griffith Park is a large municipal park at the eastern end of the Santa Monica Mountains in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The park covers of land, making it one of the largest urban parks in North America...
. Around the western edge of the district is the Los Feliz District, with some of the city's more expensive homes."
1986 No longer includes Los Feliz. Southern reach includes El Sereno, College Avenue, Huntington Drive
Huntington Drive
Huntington Drive is a major east–west street in Southern California. It runs from the merge of Soto Street and Mission Road near the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Los Angeles east through the El Sereno section of Los Angeles, South Pasadena, San Marino, Alhambra, San Gabriel, Arcadia,...
and portions of Alhambra Avenue and Valley Boulevard
Valley Boulevard
Valley Boulevard is a street in Southern California, running east from Los Angeles to Pomona, where it becomes Holt Boulevard, and a continuation from Fontana to Colton. It generally parallels Interstate 10 and State Route 60, and is the original alignment of U.S. Route 60...
, then across the San Bernardino Freeway
San Bernardino Freeway
The San Bernardino Freeway, formerly known as the Ramona Freeway is a freeway in Los Angeles and Orange Counties in the southern part of the U.S. state of California. It refers to the following two segments:...
to Brooklyn Avenue, East Beverly Boulevard
Beverly Boulevard
Beverly Boulevard is one of the main east-west thoroughfares in Los Angeles, California. It begins off Santa Monica Boulevard in Beverly Hills and ends on the Lucas Avenue overpass near Downtown Los Angeles to become 1st Street...
, Fourth Street and Whittier Boulevard.
Officeholders
District 14 has been represented by 10 men and no women:- Isaac Colton AshIsaac Colton AshIsaac Colton Ash was a banker, real-estate dealer and member of the Los Angeles City Council in the 20th century.-Biography:Isaac Colton Ash was a banker, real-estate dealer and member of the Los Angeles City Council in the 20th century.-Biography:Isaac Colton Ash was a banker, real-estate...
, 1925–27 - William G. BonelliWilliam G. BonelliWilliam G. Bonelli was a California politician who became a powerful member of the state Board of Equalization and fled to Mexico to avoid arrest on a corruption indictment.-Biography:...
, 1927–29 - Charles A. HollandCharles A. HollandCharles Alfred Holland , who went by Charles A. Holland, was a University of Southern California football captain, a businessman and a Los Angeles, California, City Council member between 1929 and 1931.-Biography:...
, 1929–31 - Edward L. ThrasherEdward L. ThrasherEdward Lee Thrasher , who went by Edward L. Thrasher, was a builder, contractor and decorator who served on the Los Angeles, California, City Council between 1931 and 1942.-Biography:...
, 1931–43 - John C. HollandJohn C. HollandJohn C. Holland was one of the longest-serving Los Angeles City Council members, for 24 years from 1943 to 1967, and was known for his losing fight against bringing the Los Angeles Dodgers to Chavez Ravine and for his reputation as a watchdog over the city treasury.-Biography:Holland was born...
, 1943–67 - Art SnyderArthur K. SnyderArthur K. Snyder, also known as Art Snyder, was a Los Angeles, California, City Council member between 1967 and 1985 and later engaged in a private law practice.-Biography:...
, 1967–85 - Richard AlatorreRichard AlatorreRichard Alatorre is an American politician from California. He served as a prominent member of the California State Assembly from 1973 to 1985, and as a noted member of the Los Angeles City Council from 1985 to 1999.-Background:...
, 1985–99 - Nick PachecoNick PachecoLauro "Nick" Pacheco, Jr. is an American attorney, politician, and a member of the Democratic Party. Pacheco served as a member of the Los Angeles City Council . Prior to serving on the Los Angeles City Council, Nick Pacheco served as an Elected Charter Reform Commissioner for the same district...
, 1999–2003 - Antonio VillaraigosaAntonio VillaraigosaAntonio Ramón Villaraigosa , born Antonio Ramón Villar, Jr., is the 41st and current Mayor of Los Angeles, California, the third Mexican American to have ever held office in the city of Los Angeles and the first in over 130 years. He is also the current president of the United States Conference of...
, 2003–05 - José HuizarJosé HuizarJosé Luis Huizar is an American elected official and a member of the Los Angeles City Council representing District 14. He was elected on November 8, 2005 in a special election to fill the seat vacated by current Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and was reelected to a full four-year term in...
, 2005–