While the mayor’s race is getting national attention, voters will also decide a pivotal race for Los Angeles City Council that could have profound influence on the direction of local government.

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Each race is unique to the geography of the district:

• Around MacArthur Park, west of downtown L.A., drugs and gentrification are big issues.
• In the West Valley, voters will elect a new representative for the first time in a dozen years.
• In one Westside district, growth and development (or the lack thereof) are a hot topic.
• In another Westside district, homelessness in Venice is generating heat.
• And in South L.A., voters could elect a Latino in a district traditionally represented by a Black councilmember.

The races

District 1

District 3

District 5

District 9

District 11

District 13

District 15

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