Los Angeles City Council District 10 is one of the 15 districts of the

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. It is located in southern

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and northern South Los Angeles.

Heather Hutt Heather J. Hutt (born April 5, 1959) is an American politician who is currently serving as a councilmember representing the 10th District of Los Angeles since September 2, 2022. She was previously a candidate for California's 54th State Assembly ...

has been councilmember since 2022 after Herb Wesson, who previously served from 2005 to 2020 and in 2022, was barred from council duties.

Geography

Present district

The district's website lists 52 neighborhoods within the 10th District. They are: * Alsace Avenue * Angelus Vista * Arlington Heights * Avenues of Washington *

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* Baldwin Vista * Baldwin Hills Village Garden * Cameo Woods * CHAPS * Cherrywood * Country Club Park * Crenshaw Manor * Faircrest Heights *

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* Harvard Heights * Harvard Heights North * Historic Leimert Park Village * JBAC * Jefferson Park * Kinney Heights * Koreatown * La Cienega Heights * Lafayette Square *

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* Little Bangladesh *

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* Longwood * Marvin/Carmona/Curson * Mid-City * Olympic Park * Oxford Square * Picfair Village * Pico Park * Queen Anne * Regent Square * Reynier Village * Smiley/Hauser * SODA *

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* Spaulding/Thurman/Genesee * West Adams Heights Sugar Hill * Veronica/Sanchez/Sycamore * Victoria Park * Village Green *

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West Adams West Adams is a historic neighborhood in the South Los Angeles region of Los Angeles, California. The area is known for its large number of historic buildings, structures and notable houses and mansions throughout Los Angeles. It is a youth ...

Avenues * Western Heights * Wilshire Center * Wilshire Vista Heights * Wilshire Vista For entire geographic area represented by the district, see the officia
City of Los Angeles map of District 10

Historical boundaries

The district has occupied the same general area since it was formed in 1925. With the city's changes in population, though, its western boundary has moved farther west and its southern boundary farther south. In 1961,

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residents for a time backed an unsuccessful plan to move the 10th District seat to the Valley after it was left vacant with the resignation of Council Member

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.. The rough boundaries or descriptions have been as follows: 1925: North,

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or 11th Street; south, Washington Boulevard and

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; east,

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; west,

Vermont Avenue Vermont Avenue is one of the longest running north–south streets in City of Los Angeles and Los Angeles County, California. With a length of , is the third longest of the north–south thoroughfares in the region. For most of its length betwe ...

.. The map shows all 15 council districts. The official boundaries of all 15 as limned by the city clerk are at 1926: North, Pico Boulevard; south, Jefferson Boulevard; east, Central Avenue; west, Vermont Avenue. 1932–33: North, Pico Boulevard; south, Jefferson Boulevard and Exposition Boulevard; east, Hooper Avenue (two blocks west of Alameda); west, Vermont Avenue.. With map of all districts. 1955: In the "south-central section of the city, extending roughly from Wilshire Blvd. to Jefferson Blvd., and from La Brea Ave. to Main St." 1960:

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was shifted from the 10th District to the 6th District. 1961: Covers "the general area known as the

section." 1973: Includes "parts of the

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, Wilshire, West Adams, and

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areas." 1975: From "Olympic Blvd. on the north, to

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and Cattaraugus Ave. on the west, to Rodeo Road and Jefferson and Adams Blvds. on the south, to the Harbor Freeway on the east." 1986: ''Los Angeles Times'' map shows district reaching Beverly Boulevard on the northeast, Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard on the south, Sepulveda Boulevard on the west and Wilshire Boulevard on the north. 1993: Stretches "from Palms to Koreatown and South Los Angeles." 2020: From Koreatown to

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, including

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Officeholders

Fourteen people have represented this district.

References

*Note: Access to some of the ''Los Angeles Times'' links may require the use of a Los Angeles Public Library card.

External links

Official Los Angeles City Council District 10 website

City of Los Angeles: Map of District 10
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