Los Angeles's 10th City Council district is one of the fifteen districts in the

Los Angeles City Council The Los Angeles City Council is the Legislature, lawmaking body for the Government of Los Angeles, city government of Los Angeles, California, the second largest city in the United States. It has 15 members who each represent the 15 city council ...

. It is currently represented by

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Heather Hutt Heather J. Hutt (born April 5, 1959) is an American politician who is currently serving as an appointed City council, councilmember representing the Los Angeles City Council District 10, 10th District of Los Angeles since April 11, 2023, previousl ...

since 2022, after previous member

Herb Wesson Herman J. "Herb" Wesson Jr. (born November 11, 1951) is an American politician who served as a councilmember representing the 10th District for three terms between July 1, 2005 and December 14, 2020, and again on an appointed basis from March 2 ...

was barred from serving on an interim basis in place of suspended member

Mark Ridley-Thomas Mark Ridley-Thomas (born November 6, 1954) is an American former politician and convicted felon. He spent three terms on the Los Angeles City Council from the 8th district from 1991 to 2002, and again for the 10th district from 2020 until his ex ...

. The district was created in 1925 after a new city charter was passed, which replaced the former " at large" voting system for a nine-member council with a district system with a 15-member council. The district has occupied the same general area since it was formed in 1925. With the city's changes in population, 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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Geography

The district comprises all or parts of Arlington Heights,

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, Mid-City, Palms,

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, West Adams, and

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. The district is completely within

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and

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, and overlaps California's 57th, 61st, and 55th State Assembly districts.

Historical boundaries

At its creation, it was bounded on

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, Washington Boulevard and

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; and

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 be ...

.. The map shows all 15 council districts. The official boundaries of all 15 as limned by the city clerk are at A year later, it was moved to bound Jefferson Boulevard and Central Avenue. In 1933, it was at Pico Boulevard, Jefferson Boulevard and Exposition Boulevard, Hooper Avenue, and Vermont Avenue.. With map of all districts. In 1955, it had the "south-central section of the city, extending roughly from Wilshire Blvd. to Jefferson Blvd., and from La Brea Ave. to Main St." By the 1960s, Baldwin Hills had been given to the 6th district and the 10th district covered "the general area known as the West Adams section." In 1973, it included "parts of the

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, Crenshaw, Wilshire, West Adams, and Fairfax areas." In 1986, the ''

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'' showed the district reaching

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on the northeast, Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard on the south,

Sepulveda Boulevard Sepulveda Boulevard is a major street and transportation corridor in the City of Los Angeles and several other cities in western Los Angeles County, California. The street parallels Interstate 405 for much of its route. Portions of Sepulveda ...

on the west and

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on the north.Alt URL
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and

South Los Angeles South Los Angeles, also known as South Central Los Angeles or simply South Central, is a region in southwestern Los Angeles County, California, lying mostly within the city limits of Los Angeles, south of Downtown Los Angeles, downtown. It is de ...

." In 2020, it stretched from

Crenshaw Boulevard Crenshaw Boulevard is a north–south thoroughfare that runs through Crenshaw and other neighborhoods along a route in the west-central part of Los Angeles, California, United States. The street extends between Wilshire Boulevard in Mid-W ...

, including West Adams and Mid-City."Democrat's Rivals Say He's Conservative," ''Los Angeles Times,'' February 28, 2020, page B5
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List of members representing the district

References

External links

Official City Council District 10 website
{{Los Angeles Los Angeles City Council districts LACD10 LACD10 Koreatown, Los Angeles Mid-City, Los Angeles West Adams, Los Angeles Wilshire, Los Angeles