Los Angeles's 6th City Council district is one of the fifteen districts in the

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. It is currently represented by

Imelda Padilla Imelda G. Padilla (born 1987) is an American politician who is currently a member of the Los Angeles City Council representing the 6th district since 2023. She had previously ran for the Los Angeles Unified School District's Board of Education fo ...

. 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. As the city expanded to the north and west, the 6th District's boundaries gradually shifted in those directions, but in 2002 the boundaries of the entire district were lifted out of

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and transferred to the

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, as was the then-representative,

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, who protested the suddenness of the move.

Geography

The district includes the neighborhoods of

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, Sun Valley,

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Lake Balboa Lake Balboa is a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California. The area was previously part of Van Nuys.Panorama City Panorama City is a neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles, California, in the San Fernando Valley. It has a generally young age range as well as the highest population density in the Valley. More than half of the neighborhood's population was b ...

Pacoima Pacoima (Tataviam language: ''Pakoinga'', meaning "entrance") is a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California. It is one of the oldest neighborhoods in the San Fernando Valley region of LA. Geography Location Pacoima is bordered by the Los Angele ...

and Arleta. It is encompassed in

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, California's 20th and 27th State Senate districts, and California's 43rd and 46th State Assembly districts.

Historical boundaries

When the district was created in 1925, it encompassed the Hyde Park and Angeles Mesa annexations and

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south to 62nd Street as well as a shoestring strip leading to present-day Westchester,

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and the Hyperion sewage screening plant. By next year the Exposition Park area was included. In 1928, the boundary ". . . remains as Vermont avenue on the east. The south line runs along Manchester avenue to Van Ness avenue, then the boundary turns north to Slauson Avenue, on which it continues west to Angeles Mesa Drive and then to Exposition boulevard, where it turns east to Arlington avenue. It follows that avenue south to

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 ...

and goes east on Vernon" In 1933, due to the exceptional growth of the western part of the city, a "general movement toward the ocean was necessary". By 1940, the general trend is westward and northeastward, "due to heavy construction in the

and the beach areas." Eastern section remains the same as 1937, but to the district is added the Shoestring Strip north of Inglewood and an area as far west as

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. By 1955, the district was a "big jig saw puzzle and stretching from

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Playa del Rey Playa del Rey (Spanish for "Beach of the King") is a seaside neighborhood on the westside of Los Angeles in the Santa Monica Bay region of Los Angeles County, California. It has a ZIP Code of 90293 and area codes of 310 and 424. As of 2018, ...

and Westchester to

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." In 1960,

was lost from the 6th District to the 11th, and Baldwin Hills was shifted to the 6th from 10th. By 1969, the district had the Airport area, including Westchester and Playa del Rey, the Baldwin Hills area, including Hyde Park and

and the

Mar Vista Mar Vista is a neighborhood on the Westside Los Angeles, Westside of Los Angeles, California. In 1927, Mar Vista became the 70th community to be annexed to Los Angeles. It was designated as an official city neighborhood in 2006. History Mar Vi ...

-Venice area. In 1975, it spanned from the coast inland to the

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, and includes Venice, Ocean Park, Westchester and portions of

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. By 1992, it spanned from

and Westchester east to the

. In 2002, it was transferred to the east

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List of members representing the district

1889–1909

1925–present

References

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Notes

External links

Official City Council District 6 website
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