2026 Los Angeles elections

State governmentExecutive Legislature Judiciary State propositions Full list Los Angeles CountyLos Angeles County Los Angeles Long Beach Orange CountyOrange County Anaheim Irvine Costa Mesa Sacramento CountySacramento County Sacramento San Diego CountySan Diego County San Diego San Francisco Santa Clara CountySanta Clara County San Jose Other localities vte The 2026 Los Angeles elections was held on June 2, 2026. Voters will elect candidates in a nonpartisan primary, with potential runoff elections scheduled for November 3, 2026. Eight of the fifteen seats on the City Council are up for election, as are three of the seven seats in the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education. Mayor Karen Bass, city attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto, and city controller Kenneth Mejia ran for re-election. Municipal elections in California are officially nonpartisan; candidates' party affiliations do not appear on the ballot. Mayoredit City attorneyedit City controlleredit The Los Angeles City Controller is the paymaster and chief accounting officer of the city. The incumbent was Kenneth Mejia, who was first elected in 2022 after defeating councilor Paul Koretz. He initially faced opposition