The council will now have six women — the most ever. When new members are sworn-in next month, nearly half of the 15-member council will be different people from just a year ago.
It is also poised to be one of the most ideologically-diverse councils, with the addition of community activist Eunisses Hernandez and labor organizer Hugo Soto-Martinez. Many past council members have held elected office before or worked on the staffs of other politicians.
“I believe that this wave of new faces represent an engaged electorate that is tired of business as usual,” Hernandez, who will be serving Highland Park and Chinatown in District 10, said in an email. “Even though not every progressive won in this cycle, I think broadly the outcome reflects a boiling point on housing, homelessness, public safety, and a clear mandate for action.”
Soto-Martinez, who will be representing District 13 neighborhoods such as Echo Park and Hollywood, predicted newcomers will bring fresh ideas. "I think that with new leadership in so much of the city, this is an opportunity for bold solutions that in previous years were blocked by special interest," Soto-Martinez said in an email.Last Call: Park Beats Darling In CD11"We have a very short runway between getting our election results into when we all get sworn in," said Traci Park, who defeated Erin Darling to represent neighborhoods such as Venice and Westchester.
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