Los Angeles's 15th City Council district

Los Angeles's 15th
City Council district
Map of the district
Councilmember
  Tim McOsker
D–San Pedro
Demographics18.5% White
11.5% Black
60.7% Hispanic
5.9% Asian
0.8% Other
Population (2022)258,310
Registered voters (2017)123,866
Websitecd15.lacity.gov

Los Angeles's 15th City Council district is one of the fifteen districts in the Los Angeles City Council. It is currently represented by Democrat Tim McOsker since 2022, after previous member Joe Buscaino retired to run for mayor that year.[1]

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. Not only geographically, but also representationally the district has been one of the most stable. There have been only eleven council members since 1925 and none have served fewer than four years. The thirty-year incumbency of John S. Gibson Jr. was the third-longest of any Los Angeles City Council member, after Ernani Bernardi of the 7th District and John Ferraro of the 4th District.[2]

The district mostly been represented only by residents of San Pedro, which has outside influence as the district's traditional base of political power. Eight of the eleven councilmembers who have represented the district have come from San Pedro.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference buscaino was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "JOHN S. GIBSON Jr". The New York Times.
  3. ^ Editorial, April 19, 2022, page A14