Kevin Alexander Leon, known professionally as Kevin de León and colloquially as KDL, is an American politician serving as the Los Angeles City Council member for District 14 since 2020. A member of the Democratic Party, he was defeated in the 2018 United States Senate election in California against incumbent Senator Dianne Feinstein and came in third place in the 2022 Los Angeles mayoral election.
Kevin de León
De León in 2014
De León walking during a parade with supporters, 2018.
The Los Angeles City Council is the lawmaking body of Los Angeles, California, United States. It has 15 members from 15 council districts that are spread throughout the city.
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Actors recreating the first meeting of the Los Angeles Common Council in 1948.
A City Council meeting in session in the new City Hall, 1928.
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