Los Angeles's 12th City Council district
Los Angeles's 12th City Council district is one of the fifteen districts in the Los Angeles City Council. It is currently represented by Independent John Lee since 2019 after he was elected to finish Mitchell Englander's term. Lee is the only Independent on the nonpartisan City Council, previously being a Republican much like his predecessors.
Image: A. J. Barnes, 1925
Image: Douglas Eads Foster, 1928
Image: Thomas F. Ford, 1920s
Image: John W. Baumgartner, 1935
The Los Angeles City Council is the lawmaking body for the city government of Los Angeles, California, the second largest city in the United States. It has 15 members who each represent the 15 city council districts that are spread throughout the cities 501 square miles of land.
Los Angeles City Council
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.
Image: Eunisses Hernandez official headshot, 2022