{"id":840612,"date":"2026-06-03T03:51:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T03:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/840612\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T03:51:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T03:51:20","slug":"incumbent-park-and-challenger-malik-battle-for-district-11-l-a-city-council-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/840612\/","title":{"rendered":"Incumbent Park and challenger Malik battle for District 11 L.A. City Council seat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Los Angeles City Councilmember Traci Park was leading public interest attorney Faizah Malik after a hard-fought contest to represent the city\u2019s coastal neighborhoods, according to early election returns Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Park has been a close ally of the police and fire unions in the city, calling for more cops and firefighters. Malik has been endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America and is also backed by the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor and Unite Here Local 11, which represents hotel and airport workers.<\/p>\n

\"Faizah <\/p>\n

L.A. City Council candidate Faizah Malik, left, and incumbent Traci Park.<\/p>\n

(Eric Thayer and Francine Orr \/ Los Angeles Times)<\/p>\n

Park reported raising $1.3 million in campaign contributions, according to the latest campaign finance reports filed with the city, compared with about $540,000 for Malik.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles voters cast ballots for eight of the 15 City Council seats in Tuesday\u2019s election, including races in two districts where the incumbents are leaving because of term limits. <\/p>\n

In races with more than two candidates, the top two vote-getters will compete in a Nov. 3 runoff unless a candidate gets a majority vote in the primary. <\/p>\n

Jose Ugarte was leading Estuardo Mazariegos in the field of six candidates in the District 9 race held by termed-out Councilmember Curren Price. <\/p>\n

\"Jose <\/p>\n

District 9 candidates Jose Ugarte, left and Estuardo Mazariegos.<\/p>\n

(Genaro Molina \/ Los Angeles Times)<\/p>\n

Ugarte is a former deputy chief of staff for Price and Mazariegos is co-director of the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment Los Angeles and is backed by the Democratic Socialists of America. <\/p>\n

The other candidates in the race were trailing Ugarte and Mazariegos in early returns. They are Elmer Roldan, executive director of Communities in Schools of Los Angeles; Martha S\u00e1nchez, a therapist; Jorge Nu\u00f1o, an entrepreneur; and Jorge Hernandez Rosas, an educator. <\/p>\n

The district includes the Convention Center, USC and communities along the Harbor Freeway.<\/p>\n

In the San Fernando Valley\u2019s District 3, Tim Gaspar and Barri Worth Girvan were leading the field of three candidates vying for the seat being vacated by Bob Blumenfield. <\/p>\n

\"A <\/p>\n

Christopher \u201cC.R.\u201d Celona, left, Barri Worth Girvan, center, and Tim Gaspar are running for L.A. City Council District 3.<\/p>\n

(Stephanie Lorens, Yauma Olstead and Tim Sullens)<\/p>\n

Gaspar is the founder of an insurance company, and Worth Girvan is a district director for Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath. <\/p>\n

The third candidate, tech entrepreneur Christopher Robert \u201cC.R.\u201d Celona, trailed behind.<\/p>\n

In District 13, Councilmember Hugo Soto-Mart\u00ednez was leading three challengers \u2014 Dylan Kendall, who runs Grow Hollywood, an economic development corporation; Rich Sarian, vice president of strategic initiatives for downtown\u2019s South Park Social District; and Colter Carlisle, vice president of the East Hollywood Neighborhood Council. <\/p>\n

\"Clockwise <\/p>\n

City Council District 13 candidates, clockwise from top left: Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez; Colter Carlisle; Rich Sarian; and Dylan Kendall.<\/p>\n

(Los Angeles Times)<\/p>\n

Soto-Mart\u00ednez was also backed by the Los Angeles chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America for the district that includes Atwater Village, Glassell Park, Elysian Valley, Echo Park, Silver Lake and Hollywood and East Hollywood.<\/p>\n

In District 1, which covers Highland Park in the northeast to University Park in the southwest, Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez was leading a pack of four candidates in the race, according to early returns.<\/p>\n

Maria Lou Calanche, executive director of the nonprofit Expanded Learning Alliance, trailed Hernandez, according to early returns. <\/p>\n

They were followed by Raul Claros, chief executive of UNO Partners; Nelson Grande, president of Grande Enterprises; and Sylvia Robledo, who worked as an aide to several L.A. elected officials and who has fallen into last place. <\/p>\n

In other races, Councilmember Tim McOsker had a wide lead over Green Party member Jordan Rivers for the 15th District seat, which includes Harbor City, San Pedro, Watts and Wilmington. <\/p>\n

In the 5th District, which includes Bel-Air, Westwood, Cheviot Hills and Hancock Park, Councilmember Katy Yaroslavsky was pulling ahead of Henry Mantel, a tenants\u2019 rights lawyer, and Morgan Oyler, an accountant, in early returns.<\/p>\n

In the north San Fernando Valley\u2019s 7th District, Monica Rodriguez was running unopposed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Los Angeles City Councilmember Traci Park was leading public interest attorney Faizah Malik after a hard-fought contest to…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":840613,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5123],"tags":[6227,5229,1582,276,14732,2451,284152,6279,344273,344274,160764,344276,2961,224,2444,5337,344275,6141,6176,43994],"class_list":["post-840612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-alliance","tag-america","tag-ca","tag-california","tag-candidate","tag-city","tag-democratic-socialists","tag-district","tag-early-election-return-tuesday","tag-estuardo-mazariegos","tag-jose-ugarte","tag-l-a-city-council-seat","tag-la","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-times","tag-losangeles","tag-malik-battle","tag-park","tag-race","tag-vice-president"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116684147471304471","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=840612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/840613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=840612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=840612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=840612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}