Member of the City Council, City of West Hollywood
What does this office do?
- Passing city laws, called ordinances
- Approving the city budget
- Funding city services, such as police, trash, and parks
Affects: Environment and Public Health, Government Efficiency, Government Spending Reduction,
Candidates:
Nonpartisan
Alden "Marlon" Gobel is a fashion designer and creative director who runs his own label and was director of operations for Thom Browne. He studied art and design at London's Central Saint Martins.
Nonpartisan · Incumbent
Chelsea Byers is a West Hollywood councilmember and former mayor who works as a policy director. She led efforts to strengthen the city's rent stabilization law and supports more housing alongside regional transit expansion.
Records: Housing Affordability 5 for, Public Infrastructure 4 for, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties 2 for,
Nonpartisan
Chukwudubem "Chiedu" Egbuniwe is a 22-year West Hollywood resident with three decades in technology who chairs the city's LGBTQ commission. He wants to end the city's use of Flock license plate cameras and add housing above shops on Santa Monica Boulevard.
Records: Civil Rights 1 for
Nonpartisan
Helen Krieger is a TV writer and producer who serves as vice chair of West Hollywood's Transportation and Mobility Commission. She wants to build more housing and to adopt a digital privacy policy for the city's license plate cameras.
Records: Public Infrastructure 3 for
Nonpartisan
Jöel Zaldívar is the son of Cuban refugees and owns OPVS, a neighborhood gym in West Hollywood. He wants to fix the city's parking crisis and create a commercial rent stabilization division to protect small businesses.
Nonpartisan
John Duran is a civil rights attorney who served on the West Hollywood City Council from 2000 to 2020. He wants the sheriff's department fully funded and opposes building to the maximum everywhere, favoring protection of rent-controlled apartments.
Records: Housing Affordability 4 for, 2 against, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties 1 for
Nonpartisan
Jonathan Cottrell co-owns the GYM Bar in West Hollywood, is an engineer, and serves on the city's Public Facilities Commission. He supports more affordable housing on commercial corridors and transit hubs, and strong tenant protections.
Records: Government Spending Reduction 1 against, Public Infrastructure 1 for
Nonpartisan
Kevin L. Ligon is a retired program manager at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System who earlier worked in marketing and financial planning. He is active in his building's tenant association and focuses on tenant-landlord issues.
Records: Housing Affordability 1 for
Nonpartisan
Kody Christiansen is a retail sales associate and author who overcame homelessness and addiction and created an ID program at a Harvard Square shelter. He wants more sheriff's deputies and better help getting unhoused people the documents they need for services.
Records: Social Programs and Welfare 1 for
Nonpartisan
Kyle Brazeal is a finance director with a background in finance and operations. He wants data-driven budget decisions and homelessness prevention, including financial help for residents at risk of losing their homes.
Nonpartisan
Larry Block is a small business owner who ran the Block Party store for 17 years and has chaired West Hollywood's Public Facilities Commission and Disability Advisory Board. He proposed the renter protection that became state law AB 1620 and supports a local alternative to SB 79.
Records: Housing Affordability 1 for, 1 against, Public Safety and Crime Control 1 for
Nonpartisan
Stephen J. Post is a nonprofit advocate, business improvement district manager, and West Hollywood public safety commissioner. He wants to build social housing, streamline development approvals, and expand the city's security ambassador program.
Records: Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties 2 for, Public Safety and Crime Control 1 for
Nonpartisan
Tatyana "Tanya" Tsikanovsky is a nonprofit executive who founded her high school's first Gay-Straight Alliance. She calls public safety the top priority, opposes SB 79, and backs a locally designed transit housing plan.
Records: Civil Rights 1 for
Nonpartisan
Tom DeMille is a 35-year West Hollywood resident and actor who organized a citywide candlelight vigil after the September 11 attacks. He wants stronger public safety against break-ins and more resident participation in city decisions.
Records: Civil Rights 1 for, Public Infrastructure 1 for, Social Programs and Welfare 1 for
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