Los Angeles City Council voted 11–0 Oct. 25 to hold a special election next year to fill Nury Martinez’s former seat and to appoint Councilman Curren Price as the next president pro tempore.
The special election for the District 6 seat on April 4, 2023, will cost the city up to $7.7 million, according to the City Clerk’s Office. A runoff, if necessary, will take place on June 27.
Council President Paul Krekorian said the funding for the election would be discussed further in the Budget and Finance Committee.
City council members Paul Koretz (L) and Paul Krekorian (R), along with and members of Women Against Gun Violence (back row), speak about the need for stricter gun laws in front of the Los Angeles City Council Meeting in Los Angeles, Calif. on Nov. 7, 2014. (Eric Zhang/The Epoch Times)
District 6—which includes central and eastern portions of the San Fernando Valley—is being overseen by a non-voting caretaker, the city’s chief legislative analyst Sharon Tso. A non-voting caretaker has no voting power but oversees the council office to make sure the district provides constituent services and other basic functions….