LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Adrin Nazarian and Ysabel Jurado were sworn in behind closed doors Monday, Dec. 9, as the two newest members of the Los Angeles City Council, representing the Second and 14th districts, respectively.
The City Clerk administered the oaths, with a ceremonial public swearing-in that followed during Tuesday’s council meeting.
The clerk last week already administered oaths to the four incumbent councilmembers who won new terms in the 2024 election, according to Josue Marcus, a spokesman for the office.
Last month, voters in the Second District, spanning east San Fernando Valley neighborhoods of North Hollywood, Sun Valley, Toluca Lake and Valley Glen, among others, elected Nazarian to succeed Councilmember Paul Krekorian, who left due to term limits.
Mayor Karen Bass recently announced Krekorian will serve as executive director of the Office of Major Events as part of preparations for major sporting events coming to the region. In part, he will work as liaison for the upcoming 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Nazarian, a former assemblyman and aide to Krekorian, defeated progressive and small-business owner Jillian Burgos. According to certified results of the Nov. 5 election released by the LA County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, Nazarian received 53.84% of the vote.
Jurado last month overcame incumbent Kevin de León to represent the 14th District, encompassing downtown LA, Boyle Heights, Lincoln Heights, El Sereno and Northeast LA. A progressive, Jurado won with 57.17% of the vote.
Also in the November election, Councilwoman Heather Hutt defeated Grace Yoo by a nearly 26% margin to represent the 10th District. Hutt is beginning her first full term representing Central LA neighborhoods, having been appointed after her predecessor, Mark Ridley-Thomas, was convicted on federal corruption charges. She was among those sworn in last week.
Incumbent Councilmembers Nithya Raman, Imelda Padilla and Marqueece Harris-Dawson, who all received more than 50% of the vote in the March primary, won their bids to represent the Fourth, Sixth and Eighth districts, respectively. They also took their oaths last week.