Los Angeles municipal elections

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Los Angeles municipal elections are regularly scheduled local contests in which city voters choose officials such as the mayor, city council members, and other municipal officeholders.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf local election
municipal election
nonpartisan election
administeredBy Los Angeles City Clerk NERFINISHED
Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk NERFINISHED
alignedWithStateElectionsAfterReform true
appliesToJurisdiction City of Los Angeles NERFINISHED
ballotMeasuresIncluded yes
ballotMeasuresType bond measures
city charter amendments
ordinances
tax measures
ballotPartyLabelsShown false
campaignFinanceFeatures contribution limits
public matching funds program
campaignFinanceRegulatedBy Los Angeles Municipal Code NERFINISHED
cityAttorneyElectedCitywide true
cityControllerElectedCitywide true
country United States of America
surface form: United States
electoralDistrictsForCouncil single-member districts
elects Los Angeles City Attorney NERFINISHED
Los Angeles City Controller NERFINISHED
Los Angeles City Council members
Mayor of Los Angeles
members of the Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees
members of the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education
firstAlignedElectionYear 2020s
governingBody Los Angeles City Council NERFINISHED
historicalElectionMonthBefore2015 March
historicalRunoffMonthBefore2015 May
languageAssistanceBasis Voting Rights Act NERFINISHED
languageAssistanceRequired true
legalFramework California state election law
Charter of the City of Los Angeles NERFINISHED
mayorElectedCitywide true
nonpartisanByLaw true
numberOfCityCouncilDistricts 15
primaryRunoffSystem top-two runoff
primaryThresholdToAvoidRunoff more than 50 percent of the vote
reformToAlignWithStateElectionsApproved 2015
termLengthForCityAttorney 4 years
termLengthForCityController 4 years
termLengthForCityCouncilMembers 4 years
termLengthForMayor 4 years
termLimitsForCityCouncilMembers three terms
termLimitsForMayor two terms
typicalVoterTurnoutComparedToStatewide lower
votingMethod early voting
in-person voting
secret ballot
vote-by-mail
votingSystem first-past-the-post

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Los Angeles City Council District 5 officeContestedIn Los Angeles municipal elections