Here's who filed to run in L.A.'s city election

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While Los Angeles mayor is the marquee race and has already generated plenty of drama, with surprises coming down to the wire of last Saturday’s filing deadline, many other seats will also be contested in the June 2 primary.A host of candidates arrived at the City Clerk’s Office last week to file paperwork to run for city attorney, city controller, eight City Council seats and three L.A.Unified school board seats.

For the record:7:25 p.m.Feb.

8, 2026An earlier version of this story said two L.A.Unified school board seats were being contested in the June 2 primary.

Three seats are open.Some may not get on the ballot — each candidate must gather 500 legitimate voter signatures by March 4, which is relatively easy in citywide races but harder in council and school board districts.In each race, if no candidate gets more than 50% of the vote in June, the top two finishers will compete in a November runoff.City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto is facing three challengers — deputy attorney general Marissa Roy, human rights attorney Aida Ashouri and Deputy Dist.

Atty.John McKinney.

City Controller Kenneth Mejia has one opponent — Zach Sokoloff, senior vice president for asset management at studio owner Hackman Capital Partners, after former State Sen.Isadore Hall dropped out.

California Raman would immediately pose a formidable challenge to Bass.She was the first council member to be elected with support from the Democratic Socialists of America.In District 3, which covers the southwestern San Fernando Valley including Woodland Hills, Tarzana and Reseda, City Councilmember Bob Blumenfield is terming out, leaving the field open.The five candidates hoping to replace him are Jon Rawlings, a member of the Tarzana Neighborhood Council; Timothy Gaspar, founder of Gaspar Insurance; Lehi White, a small-business owner; Barri Worth Girvan, former director of community affairs for L.A....