Your last-minute guide to L.A. City Council races: Districts 3 and 9

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Set us as preferred There are two Los Angeles City Council races that will be decided in the November election.One is in the San Fernando Valley, where public safety, reducing homelessness, providing more affordable housing and spurring economic development have emerged as top issues.The other is in South L.A.and will make history.

For the first time since 1963, a politician who is not Black will represent a large swath of South Los Angeles on the City Council.Curren Price, who has held the District 9 seat for 13 years, could not run again because of term limits.

Both candidates in the race are Latin American immigrants.The candidates diverge on policing, homelessness and housing — from boosting LAPD ranks and enforcing encampment bans to cutting the police budget and prioritizing tenant protections and basic services.The 9th District stretches from the western edge of downtown L.A.

to the Convention Center, USC and neighborhoods along the Harbor Freeway, including Vermont Square, South Park and Florence-Graham.Read more: California Former deputy chief of staff to sitting Councilmember Curren Price, Jose Ugarte, is challenging local labor organizer Estuardo Mazariegos in a South L.A.district.Council District 3 includes the southwestern San Fernando Valley communities of Woodland Hills, Reseda, Tarzana and Canoga Park.

It also includes Warner Center, a commercial hub in Woodland Hills with a massive development plan a decade in the making.Read more: California Tim Gaspar and Barri Worth Girvan oppose each other to represent the southwest San Fernando Valley, after Bob Blumenfield, who held the city council seat since 2013, is termed out.The most important California stories and recommendations in your inbox every morning.By continuing, you agree to our Terms of Service, which include arbitration and a class action wai...