HCNNC’s Election Day is April 22, 2025!
The Historic Cultural North Neighborhood Council represents Chinatown, El Pueblo, Solano Canyon, and Victor Heights in the City of Los Angeles. On April 22, 2025, eight of HCNNC’s 17 board seats will be on the ballot for election. If you live, work, rent or own property, worship, attend school, or are a vested community stakeholder in the Historic Cultural North Neighborhood Council area, you can run for a seat and vote!
Apply to Run as a Candidate!
The candidate application for HCNNC is now open, and you can visit clerk.lacity.gov/nccandidate to file your application.
The following seats are up for election:
• At-Large Stakeholder Representative
• Chinatown Residential Representative
• Chinatown At-Large Business-Owner/Employee/Non-Profit/Property-Owner Representative
• El Pueblo Non-Profit Representative
• Solano Canyon Residential Representative
• Solano Canyon Business-Owner/Employee/Non-Profit/Property-Owner Representative
• Victor Heights Residential Representative
• Victor Heights Business-Owner/Employee/Non-Profit/Property-Owner Representative
Seats have 4-year terms beginning on July 1, 2025.
Eligibility to run or vote in HCNNC’s election varies for each board seat, and is outlined in HCNNC’s bylaws (on pages 24-25).
Candidate Application
Online Candidate Application (Portal)
Candidate Filing Paper Application (Multilingual)
2025 NC Documentation Guide
Additional candidate filing resources available at clerk.lacity.gov/nccandidate.
Voting
• Voter registration: February 21, 2025 through April 13, 2025.
• Vote-By-Mail ballots will be mailed out from March 18, 2025 to April 15, 2025.
Residents, business owners, employees, property owners, and members of community organizations or nonprofits are eligible to vote! The Office of the City Clerk, which administers the neighborhood council elections, announced that the 2025 elections will be conducted as All Vote-By-Mail elections.
All voters, regardless of registration status in city, state, and federal elections, must register separately to vote in neighborhood council elections. All voters, regardless of whether you’ve voted in a previous neighborhood council election, will be required to apply for a vote by mail ballot. THERE IS NO IN-PERSON VOTING ON ELECTION DAY.
Voter registration can be done online, or through a paper application form. For more information on how to vote, visit https://clerk.lacity.gov/clerk-services/elections/neighborhood-council-elections/how-vote.
About Neighborhood Councils
Neighborhood Councils are a hyperlocal form of government that work to ensure the City of Los Angeles is responsive to the needs, challenges, and aspirations of YOUR neighborhood.
The Neighborhood Council system was designed with representation at its center. Unlike many other elected positions, the Neighborhood Council system is open to those who are system impacted, non-US citizens, unhoused neighbors, and young people in the community.
Neighborhood Council Board Members are volunteers. As a Neighborhood Council Board Member, you will have the opportunity to advocate for issues that matter most to you and your neighbors, advise your City Councilmember and other City leaders, and contribute to positive change in your community.
Questions?
Contact elections@empowerla.org or clerk.electionsnc@lacity.org.
For updates and information for the upcoming 2025 NC elections, visit the City Clerk’s website at https://clerk.lacity.gov/clerk-services/elections/neighborhood-council-elections.
For a timeline of the election, including candidate filing and voter registration deadlines, visit https://clkrep.lacity.org/election/2025_NC_Election_Timeline.pdf.
