Six candidates will be on the ballot in June to replace longtime Councilmember Curren Price in the district that stretches from downtown LA through South Central.
Alejandro Vega can’t vote yet — he’s just 17 — but he already knows exactly the kind of councilmember he wants representing his home community in LA City Council District 9.
“I want someone that will fight for more affordable homes so that I can continue to live in our district,” said Vega, a high school junior.
Vega and classmate Francisco Mendoza spent their Friday evening alongside a crowd of about 50 at a District 9 candidate forum in the gym of Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy in South Park.
