Incumbent
Los Angeles City Council District 1 winner
$4.8K
NOV 7, 2026
General Election
Voters choose the office holder.
Overview
Current roleCouncil Member
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyDemocratic Socialist
GenderFemale
LocationCalifornia
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BackgroundLos Angeles City Councilmember
Notable personal detailsEunisses Hernandez is an American community organizer, activist, and politician who has represented Los Angeles City Council District 1 since December 2022. Born and raised in Highland Park, she has worked on criminal-justice and community-investment campaigns, including Measure J and the Care First, Jails Last initiative in Los Angeles County. On the City Council, she has emphasized a “Care First” agenda focused on community services, workforce development, and harm-reduction approaches.
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
Supports reallocating city budget away from heavy policing toward community services, housing, and unarmed crisis response and has voted against budgets she views as overfunding LAPD while underfunding social programs. Advocates increased investment in tenant protections, homelessness services, and youth and family programs and has pushed for budget transparency and a multi-year budgeting process. No explicit campaign language about raising specific tax rates was found in the cited materials.
Healthcare
Supports expanding public health and care-first services including street medicine, mobile overdose response, and investments in community-based health and social services to increase access to care. Advocates integrating public health, harm-reduction, and social services as part of a broader city care-first agenda.
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Immigration & Border
Supports protecting immigrant families from federal enforcement actions and rule changes that would displace mixed-status households, and has publicly condemned ICE raids and called for city opposition to policies that force local agencies to act as immigration enforcers.
Climate & Energy
Supports active local climate and resilience measures including protecting renters from extreme heat, advancing climate-ready community investments, and promoting cooling and infrastructure improvements while pursuing clean-energy and environmental protections at the city level.
Public Safety & Guns
Supports substantial reform of policing and alternatives to armed law enforcement, including advancing unarmed crisis response, creating a Department of Community Safety, and seeking limits on LAPD activities and weapons in certain contexts. Identifies as a police and prison abolitionist and has voted and introduced motions to reduce LAPD power and funding while expanding non-police public-safety responses.
News
Eunisses Hernandez is in the news because MacArthur Park conditions have become a major issue in the Los Angeles City Council District 1 race. Challenger Raul Claros is using crime, drug activity, homelessness, and park conditions to attack Hernandez and argue for a different approach if elected. The reporting suggests the park has become a central campaign flashpoint, but it does not add new details about Hernandez’s own response.
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