#83: Homelessness will be a major challenge for whoever wins the special election to fill the seat once occupied by disgraced former L.A. City Council President, Nury Martinez. The area she used to represent, Council District 6, has the highest concentration of unhoused people in the San Fernando Valley. And in District 6, that means more than 500 people living in about 400 vans and RVs that line the streets of neighborhoods like Van Nuys and Sun Valley.
HTLA host Brian De Los Santos is walking and talking with LAist's Frank Stoltze, and some CD-6 residents, about the race and what that community needs the most from this next council representative.
(Note: After recording, another candidate entered the race as a write-in, bringing the total number of write-in candidates to four.)
Here is Frank's story about the challenges facing District 6: https://laist.com/news/housing-homelessness/people-living-in-rvs-and-vans-a-big-issue-in-special-election-to-replace-nury-martinez
The special election to fill Nury Martinez's seat is April 4. Here is everything you need to know about the race and who is running: https://laist.com/news/politics/cd6-special-election-la-los-angeles-city-council-district-6