LA City Council Settles Special Election, Votes in New President Pro Tem

A person walks past signs posted outside City Hall calling for the resignations of L.A. City Councilors Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo in the wake of a leaked audio recording in Los Angeles, on Oct. 18, 2022. Mario Tama/Getty Images

Los Angeles City Council voted 11–0 Oct. 25 to hold a special election next year to fill Nury Martinez’s former seat and to appoint Councilman Curren Price as the next president pro tempore.

The special election for the District 6 seat on April 4, 2023, will cost the city up to $7.7 million, according to the City Clerk’s Office. A runoff, if necessary, will take place on June 27.