Los Angeles City Council District 13

Published October 1, 2026 · Updated October 2, 2026

Hugo Soto-Martinez is the Los Angeles City Council member for District 13, in office since December 12, 2022. The term ends when the next term begins on December 14, 2026 (re-elected June 2, 2026 to that term). Council District 13 includes Echo Park, Silver Lake, Hollywood, Koreatown, Thai Town, Atwater Village, Glassell Park, Larchmont, Historic Filipinotown and Little Armenia (CD13). It had 155,017 registered voters on July 14, 2026 (City Clerk).

Latest as of October 1, 2026

On Sept. 29 the Council adopted his substitute motion on a fund transfer for the Emergency Financial Assistance Program, which went to the Mayor Sept. 30. On Sept. 8 it adopted, as amended, the item on expanding Fair Work Week protections to fast food workers. Since Aug. 31 he chairs the Economic Development and Jobs Committee and is vice chair of the Rules Committee (Council President letter).

Council member	Hugo Soto-Martinez
In office since	December 12, 2022
Term ends	When the next term begins on December 14, 2026 (re-elected June 2, 2026 to that term)
Registered voters (July 14, 2026)	155,017 (Source)
June 2, 2026 primary	Re-elected with 68.42% (38,786 votes), four candidates (Source)

Council member: Hugo Soto-Martinez

Soto-Martinez worked 16 years as a labor organizer with UNITE HERE Local 11 and was elected to the Council in 2022 (CD13 bio). He took office December 12, 2022 (City Clerk) and won a second term outright in the June 2, 2026 primary with 68.42% (County Registrar).

Official office page

Committees

Economic Development and Jobs Committee, Chair
Civil Rights, Immigration, Social Services, and Neighborhoods Committee, Vice Chair
Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations Committee, Vice Chair
Personnel and Hiring Committee, Member
Public Safety Committee, Member
Board of Referred Powers, Member
Ad Hoc Committee on the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Member

Recorded votes

Date	Item	Vote	Result
July 1, 2026	Grant application for the State Office of Traffic Safety Selective Traffic Enforcement Program, FY 2025-26 (Council file 25-1391)	No	Adopted 11-3
August 4, 2026	Scattergood Generating Station modernization: environmental impact report and CEQA appeal (Council file 25-1360)	Absent	Adopted 10-3
August 4, 2026	Fund transfers in the year-end Financial Status Report, FY 2025-26 (Council file 25-0600-S138)	Yes	Adopted 14-0
August 4, 2026	Fund transfers in the FY 2026-27 Annual Homelessness Funding Report (Council file 23-1022-S33)	Yes	Adopted 13-1
August 4, 2026	Ballot measure ordinance: Measure ULA exemption for Palisades Fire-damaged homes sold within five years (Council file 26-1100-S9)	Yes	Adopted 13-1
August 11, 2026	Report on legal and policy options to reduce the concentration of sober living facilities (Council file 25-1484)	No	Adopted 10-4
August 11, 2026	Resolution setting the Council committee structure (Council file 26-2000)	Yes	Adopted 13-1
August 12, 2026	Enhanced City Resources Master Agreement for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games (Council file 15-0989-S68)	Yes	Adopted 10-4
September 1, 2026	Convention Center lease revenue bonds (MICLA), Series 2026-C and 2026-D (Council file 15-1207-S10)	Yes	Adopted 8-3
September 8, 2026	Fair Work Week Ordinance amendments covering fast food workers (Council file 19-0229-S2)	Yes	Adopted 10-2

Record in office

Motions. The Council File system lists Soto-Martinez as a mover on 210 council files and as the seconder on 284 received since he took office Dec. 12, 2022. Of the files he moved, the Council adopted 169, 19 were filed or expired without adoption and 22 are pending in committee or awaiting a Council vote (Council File Management System; our count on Oct. 1, 2026 from each file’s mover fields and activity log).
Ordinances. Five of those files produced ordinances, including the new formula for annual rent increases under the Rent Stabilization Ordinance, moved with Bob Blumenfield, effective Feb. 2, 2026 (CF 23-1134), and a follow-up amendment effective April 20, 2026 (CF 23-1134-S2); the ban on using City resources for federal immigration enforcement, moved with Eunisses Hernandez and Nithya Raman, effective Aug. 26, 2026 (CF 23-0243); an ordinance against retaliation for reporting public health violations, effective Dec. 1, 2024 (CF 24-0354); and changes to street vending zones, moved with three colleagues, effective April 2, 2024 (CF 23-1167).
Largest items. The Fair Work Week changes for fast food workers, which he moved with Katy Yaroslavsky in July 2024, were adopted 10-2 on Sept. 8, 2026 (CF 19-0229-S2). The Council adopted his motion on limits on kinetic energy projectiles and chemical agents for crowd control on Dec. 12, 2025 (CF 25-0696). On June 17, 2026 the Council received and filed his motion for a Charter amendment on noncitizen voting in municipal and school board elections (CF 26-0638). Pending: a democracy vouchers program for City elections, moved with Marqueece Harris-Dawson and Raman in March 2023 (CF 23-0359), and a tenant eviction prohibition and rent increase pause filed after the January 2025 fires (CF 25-0006-S16).
Committee chairs. Since Aug. 31, 2026 he chairs the Economic Development and Jobs Committee (Council President letter).

Money behind the member

Officeholder account. Hugo Soto-Martinez for City Council 2022-OH (ID 1448979) reported $45,365 in contributions and $23,345 in spending from Jan. 1, 2024 to June 30, 2026, and $13,393 in cash on June 30, 2026 (latest statement). Organizations giving $1,900 or more in that period include the Southern California District Council of Laborers PAC ($2,900), Public Defender Union Local 148 ($2,000), the Los Angeles Professional Managers Association ($2,000), Teamsters Local 396 PAC and Laborers’ Local 300 (City Ethics statement data).
2026 campaign. Hugo Soto-Martinez for City Council 2026 (ID 1480108) reported $208,746 in contributions and $381,943 in spending from Jan. 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026, and $22,191 in cash and $6,387 in unpaid bills on June 30, 2026 (latest statement). City data list 624 itemized contributions from 461 donors; organizations giving $1,000 include IUOE Local 12, Teamsters Local 396 PAC, UFCW Local 770 PAC, SMART Local 105, the Engineers and Architects Association, the Los Angeles College Guild and Streets for All (LA Open Data, City Ethics contributions).
Behested payments. 12 payments totaling $94,500 from 12 payors, Aug. 19, 2024 to Nov. 12, 2025. Nine, totaling $82,000, went to El Centro Del Pueblo for the public El Grito 2024 event, led by the Western States Regional Council of Carpenters ($25,000) and SEIU Local 721 ($15,000); three went to L.A. Downtown Medical Center for a 2025 turkey giveaway (City Ethics behested payment reports; Carpenters report).

Method: Totals add the contribution and spending lines (5 and 11) of each Form 460 summary page in the period; cash and unpaid bills are from the latest statement.

Ethics and court records

No fines or other findings naming Soto-Martinez were found in the FPPC case and complaint portal (cases, complaints) or the City Ethics Commission enforcement orders (searched Oct. 1, 2026).