Los Angeles City Council District 2

Published October 1, 2026 · Updated October 2, 2026

Adrin Nazarian is the Los Angeles City Council member for District 2, in office since December 9, 2024. The term ends in December 2028. Council District 2 runs from Toluca Lake to the edge of Verdugo Mountain Park in Sun Valley and includes neighborhoods in North Hollywood, Studio City, Sun Valley, Toluca Lake, Valley Glen, Valley Village and Van Nuys. The Council office puts its population at 260,065 people in 96,059 households (CD2).

Latest as of October 1, 2026

On Sept. 18 the Council adopted his items on the Keep Hollywood Home initiative for film and TV production and on fire spot check fees for productions. An interim control ordinance from his motion, barring demolition and related permits for rent-stabilized housing in Valley Glen, took effect Sept. 14 after Council adoption Sept. 8. Since Aug. 31 he has chaired the Energy and Environment Committee and the Ad Hoc Committee on Film, Entertainment, and Creative Industry (Council President letter).

Council member	Adrin Nazarian
In office since	December 9, 2024
Term ends	December 2028
Registered voters (July 14, 2026)	144,773 (Source)
Population	260,065 (96,059 households) (Source)

Council member: Adrin Nazarian

Nazarian came to the United States from Iran at age 8, earned an economics degree from UCLA in 1996, and served as chief of staff to then-Assemblymember Paul Krekorian (CD2 bio). He represented the 46th Assembly District from 2012 to 2022 and was elected to the Council in November 2024 (CD2 bio). He took office December 9, 2024 (City Clerk).

Official office page

Committees

Energy and Environment Committee, Chair
Ad Hoc Committee on Film, Entertainment, and Creative Industry, Chair
Arts, Parks, and City Facilities Committee, Vice Chair
Ad Hoc Committee for Boyle Heights Fire Recovery, Vice Chair
Planning and Land Use Management Committee, Member
Transportation Committee, Member
Board of Referred Powers, 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)	Yes	Adopted 11-3
August 4, 2026	Scattergood Generating Station modernization: environmental impact report and CEQA appeal (Council file 25-1360)	Yes	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)	Yes	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 Nazarian as a mover on 122 council files and as the seconder on 106 received since he took office Dec. 9, 2024. Of the files he moved, the Council adopted 96 and 26 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. Three files he moved produced ordinances: an urgency ordinance barring demolition of occupied rent-controlled homes in part of Valley Glen, effective Sept. 14, 2026 (CF 25-0970); park hours at Verdugo Mountain Park, moved with Monica Rodriguez, effective March 9, 2026 (CF 11-0630); and the price gouging ordinance for housing and lodging after the January 2025 fires, moved with John Lee, Tim McOsker and Traci Park, effective Feb. 26, 2025 (CF 25-0006-S22).
Largest items. He filed eight film-production motions on Dec. 12, 2025 under the name Keep Hollywood Home. The Council adopted seven, including a Controller audit of the FilmLA contract (CF 25-1500, March 4, 2026) and a waiver of Fire Department spot check fees (CF 25-1499, Sept. 18, 2026); one on filming fees at City parking lots is in committee (CF 25-1508). The Council adopted his motion for a report on taxing corporate ownership of single-family homes on May 28, 2025 (CF 24-1586). Pending: a temporary moratorium on data center development, referred Sept. 8, 2026 (CF 26-1284); an annual parcel tax on private golf and country clubs, moved with Marqueece Harris-Dawson (CF 26-0705); and a ballot measure expanding the Office of Public Accountability to sewer charges (CF 26-0779).
Committee chairs. Since Aug. 31, 2026 he has chaired the Energy and Environment Committee and the Ad Hoc Committee on Film, Entertainment, and Creative Industry (Council President letter).

Money behind the member

Officeholder account. Adrin Nazarian for City Council 2024- Officeholder Account (ID 1453755) reported $22,900 in contributions and $5,840 in spending from Jan. 1 to June 30, 2026, and $23,991 in cash and $1,583 in unpaid bills on June 30, 2026 (latest statement). Donors of $1,000 include Teamsters Local 396 PAC, IBEW Local 11, IUOE Local 12, Plumbers and Fitters Local 761, UA Local 250, the Los Angeles County Electrical Contractors PAC and L.A. Taxi Cooperative (City Ethics statement data).
2024 campaign. His two 2024 Council committees reported $1,240,667 in contributions: $736,443 to Adrin Nazarian for City Council 2024 (ID 1453755, Jan. 1, 2022 to Dec. 31, 2025; last statement) and $504,224 to the 2024-General committee (ID 1468093, Jan. 1, 2024 to June 30, 2026). The general committee reported $8,035 in cash and $51,205 in unpaid bills on June 30, 2026 (latest statement). City data list 2,212 itemized contributions from 1,718 donors (LA Open Data, City Ethics contributions).
State Controller 2030 committee. Adrin Nazarian for State Controller 2030 (ID 1468736) reported $610,863 in cash on June 30, 2026 and no contributions in the first half of 2026 (latest statement).
Behested payments. Five payments totaling $48,600 from four payors, Aug. 13, 2025 to June 23, 2026. Netflix gave $20,000 (June 23, 2026) and Game Changer Brewhouse $18,000 (June 9, 2026) to the Bravo Foundation for a free community event; Netflix ($5,000) and NBC Universal ($5,200) gave to the Latino Resource Organization in December 2025; Disney gave $400 to Village Arts (City Ethics behested payment reports; Netflix 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

FPPC warning letter, behested payment report (2023). The FPPC closed case 2023-00065 on Jan. 23, 2023 with a warning letter. It found that Nazarian, then an Assembly member, filed a behested payment report (Form 803) late for a payment the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation made at his behest on Dec. 23, 2021 to the State ScholarShare Investment Board. The letter cites as mitigating factors that he filed the report before the FPPC contacted him and within 100 days of the due date (FPPC warning letter).
FPPC warning letter, campaign reports (2014). On Jan. 23, 2014 the FPPC closed case 14/0020 against Nazarian and Nazarian for Assembly 2012 with a warning letter after a Franchise Tax Board audit. The audit found no ballot measure contribution report for a $25,000 contribution to the California Democratic Party, no election cycle report for a $2,500 contribution received and no $5,000 report for a $7,800 contribution received (FPPC warning letter).
FPPC stipulation, Statement of Economic Interests (2010). Nazarian agreed to a $400 penalty in FPPC case 09/0886 for not reporting on his 2008 annual Form 700 gifts from the Recording Industry Association of America received about Feb. 26, 2008: concert tickets ($96.75), transportation ($56.25) and refreshments ($19.94). He filed an amended statement (FPPC stipulation).

No City Ethics Commission enforcement order names him (enforcement orders) (searched Oct. 1, 2026).