Los Angeles City Council District 8

Published October 1, 2026 · Updated October 2, 2026

Marqueece Harris-Dawson is the Los Angeles City Council member for District 8, in office since July 1, 2015. The term ends in December 2028. The neighborhood councils inside Council District 8 are the five Empowerment Congress area councils (Central, North, Southeast, Southwest and West) and Park Mesa Heights (City neighborhood council boundaries). It had 143,936 registered voters on July 14, 2026 (City Clerk).

Latest as of October 1, 2026

On Sept. 30 the Council voted 14-0 to approve on first consideration an ordinance codifying parts of Executive Directive 17 on federal immigration enforcement, a file he moved. On Aug. 11 the Council adopted his resolution reorganizing Council committees 13-1, effective Aug. 31; he named members by letter and chairs the Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations Committee, the Board of Referred Powers and the Ad Hoc Committee on the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. On Aug. 4 the Council adopted his item on consultant capacity for a transition plan away from LAHSA.

Council member	Marqueece Harris-Dawson
In office since	July 1, 2015
Term ends	December 2028
Registered voters (July 14, 2026)	143,936 (Source)
Council President	Since September 20, 2024 (Source)

Council member: Marqueece Harris-Dawson

Harris-Dawson was born and raised in South Los Angeles, graduated from Morehouse College, and was elected to the Council in 2015 (CD8 bio); he took office July 1, 2015 and is in his third term (City Clerk). The Council elected him Council President effective September 20, 2024 (Council File 24-0597).

Official office page

Committees

Los Angeles City Council, President
Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations Committee, Chair
Board of Referred Powers, Chair
Ad Hoc Committee on the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Chair

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)	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)	Absent	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. Harris-Dawson has held the seat since July 1, 2015. For council files received from Dec. 12, 2022 to Sept. 30, 2026, the Council File system lists him as a mover on 202 and as the seconder on 226. Of the files he moved, the Council adopted 180, 6 were filed or expired without adoption and 16 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. Seven of those files produced ordinances, including the consumer price index used to set the hotel worker wage rate, effective June 29, 2026 (CF 25-1466); a longer period for the Council to consider a mayoral emergency declaration, effective July 27, 2026 (CF 17-0714-S1); a disclosure rule for City contract bidders who are plaintiffs in litigation, effective Oct. 21, 2026 (CF 26-0215); and an ordinance from the street resurfacing and Mobility Plan 2035 file he moved with Nithya Raman, effective Aug. 18, 2025 (CF 24-0173).
Largest items. He moved the Enhanced City Resources Master Agreement for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, adopted 10-4 on Aug. 12, 2026 (CF 15-0989-S68), and the resolution setting the new Council committee structure, adopted 13-1 on Aug. 11, 2026 (CF 26-2000). The Council adopted his motion on meet-and-confer obligations for an LAPD Charter amendment on Aug. 4, 2026 (CF 26-0968), and on Sept. 30, 2026 it took up an ordinance from his file to codify Executive Directive 17 on federal immigration enforcement (CF 26-0204). Pending: a democracy vouchers program for City elections, moved with Raman and Hugo Soto-Martinez in March 2023 (CF 23-0359), and an annual parcel tax on private golf and country clubs, moved with Adrin Nazarian (CF 26-0705).
Committee chairs. Since Aug. 31, 2026 he has chaired the Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations Committee, the Board of Referred Powers and the Ad Hoc Committee on the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games (Council President letter).

Money behind the member

Officeholder account. Harris-Dawson for City Council 2015 Officeholder (ID 1360402) reported $133,108 in contributions and $115,717 in spending from Jan. 1, 2024 to June 30, 2026, and $80,117 in cash and $704 in unpaid bills on June 30, 2026 (latest statement). Organizations giving $1,250 or more in that period include Lime ($1,900), the Motion Picture Association Local PAC ($1,900), Warner Bros. Discovery ($1,400) and The Lamar Companies ($1,250) (City Ethics statement data).
2024 campaign. Harris-Dawson for City Council 2024 (ID 1456093) reported $245,419 in contributions and $247,556 in spending from Jan. 1, 2023 until it closed Dec. 31, 2024 (termination statement). City data list 377 itemized contributions from 353 donors (LA Open Data, City Ethics contributions).
Behested payments. None reported since Jan. 1, 2024; his last reported behested payment is dated Sept. 15, 2023 (City Ethics behested payment reports, searched Oct. 1, 2026).

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 Harris-Dawson were found in the FPPC case and complaint portal (cases, complaints) or the City Ethics Commission enforcement orders (searched Oct. 1, 2026).