Los Angeles City Council District 9

Published October 1, 2026 · Updated October 2, 2026

Curren D. Price Jr. is the Los Angeles City Council member for District 9, in office since July 1, 2013. The term ends when the next term begins on December 14, 2026. Council District 9 is in South Los Angeles and runs from the Convention Center and L.A. Live on its north edge to Vermont Square on the west, the Central-Alameda corridor on the east and Green Meadows on the south, and includes Exposition Park (CD9). It had 105,169 registered voters on July 14, 2026 (City Clerk).

Latest as of October 1, 2026

Jose Ugarte and Estuardo Mazariegos, the top two in the June 2 primary, are running for the seat on Nov. 3 (County Registrar; race page). On Sept. 29 the Council adopted his items funding the Central Avenue Jazz Festival and Latino Heritage Month events in the district. On Aug. 4 it adopted his item adding CARE+ homeless service days. Since Aug. 31 he has chaired the Government Efficiency, Innovation, and Audits Committee (Council President letter).

Council member	Curren D. Price Jr.
In office since	July 1, 2013
Term ends	When the next term begins on December 14, 2026
Next election	November 3, 2026 · LA City Council District 9 race 2026: Estuardo Mazariegos vs. Jose Ugarte
Registered voters (July 14, 2026)	105,169 (Source)
Term limit	Not eligible for another term (Source)

Council member: Curren D. Price Jr.

Price served on the Inglewood City Council (1993 to 1997 and 2001 to 2006), in the State Assembly from 2006 and in the State Senate from 2009; he has a B.A. from Stanford and a J.D. from Santa Clara (CD9 bio). He took office July 1, 2013 and is serving his third term, which ends December 13, 2026 (City Clerk). The City Clerk lists him as not eligible to run again because of term limits (City Clerk candidate guide).

Official office page

Committees

Government Efficiency, Innovation, and Audits Committee, Chair
Economic Development and Jobs Committee, Vice Chair
Public Safety Committee, Vice Chair
Ad Hoc Committee on the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Vice Chair
Trade, Travel, and Tourism Committee, 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)	Absent	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)	Absent	Adopted 14-0
August 4, 2026	Fund transfers in the FY 2026-27 Annual Homelessness Funding Report (Council file 23-1022-S33)	Absent	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)	Absent	Adopted 13-1
August 11, 2026	Report on legal and policy options to reduce the concentration of sober living facilities (Council file 25-1484)	Absent	Adopted 10-4
August 11, 2026	Resolution setting the Council committee structure (Council file 26-2000)	Absent	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)	Absent	Adopted 10-2

Record in office

Motions. Price has held the seat since July 1, 2013. For council files received from Dec. 12, 2022 to Sept. 30, 2026, the Council File system lists him as a mover on 146 and as the seconder on 146. Of the files he moved, the Council adopted 134, 2 were filed or expired without adoption and 10 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. One of those files produced an ordinance: the amendment to the street vending ordinance on vending zones at Hollywood Boulevard and the Hollywood Bowl, moved with Paul Krekorian, Nithya Raman and Hugo Soto-Martinez, effective April 2, 2024 (CF 23-1167).
Largest items. The Council adopted his motion on buying surplus land at 8224 South Broadway for affordable housing on Aug. 26, 2026 (CF 26-1052), his motion to widen the Municipal Code definition of public nuisance properties on April 29, 2026 (CF 23-1276) and his motion on the 2028 Olympic opening and closing ceremonies at the Coliseum on Nov. 5, 2025 (CF 15-0989-S57). Pending: an LAPD protocol on federal immigration enforcement, moved with Eunisses Hernandez in February 2025 (CF 23-0243-S1).
Committee chairs. Since Aug. 31, 2026 he has chaired the Government Efficiency, Innovation, and Audits Committee (Council President letter).
Successor. Estuardo Mazariegos and Jose Ugarte are in the Nov. 3, 2026 runoff for the seat (race page).

Money behind the member

Legal defense committee. The Councilmember Curren Price Jr. Legal Defense Committee for Sup. Court Case No. BA515782 (ID 1461457) reported $460,293 in contributions and $498,137 in spending from Jan. 1, 2023 to June 30, 2026, and $23,121 in cash and $186,037 in unpaid bills on June 30, 2026 (latest statement). Its statements itemize 349 donors. The largest total from one donor was $5,500. Organizations giving $3,600 or more include Nixon and Associates ($3,700), Vitality Furniture, the Steamfitters and Refrigeration UA Local 250 PAC and the Committee to Re-Elect Councilman Eloy Morales, Jr. 2024 (City Ethics statement data).
Officeholder account. Councilmember Curren Price Officeholder Account (ID 1359453) reported $18,100 in contributions and $20,476 in spending from Jan. 1, 2024 until it closed Sept. 30, 2025 (termination statement).
Last campaign. Curren Price, Jr. for City Council 2022 (ID 1432433) reported $491,048 in contributions and $662,736 in spending from Jan. 1, 2020 until it closed Jan. 31, 2025 (termination statement). City data list 1,118 itemized contributions from 919 donors (LA Open Data, City Ethics contributions).
Behested payments. Six payments totaling $65,000 from five payors, all to the Coalition for Responsible Community Development for the Central Avenue Jazz Festival, March 2024 to October 2025: Anschutz Entertainment Group $25,000; South Coast Air Quality Management District, Black Impact Community Fund and Metro $10,000 each; Black Impact Community Fund and Los Angeles World Airports $5,000 each (City Ethics behested payment reports; AEG 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

Price holds the seat until Dec. 13, 2026 and is not on the ballot (City Clerk); he voted at Council meetings through Sept. 30, 2026 (CF 26-0160-S70 roll call).

Criminal case (pending). Price pleaded not guilty on April 10, 2026 to 12 felony counts in Los Angeles County Superior Court and is due back in court on Oct. 16, 2026 for a pretrial hearing and trial setting (District Attorney release, Aug. 10, 2026).
FPPC stipulation, behested payment reports (2021). In FPPC case 2021-00318, closed Nov. 29, 2021, Price paid a $1,600 penalty for filing eight behested payment reports (Form 803) late. The payments, from 2017 to 2019, were from Republic Services, LAFC Partners (three), PHR LA Mart, Hawthorne Realty, UFCW Local 770 and Herbalife, for free art and holiday events; all eight reports were filed March 26, 2021. The stipulation lists “no evidence of intent to conceal” among its findings (FPPC stipulation).
FPPC stipulation, late contribution reports (2010). In FPPC case 2009-0754 the Committee to Re-Elect Curren Price and its treasurer agreed to a $4,900 penalty on three counts of making late contributions in 2007 and 2008 without timely reports (FPPC stipulation).
Older FPPC referrals. The FPPC portal lists two referrals naming Price closed as “Violations Found - Action Taken” in 2007 (Registrar of Voters) and 2011 (Franchise Tax Board), and a 2007 Franchise Tax Board audit referral closed with a warning letter (FPPC portal).

No City Ethics Commission enforcement order names him (enforcement orders), and the State Bar lists no attorney by his name (State Bar) (searched Oct. 1, 2026).