Traci Park

Traci Park is a member of the Los Angeles City Council in California, representing District 11. She assumed office on December 12, 2022. Her current term ends on December 14, 2026.

Park is running for re-election to the Los Angeles City Council to represent District 11 in California. She is on the ballot in the primary on June 2, 2026.^[source]

Biography

Traci Park was born in Downey, California. She earned a high school diploma from Apple Valley High School, a bachelor's degree from Johns Hopkins University in 1997, and a law degree from Loyola Law School in 2001. Her career experience includes working as an attorney.

Park has been affiliated with the following organizations:^[1]

Association of Workplace Investigators
PARMA
IPMA-HR International
CalPELRA
CSDA
League of California Cities
Pacific Palisades Democratic Club

Elections

2026

General election

The primary will occur on June 2, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

Nonpartisan primary

Nonpartisan primary election for Los Angeles City Council District 11

Incumbent Traci Park (Nonpartisan) and Faizah Malik (Nonpartisan) are running in the primary for Los Angeles City Council District 11 on June 2, 2026.

		Candidate
		Traci Park (Nonpartisan)
	Submit photo	Faizah Malik (Nonpartisan)

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2022

General election

General election for Los Angeles City Council District 11

Traci Park defeated Erin Darling in the general election for Los Angeles City Council District 11 on November 8, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Traci Park (Nonpartisan)	52.0	51,014
	Erin Darling (Nonpartisan)	48.0	47,056

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 98,070
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Los Angeles City Council District 11

The following candidates ran in the primary for Los Angeles City Council District 11 on June 7, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Erin Darling (Nonpartisan)	34.7	22,939
✔		Traci Park (Nonpartisan)	29.0	19,168
	Submit photo	Greg Good (Nonpartisan)	9.9	6,565
		Allison Holdorff Polhill (Nonpartisan)	8.8	5,805
		Mike Newhouse (Nonpartisan)	7.1	4,702
	Submit photo	Jim Murez (Nonpartisan)	5.0	3,286
	Submit photo	Mat Smith (Nonpartisan)	3.9	2,590
	Submit photo	Midsanon Lloyd (Nonpartisan)	1.7	1,116

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 66,171
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Campaign themes

2026

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2022

Traci Park completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Park's responses.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Traci Park is an pragmatic problem-solver who will work tirelessly for us. She knows how to create policies that keep neighborhoods safe and help communities thrive. Traci is running for city council to take on our most urgent challenges – crime, homelessness, sustainability, and affordability. District voters have an historic opportunity to bring about change in a city that has lost its way.

Traci is a Venice resident and municipal law attorney. She works on public policy issues, like police body cameras and use of force policies, closing the gender pay-gap, and investigating fraud, waste, and abuse complaints . During the COVID-19 pandemic, Traci helped cities and businesses navigate changing regulations to save jobs and lives.

Traci is running for CD11 to represent the entire district. She knows we need pragmatic solutions to the most pressing issues that the Westside faces. She’ll fight tirelessly to improve our quality of life on the Westside by ending encampments, restoring public safety, promoting economic recovery, improving infrastructure and fighting for our environment.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

Get people off the streets into safe settings with the help they need.
Restore public safety.
Protect our open spaces and the environment.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Traci is passionate about environmental and infrastructure policy. We face a once in a generation opportunity to not only rebuild our crumbling infrastructure, but to implement sustainable solutions to solve our climate, transportation, conservation, employment, and livability needs on the Westside. Traci will do everything in her power to make sure CD-11 secures state and federal funds to implement these needed solutions to our beautiful district.

Traci understands the urgency of ending street camping and getting the unhoused into safe settings where they can get the help they need. She will focus on the production of affordable and permanent supportive housing, but and in the interim, she will fight to bring cost-effective, customized solutions online, including safe camping and parking with services on site, modular construction, adaptive reuse, and shared housing. She also recognizes that mental health and addiction recovery must be part of the solution.

What qualities does this office possess that makes it a unique and important part of the state government and legal system?

Traci wholeheartedly agrees with the old adage that "all politics is local." Our City Council controls local laws, regulations, and ordinances, and each Council office has significant control over issues that affect the daily lives of residents and stakeholders, including land use and development, traffic mitigation and street improvements, public works and infrastructure projects, businesses, housing, and public safety. Traci will use her position on the City Council to ensure that our local communities have a real voice in the decisions that affect the Westside.

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

Traci believes that leaders listen. She will collaborate with communities and stakeholders to lead from common ground. Traci also believes in transparency and accountability. For too long, the City of Los Angeles has been plagued by corruption. She will work every day to restore trust between the residents of Council District 11 and the City to build the necessary partnerships that will be required to move our City forward.

What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?

Traci is a pragmatic problem-solver, not a political idealogue. She believes in community engagement and giving residents and stakeholders a voice and advocate at City Hall. Traci will roll her sleeves up to do the hard work of solving local problems by establishing needed trust and personal relationships with community leaders and stakeholders. Traci believes in putting people over politics!

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

Traci is fully committed to constituent services, responsiveness, improving the City's wasteful and inefficient systems, and investing in public safety to keep our communities safe, healthy, and thriving - for everyone.

What legacy would you like to leave?

Traci is fully committed to investing in infrastructure that aligns with our City's goals on climate and sustainability. From drought mitigation to housing and clean transportation, Traci will bring new capital improvement, public works, infrastructure, and development projects to Los Angeles that will help our City move forward to meet the needs of generations to come. She knows that we must be good stewards of the environmental resources Council District 11 offers - from our beautiful Santa Monica bay to our Ballona Wetlands to our Santa Monica mountains, Traci will always fight to protect our green, open, and public recreation resources.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

Traci got her first job waiting tables when she was just 16 years old. She then worked two jobs throughout college and law school, while also borrowing heavily to pay for her education. Traci understands the value of hard work and the challenges that working families in Los Angeles face in light of the rising cost of living. She will fight for educational and economic opportunities for all Angelenos to ensure that every person and family can continue to call Los Angeles home. She will invest in affordable and workforce housing across the City and work closely with our local unions and business organizations to focus on job training and workforce development.

What kind of skills or expertise do you believe would be the most helpful for the holders of this office to possess?

Traci brings years of experience advising cities and other local governments on policy development and legal compliance. As a municipal attorney, she works every day with City leadership - including elected officials, department heads, police and fire, and other employee groups - to solve problems that effect communities and working people. She brings years of experience and best practices to this position on the LA City Council, where she will serve as a true advocate for the changes people on the Westside want to see.

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Traci Park

Contents

Biography

Elections

2026

General election

Nonpartisan primary

Nonpartisan primary election for Los Angeles City Council District 11

Endorsements

2022

General election

General election for Los Angeles City Council District 11

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Los Angeles City Council District 11

Endorsements

Campaign themes

2026

Ballotpedia survey responses

2022

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