Council districts

Council District 12

John Lee263,980 residents

West Hills, Granada Hills South, Chatsworth, Granada Hills North, Northridge South, Porter Ranch

7.84

Park acres per 1,000

Citywide 4.223rd of 15

Metro rail stations

Citywide 5711th of 15

1.32

Affordable homes per 1,000

Citywide 8.8314th of 15

23.8

Offenses per 1,000, 2023

Citywide 36.514th of 15

42.8%

Turnout, June 2026

Citywide 39.3%4th of 15

Council District 12 has 45 parks covering 2,070.5 acres between them, which puts the middle one at 17.07 acres against 2.91 citywide. In CD 8 the middle park is 0.29 acres. There is no Metro rail station anywhere in Council District 12. Four other districts are in the same position, CD 3, CD 4, CD 6 and CD 7, and between them the five hold 1,290,946 people, or 33.5% of the city.

Parks and open space

A district can rank high for park acreage and low for the share of residents near a park, or the other way around.

Measure

This district

Citywide

Rankmost to least

Parks

Count of separate park sites run by the city's Recreation and Parks department, whole sites rather than polygons, and only those inside the city.

493

4th of 15

Ten parks straddle a district line and are counted in both districts, so the fifteen district counts add to 503 against 493 separate parks citywide.

Park acres

Acres of city park land inside the district.

2,070.5

16,243.7

3rd of 15

Overlapping parks are counted once, because 74 park polygons sit inside other parks and adding them raw would overstate the city's park land by 2,814 acres. A park that crosses a district line is split between the two by area.

Park acres per 1,000 residents

City park acres divided by the district's population, in thousands.

7.84

4.22

3rd of 15

Griffith Park is 28.1% of all city park land and sits almost entirely in one district.

Median park size

Acres. The middle park in the district, counting only the part inside the district, so one large park can't move it. The citywide figure is the middle park in the city, measured the same way.

17.07

2.91

1st of 15

Measured over parks inside the city only, on the same basis as the count above.

Residents within half a mile of an open park

Share of the district's residents, computed here by buffering every open park by half a mile and apportioning tract population into the buffer.

54.2%

75.9%

14th of 15

This is the ten-minute-walk measure the city leads with. It counts whether a park is nearby and not how much park there is, so a district can rank high here and low on acreage.

City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks park boundaries, GeoHub layer LA_City_Parks_Boundaries, last modified 2025-08-18, retrieved 2026-08-13. Population is the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year tract estimate, apportioned to council districts by area.

Park acres per 1,000 residents, all fifteen districts

The vertical rule is the citywide figure, 4.22.

Transit

Stations and stops are Metro's, and commute times come from the census.

Measure

This district

Citywide

Rankmost to least

Metro rail stations

Count of Metro rail stations inside the district.

11th of 15

Weekday rail departures

Scheduled weekday departures from every Metro rail platform in the district.

15,759

11th of 15

Departures are read from one scheduled service week and shift when Metro changes the timetable.

Metro busway stops

Stops on Metro's dedicated busways, the G Line and the J Line.

7th of 15

Bus stops per 10,000 residents

Metro bus stops divided by the district's population, in tens of thousands.

18.5

18.0

9th of 15

Stops with very different service frequencies count the same here.

Residents within half a mile of rail

Share of the district's residents inside a half-mile buffer of a rail station.

0.0%

16.0%

12th of 15

Average commute

Minutes, one way, averaged over workers aged 16 and over who did not work from home.

30.7 min

10th of 15

Computed from the census aggregate-travel-time table rather than from the bucketed table, which overstates the average by about 2.9 minutes.

Commute by public transit

Share of the district's workers aged 16 and over.

1.3%

6.1%

15th of 15

Worked from home

Share of the district's workers aged 16 and over.

20.9%

19.5%

5th of 15

This is a five-year average covering 2020 through 2024, so it blends the remote-work peak with the return to offices and isn't a current rate.

LA Metro GTFS rail and bus schedule feeds, retrieved 2026-08-13 for the service window beginning that day. Population is the American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year tract estimate, apportioned by area.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year estimates, table-based summary files at census-tract level, apportioned to council districts by area.

Metro rail stations, all fifteen districts

Homes

The three housing programs can cover the same unit, and a permitted home may not be built yet, so these four counts shouldn't be added together.

Measure

This district

Citywide

Rankmost to least

Income-restricted homes

Units in projects the city's housing department financed or issued bonds for since 2003, with rent and tenant income restricted by a recorded agreement.

348

34,017

14th of 15

Covenanted, rent-stabilized and federally assisted units are three separate programs that overlap by an unpublished amount, so the three counts can't be added together.

Income-restricted homes per 1,000 residents

Income-restricted units divided by the district's population, in thousands.

1.32

8.83

14th of 15

Permanent supportive homes

Units in the income-restricted portfolio that carry supportive services.

268

12,993

13th of 15

These are already included in the income-restricted count above.

Rent-stabilized homes per 1,000 residents

Rent-stabilized units divided by the district's population, in thousands.

60.7

171.8

14th of 15

Rent stabilization caps increases and restricts evictions because of a building's age. There's no income test and no limit on the rent once a unit is vacant.

Federally assisted homes whose commitment runs out by 2036

Units under an active federal project-based contract whose overall affordability commitment ends within ten years.

397

14,676

14th of 15

Contracts are routinely renewed, so a commitment running out doesn't mean the homes are lost. Counting the shorter renewal terms inside these contracts instead would raise the figure by about half.

Net homes permitted, 2020 to 2026

Dwelling units added minus units removed, on permits issued from January 2020 to Aug. 10, 2026.

3,116

76,810

14th of 15

Permits expire, get revoked or go unbuilt, so this counts approvals rather than finished homes.

Net homes permitted per 1,000 residents

Net permitted units divided by the district's population, in thousands.

11.8

19.9

14th of 15

Backyard homes permitted, 2020 to 2026

Accessory dwelling units, counted inside the added figure above.

2,228

15,235

1st of 15

Backyard homes are mostly allowed by state law rather than by council decisions, so they're shown separately.

Households that rent

Share of the district's occupied homes.

33.2%

64.0%

15th of 15

Renters paying 30% or more of income on rent

Share of renter households for which the census could compute a rent-to-income ratio. Households where it could not, about one renter in twenty, are left out of both halves of the fraction.

64.5%

59.2%

3rd of 15

Los Angeles Housing Department affordable-housing inventory (data.lacity.org dataset mymu-zi3s), retrieved 2026-08-13.

Los Angeles Housing Department rent-stabilized housing inventory for 2024, published through the Office of the Controller.

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Multifamily Assistance and Section 8 contract database (TRACS), active contracts, retrieved 2026-08-13.

Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety issued building permits (data.lacity.org dataset pi9x-tg5x), permits issued 2020-01-01 to 2026-08-10.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year estimates, table-based summary files at census-tract level, apportioned to council districts by area.

Income-restricted homes per 1,000 residents, all fifteen districts

The vertical rule is the citywide figure, 8.83.

Los Angeles Housing Department affordable-housing inventory (data.lacity.org dataset mymu-zi3s), retrieved 2026-08-13.

Reported crime

These are the nine serious offense categories for 2023, the last full year before the LAPD changed how it counts crime.

Measure

This district

Citywide

Rankmost to least

Serious offenses reported per 1,000 residents, 2023

6,326 offenses in the district. The nine Part I offense categories, counted once per incident on the most serious offense, divided by the district's population in thousands.

23.8

36.5

14th of 15

The population behind these rates is one American Community Survey estimate used for every year, so they compare districts with each other but not one year with another. Crime is recorded where it happens, so districts holding downtown, a stadium or a transit hub carry offenses against people who don't live there, while the rate divides by residents only. 2023 is the last year before the department's move to federal incident reporting, which ran from January 2024 to June 2025, so later years can't be compared with earlier ones.

Violent offenses reported per 1,000 residents, 2023

915 offenses in the district. Homicide, rape, robbery and aggravated assault, per 1,000 residents.

3.44

8.03

15th of 15

Property offenses reported per 1,000 residents, 2023

5,411 offenses in the district. Burglary, theft, vehicle theft and arson, per 1,000 residents.

20.32

28.44

14th of 15

Los Angeles Police Department incident records, reclassified onto one consistent Part I offense hierarchy by The Basin and apportioned from reporting districts to council districts. Population is the American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year estimate.

Serious offenses reported per 1,000 residents, 2023, all fifteen districts

The vertical rule is the citywide figure, 36.5.

Property and the tax base

The property tax is billed to owners, who aren't named on the roll and may not live in the district.

Measure

This district

Citywide

Rankmost to least

Assessed taxable value

Net taxable value of all property assessed in the district on the 2025 roll. This is what the assessment roll says the property is worth for tax purposes, not what it would sell for.

$58,381,187,562

$834,932,956,252

5th of 15

The tax is billed to the owner of record. The roll doesn't name owners, and many are trusts, companies or out-of-state owners who don't live in the district. Los Angeles is about two thirds renter-occupied and economists disagree about how much property tax reaches tenants, so these totals don't measure what a district's residents paid.

Assessed value per housing unit

Assessed taxable value divided by housing units in the district. Council districts are drawn to equal population, so dividing by residents would just rescale the total.

$600,648

$533,914

5th of 15

General Fund property tax allocated

The city General Fund's property tax, allocated to the district in proportion to its share of the secured tax base, which isn't money the district receives. Only 69.2 percent of the General Fund's $2.96 billion of property tax can be allocated to any district at all. The other 30.8 percent, including $687.3 million of state VLF replacement that no parcel is billed for, belongs to none of them and isn't in this figure.

$142,751,749

$2,036,279,509

5th of 15

Parcels not reassessed since 1978

Share of the district's parcels whose land was last assessed at market in 1978 or earlier, meaning they have not changed hands since Proposition 13 passed. Citywide these 82,574 parcels are 10.2 percent of the roll and hold 1.6 percent of its value.

9.0%

10.3%

11th of 15

Los Angeles County Assessor annual assessment roll for 2025, every parcel placed in a council district by its own coordinates, joined to the county Auditor-Controller's AF91 apportionment file and the City Controller's revenue ledger.

Assessed value per housing unit, all fifteen districts

The vertical rule is the citywide figure, $533,914.

Money and votes

Fundraising figures cover council candidates, and turnout is for the June 2026 primary.

Measure

This district

Citywide

Rankmost to least

Council money raised inside the district

The median across the district's council candidacies of the share of each candidate's itemized contributions that came from donors in the district.

19.4%

12.3%Middle district

3rd of 15

This is the median candidate's share. Pooling every dollar gives a different number, and the donor map's dot figure, which runs up to three points higher, gives a third. The comparison figure is the middle district rather than a citywide total, since medians can't be added up.

Median household income

Dollars. The district's median household income.

$125,376

$78,359Middle district

2nd of 15

A district median is assembled from tract medians and is close to, but not exactly, a true median of the district's households.

Turnout, June 2026 primary

76,204 of 177,987 in the district. Ballots cast as a share of registered voters in the district.

42.8%

39.3%

4th of 15

Precincts are crosswalked to council districts by area, so a precinct split by a district line contributes to both in proportion.

Registered voters

Registrations on the June 2026 primary roll.

177,987

2,222,958

2nd of 15

Los Angeles City Ethics Commission itemized campaign contributions, resolved to donor entities and matched to council districts by ZIP code.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year estimates, table-based summary files at census-tract level, apportioned to council districts by area.

Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder statement of the vote for the June 2, 2026 primary, crosswalked from precincts to council districts.

Council District 12 had no council contest in the June 2026 primary. Los Angeles elects its odd-numbered and even-numbered districts in different years.

Turnout, June 2026 primary, all fifteen districts

The vertical rule is the citywide figure, 39.3%.

Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder statement of the vote for the June 2, 2026 primary, crosswalked from precincts to council districts.

Method

Every figure on this page comes from a public record. Where a figure is a rate, the citywide number beside it divides the city's total by the city's population rather than averaging the fifteen district rates, which would give a different answer. A rank of 1 is the highest value among the 15 districts.

Three different population figures sit behind these sections. Parks, transit, commute and housing use the same census estimate apportioned to district lines, 3,852,504 across the city. Reported crime has its own apportionment from police reporting districts, and turnout is a share of registered voters. No figure on this page divides one of those by another.

The park count corrects the published panel. Four parks outside the city clip a district boundary by less than a hundredth of an acre between them, three in CD 11 and one in CD 5, and counting them gave those districts one to three parks they don't have.

The data behind this page is published at Basin Data. Send corrections to data@basin.la.