San Fernando Valley Council of Governments

Over the years, Marsha has served the community in a number of ways. As a Program Analyst for special projects for the City of Santa Clarita, Marsha monitored environmental documents, provided legislative information to City staff and assisted in grant writing. Prior to her work at the City, McLean worked for the Los Angeles Police Department and for a Los Angeles City Councilman. McLean’s experience also includes work for the U.S. Government at the American Embassies in Tel Aviv, Israel and Paris, France. After learning to speak French, McLean served as a liaison to French citizens on cultural exchange programs for the U.S. Information Agency.

As a council member, Marsha is committed to working with the community to protect the environment and quality of life for our residents. Marsha is the founder of the S.C.V. Canyons Preservation Committee which successfully co-sponsored legislation to acquire funds for the preservation of Whitney and Elsmere Canyons. She also rallied citizens, business organizations, environmental groups, state and federal legislators to save Santa Clarita from being home to the world’s largest garbage dump. The dump would have been seen from our valley floor and would have loomed over the ridgelines of Elsmere Canyon to one and one-half times the height of the Washington Monument.

Please explore the resources offered on this website and remember that my staff and I, whether based out of my district office in Reseda or at City Hall, are here to serve you above all else. Please feel free to stop by – we are ready to help. Together we will work to achieve our shared goals and create the Los Angeles it should, can, and deserves to be.

My website is a place to stay connected and learn about resources available to our neighborhoods. I look forward to our work ahead to better our communities.

Chair of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors representing the Fifth Supervisorial District. Kathryn was born and raised in the 5th District and comes from a family with deep roots in public service. She is married to a retired sheriff’s deputy and lives in the San Gabriel Valley.

Dedicated to providing effective, responsive representation to the residents of Los Angeles County, Kathryn began her career in public service as a college intern in the office of former Supervisor Antonovich and rose to become his chief deputy in 2001, where she served until her election to the Board of Supervisors in 2016. She both served as Chair of the Board and was reelected for her second term in 2020.

Building upon her work from her time as chief policy advisor on health, mental health, social services, and children’s issues, Kathryn continues to advocate for services and programs to improve the quality of life for foster children, seniors, veterans, those with disabilities, and those with mental illness. Kathryn is committed to keeping our neighborhoods and communities safe, working with federal leaders, law enforcement officials, and judicial officers to implement vital public safety initiatives.

She is an advocate for the environment and has spearheaded efforts to preserve open space and enhance parks, trails, and recreational programs and facilities, as well as libraries and after-school programs to serve local communities. She has hosted several trail rides and hikes to connect with the community throughout her district.With a strong sense of fiscal responsibility, Kathryn is dedicated to providing vital county services while protecting financial resources as a responsible steward of taxpayer dollars.

Supervisor Lindsey P. Horvath was elected to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on November 8, 2022 and assumed office on December 5, 2022, after serving as a City Councilmember and the longest consecutively serving Mayor for the City of West Hollywood. Supervisor Horvath’s career has been defined by tackling the hardest problems, building diverse coalitions, and delivering results for her community.

Supervisor Horvath’s commitment to serving others was shaped by her family and faith, which instilled in her a strong work ethic and made her a tireless advocate in addressing the complex problems facing Angelenos throughout LA County.

Supervisor Lindsey P. Horvath made history as the youngest woman to ever be elected to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. She is the first millennial, and currently the only renter to serve on the Board, bringing a much-needed perspective to LA County leadership. Supervisor Horvath has a long history of civic and social justice advocacy. She has spearheaded policies to make West Hollywood an “Age-Friendly Community” to better serve residents of all ages. She also led the City to become the first in the nation to impose financial sanctions on Arizona for its discriminatory, anti-immigration SB-1070 law. Supervisor Horvath created the first-ever West Hollywood Community Response Team to Domestic Violence.

She has worked on a broad range of transportation and mobility issues, from her service as a Transportation Commissioner to championing Metro rail projects in the District. She initiated the West Hollywood Bicycle Task Force, and through her leadership, West Hollywood was named “The Most Walkable” city in the entire state.

Supervisor Horvath is widely known for her leadership on women’s issues and served as a Global Coordinator for One Billion Rising, a global campaign of the V-Day movement to end violence against women and girls. She was the founding President of the Hollywood Chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW) and previously served as President of National Women’s Political Caucus (NWPC) – LA Westside.

She is also a champion for LGBTQ+ rights, having served as a Board member of the Victory Fund and a founding Board member of the NOH8 Campaign. In 2009, she represented the City of West Hollywood in the National Equality March in Washington DC. She has also advocated for LGBTQ+ older adults through her work on the Board of Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE).

Supervisor Horvath served on the West Hollywood City Council for nine years, appointed in 2009, elected in 2015, and re-elected in 2019. In addition to her work as a Councilwoman and Mayor, Supervisor Horvath previously served in a number of roles, including: President of the California Contract Cities Association (CCCA); Board Member for CalCities (formerly the League of California Cities); Board Member for the National League of Cities (NLC); President of Women in Municipal Government (WIMG) for the National League of Cities; Chair of the Contract Cities Liability Trust Fund Claims Board & Oversight Committee; and Executive Committee Member and Legislative & Regulatory Chair for Clean Power Alliance of Southern California.

Supervisor Horvath received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Notre Dame and a Certificate in Nonprofit Management & Fundraising from UCLA Extension. She resides in West Hollywood with her dog, Winston.

In November 2020, Nick Schultz was elected to the Burbank City Council after receiving the second highest number of votes in the city’s history for a city council race.  Nick currently serves as a liaison to the Burbank Police Commission and the Sustainable Burbank Commission, as well as a member of the Fiscal and Treasurer’s Review Group.  Nick also represents the City of Burbank as a board member of the Valley Economic Alliance, and as an alternate member of the Arroyo Verdugo Communities Subregion Joint Powers Authority.

Nick is the first person in his working-class family to attend and graduate from college.  He was largely raised by a single mother who worked to give him every available opportunity to succeed.  From an early age, Nick decided to dedicate his life to public service by doing what he can to help others to gain access to those same opportunities.

Nick attended and graduated from the Robert D. Clark Honors College at the University of Oregon earning a Bachelor of Arts with majors in both History and Political Science. Next, Nick enrolled at the University of Oregon School of Law where he graduated earning a Juris Doctor.

Nick has spent his entire professional career in public service where he has worked to protect the public from various threats. Nick currently serves as a Deputy Attorney General with the Special Prosecutions Section of the Attorney General’s Office with the California Department of Justice. In this role, Nick works with local, state, and federal law enforcement officials to investigate and prosecute criminal cases primarily related to public corruption, officer involved shootings, human trafficking, mortgage fraud, tax evasion, and other forms of financial fraud.

Nick and his wife Allie, an attorney in the entertainment industry, reside in the historic Rancho neighborhood of Burbank with their daughter, Ella, and their two cats: Liam and Lily.  They are expecting their son, Aiden, in October 2022.

* The title “Deputy Attorney General” is used for identification purposes only. 

Born in Armenia, Councilmember Elen Asatryan was at the formative age of 10 years old when her family moved to Glendale. An award winning human rights and social justice advocate, political consultant, and businesswoman, Councilmember Asatryan is the city’s first immigrant woman, the first Armenian-American woman, and the youngest to be elected to the Glendale City Council. She brings to the council over twenty years of service to the Glendale community and beyond, and her professional background in policy, advocacy, and public affairs.

Spanning over two decades, Councilmember Asatryan spearheaded and led successful initiatives and campaigns on the local, state, and federal level, which include: ensuring equal access and representation at government entities; creating public policy fellowship and internship programs for high school and college students, and recent college graduates; establishing the Glendale Domestic Violence Task Force; expanding green space and access to programs for low-income families and marginalized communities; launching and implementing voter registration, education, and GOTV initiatives, which resulted in registering over 50,000 new voters in LA County alone, leading to record-breaking voter turnout in some of the most competitive elections; securing recognition for the Armenian Genocide and Republic of Artsakh, and adoption of Genocide education curriculum in CA public schools.

Prior to founding her political consulting firm in 2017, The Stark Group, for more than eleven years, Councilmember Asatryan served as the Executive Director of the nation’s largest Armenian political grassroots organization, the Armenian National Committee of America-WR, first at its Glendale chapter for more than six years and then the Western Region offices, where she was responsible for strategy, policy as programs development and implementation, and day-to-day operations of the regional headquarters and its local chapters in the 19 Western U.S. States.

Councilmember Asatryan is also elected to the County Central Committee of the LA Democratic Party and a current DSCC Member. She has also served and continues to serve on various Committees and Boards of local and regional organizations including Chair of City of Glendale Parks, Recreation and Community Services Commission, LA County Voter Outreach Committee, Glendale Youth Alliance, and Superintendent’s Advisory Committee.

Councilmember Asatryan is a graduate of UCLA, where she studied Political Science with concentrations in American Politics and International Relations.

Public service, leaving a positive footprint for future generations, and helping create a more just and equitable world is her driving force.

On December 13, 2022, Paul Krekorian was elected unanimously by his fellow Councilmembers to serve as President of the City Council. As Chair of the City Council’s powerful Budget and Finance Committee for the previous ten years, he led the City to recovery from two fiscal calamities: the Great Recession and the COVID-related economic collapse, completing eleven balanced budgets and building the strongest reserves in the City’s history.

He took the lead in ending oil and gas drilling in Los Angeles and initiated the City’s LA100 drive to achieve 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2035. As a member of both the Metro and Metrolink boards, he brought electric buses to the Valley and is expanding the Valley’s light rail service, while Metrolink has converted to 100 percent renewable fuel.

He was the first member of the Council to create Tiny Homes and a Homeless Services Navigation Center for persons experiencing homelessness. As a result of these actions, he reduced unsheltered homelessness in his district by over a third during the two worst years of the COVID-19 pandemic. He is now building four permanent supportive housing (PSH) projects with a total of over 500 units, in addition to the 250-plus PSH units he has already opened in the Second District.

A longtime advocate of sensible gun law reform, he led the Council in enacting a safe storage ordinance and co-authored the City’s “Ghost Guns” ban, making possession or sale of these untraceable weapons a criminal offense.

He was first elected to the Los Angeles City Council in the closing weeks of 2009. Prior to his election he was a Member of the California State Assembly. Before entering politics, he enjoyed a successful 20-year career as an attorney in the private sector.

Nithya Raman is the Councilmember representing Los Angeles City Council District 4. 

Councilmember Imelda Padilla is an experienced coalition builder with 20 years of experience of community leadership. Ms.Padilla was born in Van Nuys and grew up in the working-class neighborhood of Sun Valley where she was raised along with her 5 siblings. From a very young age, Ms.Padilla has been advocating for the residents of the San Fernando Valley to have adequate resources to thrive and has a proven record of producing outcomes in policy and programs. Over the years, she has brought together leaders from across labor unions, businesses, faith-based communities, along with elected officials to enhance prosperity for all Angelenos. She has served in multiple capacities from mobilizing a Valley coalition to raise the minimum wage to $15, to being a former Sun Valley Neighborhood Council member, to creating the Adelante Youth Summit, to launching the Women and Girls Initiative with the County of Los Angeles and serving as President of the Valley College Foundation.

Ms. Padilla attended LAUSD public schools and received her bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of California Berkeley, with a minor in philosophy and Chicano studies. In 2015, Ms. Padilla returned to school at Cal State Northridge and received her Master’s in Public Administration.

On August 1st, 2023, Imelda was officially sworn in to represent District 6 on the Los Angeles City Council, after her win in the June 27th special election.