It is currently represented by Democrat Tim McOsker since 2022, after previous member Joe Buscaino retired to run for mayor that year.

[3] The 15th district encompasses all of the city's southern area and the Port of Los Angeles, which includes the communities and neighborhoods of Harbor City, Harbor Gateway, San Pedro, Watts, and Wilmington.

[7] In 1933, the major eastern boundaries of the shoestring are Figueroa Street and Normandie Avenue and western limits are Western and Vermont avenues,[8] before some parts of South Broadway being absorbed in District 8 by 1935.

[9] In 1986, the boundary moved south, but district still included part of the Watts area.

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