It is currently represented by Democrat Nithya Raman since 2020 after she defeated David Ryu in that year's election.

The district is situated in Central Los Angeles, the southern San Fernando Valley, and eastern Santa Monica Mountains.

It elected one member through a plurality vote before the ward became obsolete when the at-large district was re-established again in 1909.

[11] By 1940, the "general trend is westward and northeastward, due to heavy construction in the San Fernando Valley and the beach areas.

[14] In 1986, it was described as "a contorted district that included the old areas as well as Atwater, Griffith Park, Forest Lawn Drive and parts of the central San Fernando Valley to Colfax Avenue and Victory Boulevard.