Upcoming Bel Air-Beverly Crest Neighborhood Council Elections

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Election Day for 11 of the 36 seats on the BABCNC is Sunday, March 18, 2025.

HOW TO RUN FOR NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL

If you wish to file to be a candidate, you may do so until December 30th.  To file, visit this link,create a login, and provide the required information or visit this link to download a paper application. For more information, including links to future information sessions, visit https://empowerla.org/elections/.

The current list of candidates can be found here.

HOW TO VOTE

The 2025 Neighborhood Council elections will be conducted by mail only.   To receive a ballot, you will need to bring/submit proof that you live, work, or own property within the BABCNC area, or participate in a community organization that has its address within the BABCNC area.  For a map of the BABCNC area click HERE . 

Unlike general elections, mail in ballots will NOT be sent to you automatically - you must apply for a mail-in ballot, and after January 17, 2025 and before March 9, 2025. We will update this page to include information about how to request a ballot as soon as the information becomes available.

WHO CAN VOTE

Generally, if you are 16 years of age or older, and you live, work, or own property within the BABCNC boundaries, or participate in a community organization that has its physical address within the BABCNC boundaries, you are eligible to vote for candidates for the following seats (for a map of the BABCNC area click HERE):

• Commercial or Office Enterprise Districts – 1 seat
• At-Large Community Interest Stakeholder – 1 seat
• Public Educational Institutions – 1 seat
• At-Large Traditional Stakeholder – 2 seats
• At-Large Youth Representative – 1 seat

You are ALSO eligible to vote for the following seats if you are 16 years of age or older and live, work and/or own property, within the boundaries of the following neighborhood districts, or participate in a community organization within the boundaries of these neighborhoods:

• Residential District Representatives:
• Bel-Air Glen District (1 Seat)
• Franklin - Coldwater District (1 seat)
• North of Sunset District (3 seats)

An additional 21 BABCNC seats are elected/appointed at various times of the year directly by Residential Stakeholder Groups in the BABCNC area.  Contact your Homeowner's, Resident's, or Neighborhood Association for more information on being a candidate, or voting, for those seats.

 An additional 4 seats on the BABCNC Board are selected by the Board of the BABCNC.  Selection generally occurs every two years at the first regularly scheduled meeting in June, but may occur at other times if there is a vacancy. The Board will solicit nominations before the meeting where selections are held for the following seats:

• Custodians of Open Space (Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy) – 1 seat
• Private Schools Grades K-6 (John Thomas Dye School, Stephen Wise Elementary School) – 1 seat
• Private Schools Grades 7-12 (Harvard-Westlake School, Marymount High School) – 1 seat
• Faith Based Institutions (Stephen Wise Temple, Leo Baeck Temple, Chabad of Bel-Air) – 1 seat.