councilman

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An L.A. city councilman, at his wit’s end, joked that the city could end the smog problem by adopting a resolution “creating an eight-mile-an-hour wind” to blow it all away.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

The councilman, who has represented South L.A. for more than a decade, was charged in June 2023.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026

One of them, Carlos Bolsonaro, a former city councilman in Rio de Janeiro, nevertheless showed up at the hospital entrance to "send good energy" to his father.

From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025

A few years later, Kast won a seat as a local councilman before becoming a congressman.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025

John Kwang, the city councilman, was going to get me back to my old self.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee