Valley Village, California Public Records

Law enforcement services for Valley Village are provided by the Los Angeles Police Department's North Hollywood Division, which is headquartered at 11640 Burbank Boulevard in North Hollywood. The North Hollywood Division is committed to maintaining public safety and responding to a variety of calls for service within the local community. Residents can contact the division for non-emergency inquiries or to report any criminal activity or suspicious behavior.

Valley Village voters are served by the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, which administers all elections in Los Angeles County. The main office is located at 12400 East Imperial Highway, Norwalk, CA 90650 (phone: 562-462-2716 or 800-815-2666, website: lavote.gov). This office handles voter registration, ballot distribution, polling place management, vote counting, and election results certification for all federal, state, county, and local elections affecting Valley Village residents.

California residents can register to vote online at registertovote.ca.gov, the California Secretary of State's online voter registration portal. The deadline to register for any election is 15 days before Election Day (California recently implemented conditional voter registration, allowing registration and voting through Election Day at designated locations). To register, applicants must be U.S. citizens, California residents, at least 18 years old by Election Day, and not currently serving a state prison term for a felony conviction. California automatically registers eligible individuals through the Department of Motor Vehicles when obtaining or renewing a driver's license unless they opt out.

Valley Village is a neighborhood within the City of Los Angeles, not an incorporated municipality, so there are no separate Valley Village city council or mayoral elections. Instead, residents vote for Los Angeles City Council representatives (Valley Village falls within Council District 2), the Los Angeles Mayor, City Attorney, City Controller, and other citywide offices. Los Angeles municipal elections are held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March of odd-numbered years (next city elections in March 2025 and March 2027). Residents also vote in Los Angeles Unified School District Board elections for the district representing their area.

Valley Village voters can find their assigned polling place by visiting lavote.gov and using the polling place locator tool, which requires entering a residential address. California has transitioned to a Voter's Choice Act model in Los Angeles County, allowing voters to cast ballots at any vote center in the county during an 11-day voting period before and including Election Day, rather than being restricted to a single precinct polling location. Vote centers offer same-day voter registration, ballot replacement, accessible voting machines, and multilingual assistance.

Election records that are public in California include voter registration lists (available to qualified requestors including candidates, committees, and journalists under Elections Code Section 2188), campaign finance disclosure reports filed with the California Fair Political Practices Commission and local ethics commissions, candidate statements and filing documents, precinct-level election results showing vote totals by contest and geographical area, and certified election outcome reports. The Los Angeles County Registrar publishes detailed election results on lavote.gov after each election, broken down by city, council district, and precinct.

In the November 2024 presidential election, Los Angeles County reported approximately 4.8 million registered voters with a turnout rate near 72%, meaning roughly 3.4 million ballots were cast countywide. Valley Village precincts typically reflect liberal voting patterns consistent with Los Angeles City trends, with strong support for Democratic candidates and progressive ballot measures.

On November 3, 2026, Valley Village voters will participate in the midterm general election deciding numerous important races. At the federal level, California's U.S. Senate race will be on the ballot as one of the state's Senate seats is up for election in 2026 (the Class II seat). All California U.S. House of Representatives seats will be contested, including the congressional district covering Valley Village. At the state level, the 2026 ballot will include races for Governor of California (Gavin Newsom's current term expires in January 2027), Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Controller, Treasurer, Insurance Commissioner, and Superintendent of Public Instruction. All 80 California State Assembly seats and half of the 40 California State Senate seats (those in even-numbered districts) will be decided. Locally, Valley Village voters will elect Los Angeles County Supervisors (depending on the supervisorial district cycle), Superior Court judges in contested races, and potentially Los Angeles Unified School District Board members depending on district schedules. California's 2026 primary election will occur in March or June (depending on legislative action), with the top-two candidates advancing to the November general election regardless of party affiliation under California's nonpartisan blanket primary system.

California voters can request vote-by-mail (absentee) ballots through the County Registrar's website at lavote.gov or by completing a vote-by-mail application. As of 2021, all registered California voters automatically receive mail-in ballots (though in-person voting remains available). Mail ballots are sent approximately 29 days before each election. Completed ballots must be postmarked by Election Day and received by the county within 7 days after Election Day, or voters can drop ballots in official drop boxes located throughout the county until 8:00 PM on Election Day.