Los Angeles has a 15-member city council. The city held a special election on December 8 to fill the vacant 2nd district seat. Assemblymember Paul Krekorian was elected. He has pledged to support Instant Runoff Voting for Los Angeles city elections. There will now be six members of the council who support IRV.
As a result of the election, there is now a vacancy in the California Assembly, which will be filled with a special election in the spring of 2010. The district is in the eastern San Fernando Valley.
In other California news about IRV, on December 8 the city council of San Leandro (in Alameda County) voted to postpone a decision on whether to use IRV for city elections until the Oakland city council makes a final decision on using IRV in its 2010 city elections. San Leandro is a charter city so it is free to use IRV for its own elections if it wishes to. The voters of San Leandro have never expressed themselves on the matter.