East Hollywood Neighborhood Council

As a longstanding resident of East Hollywood, I love my neighborhood from the lights on Virgil Ave to our beautiful Cahuenga Library. As a daughter of immigrants, I understand the challenges our community faces. I have a longstanding interest in improving public policy around the very visible and related issues of homelessness and housing affordability in Los Angeles. I am excited to continue my involvement as President of EHNC. In addition to my leadership in the EHNC, I have been active for 20 years as a leader at a Boyle Heights church, helping organize soup kitchens; immigrant rights information sessions, and several youth-driven activities. Working in the Nonprofit sector, I have a passion for supporting underprivileged and venerable families in East Hollywood through resources and activism. I love to network and connect with our neighbors and bridging the gap between immigrant families and local government. I am looking forward to serving the East Hollywood community with dignity and respect.

My name is Christopher Martinez and I currently serve as your At-Large Representative B for the East Hollywood Neighborhood Council. I was born and raised in East Hollywood and I have many goals I would like to implement or strive toward. I want to increase the power people have in local activism, politics, and demonstrate to our neighbors the power they hold locally. Another aspect that I would focus on is to help increase assistance for those that need food, shelter, economic security, and growing the grassroots movement in our neighborhood. I want to increase and advocate for more Covid-19 testing sites in our neighborhood especially with still so many who have not taken the vaccine. All I want is to help improve East Hollywood even if it is just a little by helping my neighbors with whatever problem they have.

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Lucine is an Armenian-American activist, recent graduate of Wesleyan University, and Chair of the Outreach and Youth & Education committees. She brings her experience in advocacy, research, communications, and archival documentation to the table with the hopes of increasing our community’s access to key resources, policy makers, and material relief in East Hollywood. Lucine was born and raised in East Hollywood, and she is excited to give back to her community. She was appointed to the EHNC in October 2020, and was elected to the council in April 2021. Lucine speaks English, Armenian, Russian, and intermediate Spanish, and can be reached at email hidden; JavaScript is required. She is always looking to engage with community partners, so please feel free to send her an email!

District 3 Representative Adi Bhairi has been an East Hollywood resident for over 3 years and is a firm believer in his community’s cultural capital and business potential. He has a background in business, technology and analytics spanning across Engineering, Fintech, Operations and Media. He’s a passionate advocate for change and brings a broad spectrum of leadership experience as an immigrant from India and as a founder of a startup and data literacy nonprofit in LA. His enthusiasm to serve his fellow community members is at the forefront of his work advocating for and representing the families of HollySet Junction and East Hollywood neighborhood. Adi strives to drive social impact and empower small businesses in his community through council programs and initiatives. He uses a data-driven approach towards council tasks and considerations that impact East Hollywood.

Jillian is an LA-based producer and cultural organizer working on a range of creative projects at the international and local level. She is passionate about art as a catalyst for exchange, and fostering mutual understanding across cultures and within communities. She lived and worked in China for many years and is fluent in Mandarin. She is the Property Owner Representative and Vice President of EHNC, as well as the Co-Chair of the Arts & Culture Committee, Chair of the Bylaws, Ethics & Standing Rules Committee, and a member of the Public Health, Safety & Sustainability Committee and the Ad-Hoc LGBTQ+ Allies Committee. She is an organizer for the DSA-LA Neighborhood Solidarity Program, a member of the CD13 NC Alliance, Neighborhood Council Progressives Alliance, and the Streets4All Progressive Group. Jillian is dedicated to being of service to the East Hollywood community, advocating for greater equity from streets to schools to rental prices and beyond.

I am a Mexican-American video and film producer living in Virgil Village within East Hollywood. As Tenant Representative, I believe that housing justice is among the most important issues that our community faces today. I hope to lead always with empathy, and find compassionate solutions to the problems our city faces. I would like to see more housing and services provided for our city’s unhoused, more equity and accessibility to transit, healthcare, and fair wages for all, and a transformation of our city’s public safety infrastructure to one that relies on non-violent and compassionate responses to crisis situations, rather than on more violent police enforcement. I’d like to address the effects of systemic oppression and inequality within our existing structures and build towards a more equitable and fair Los Angeles for all.