LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles City Councilmember Paul Krekorian announced Saturday that he will stay out of the hotly competitive race to replace U.S. Rep. Adam B. Schiff, D-Calif., focusing instead on homelessness and reforms at City Hall.
Krekorian, who is Armenian American, said in a statement that Schiff's district — which stretches from the Angeles National Forest south to Echo Park and west to West Hollywood — is "the most important congressional district in the country to the Armenian American community."
"And as a leader in that community, my voice would be especially significant in Washington right now," he said. "But circumstances have presented me with the responsibility of a lifetime in serving as president of the Los Angeles City Council during a time of extraordinary challenges."
