{{Short description|American politician}} {{BLP sources|date=October 2020}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Bob Blumenfield |image = Bob Blumenfield, 2018.jpg |caption = Official portrait, 2016 |office = President pro tempore of the [[Los Angeles City Council]] |term_start = September 20, 2024 |term_end = |predecessor = [[Marqueece Harris-Dawson]] |successor = |office1 = Member of the [[Los Angeles City Council]]<br>from the [[Los Angeles's 3rd City Council district|3rd]] district |term_start1 = July 1, 2013 |term_end1 = |predecessor1 = [[Dennis Zine]] |successor1 = |office2 = Member of the [[California State Assembly]] |term_start2 = December 1, 2008 |term_end2 = June 30, 2013 |predecessor2 = [[Lloyd E. Levine]] |successor2 = [[Matt Dababneh]] |constituency2 = [[California's 40th State Assembly district|40th district]] (2008–2012)<br>[[California's 45th State Assembly district|45th district]] (2012–2013) |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|9|13}} |birth_place = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = [[Kafi D. Blumenfield|Kafi Watlington]] |children = 2 |education = [[Duke University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[University of California, Los Angeles]] ([[Master of Business Administration|MBA]]) |signature = BB City Signature.png |website = {{url|blumenfield.lacity.org|Official website}} }} '''Robert J. Blumenfield''' (born September 13, 1967) is an American elected official in [[Southern California]].<ref name="jewishjournal_bio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/los_angeles/article/state_assembly_hopeful_is_a_political_and_personal_bridge_builder_20080723/|title=State Assembly hopeful is a political and personal bridge builder|first1=Tom|last1=Tugend|date=2008-07-28|publisher=The Jewish Journal|access-date=2010-11-02}}</ref> Blumenfield is the [[Los Angeles City Council]]member for the [[Los Angeles City Council District 3|3rd Council District]] which encompasses the southwestern [[San Fernando Valley]] neighborhoods of Los Angeles, including [[Canoga Park, Los Angeles|Canoga Park]], [[Reseda, Los Angeles|Reseda]], [[Tarzana, Los Angeles|Tarzana]], [[Winnetka, Los Angeles|Winnetka]], and [[Woodland Hills, Los Angeles|Woodland Hills]]. Blumenfield took office on July 1, 2013. Blumenfield previously represented the [[California's 45th State Assembly district|45th district]] in the [[California State Assembly]], which also covers the southwestern San Fernando Valley.
==Early life and education== Blumenfield was born on September 13, 1967. He is a graduate of [[Duke University]] and the [[UCLA Anderson School of Management]].<ref name="jewishjournal_bio" />
== Career == [[File:DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas meets with Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and the Los Angeles council members at US Customs and Border Protection Headquarters in Washington, D.C. on 16 October 2023 16.jpg|thumb|left|Blumenfield with other city councilmembers during a meeting with [[Alejandro Mayorkas]], 2023.]]
From 1989 to 1996, he worked in Washington, D.C., as a staff person to Senator [[Bill Bradley]], Congressman [[Howard Berman]] and as staff designee to the [[United States House Committee on the Budget|House Budget Committee]]. He later worked as Director of Government Affairs for the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy and then as District Chief of Staff to Congressman Berman in the [[San Fernando Valley]].<ref name="jewishjournal_bio" />
Blumenfield took office as a member the California State Assembly in 2008 after defeating Republican candidate Armineh Chelebian in the general election.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2008-general/index.htm|title=November 4, 2008 - General Election - Statement of Vote - Elections & Voter Information - California Secretary of State|date=Nov 30, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141130050219/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2008-general/index.htm|access-date=Mar 31, 2021|archive-date=2014-11-30}}</ref> During his time in the Assembly, Blumenfield represented the San Fernando Valley in District 40 and, following redistricting in 2012, District 45.
=== Los Angeles City Council === Blumenfield was elected to the Los Angeles City Council in March 2013. He represents the 3rd Council District, which spans the northwest portion of Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley, including the communities of Canoga Park, Reseda, Tarzana, Winnetka and Woodland Hills.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cifuentes |first=Kevin |date=2023-07-06 |title=Rams’ Stan Kroenke Keeps Mum on Warner Center Game Plan |url=https://therealdeal.com/la/2023/07/06/rams-owner-stan-kroenke-keeps-mum-on-warner-center-game-plan/ |access-date=2023-07-19 |website=The Real Deal |language=en}}</ref>
In September 2018, Blumenfield proposed an ordinance supported by [[animal rights]] organizations and activists to ban the sale and manufacture of new [[fur]] products in Los Angeles. The ordinance was approved by the City Council and Mayor [[Eric Garcetti]] in 2019, making Los Angeles at that point the largest city in the United States to have banned fur sales. The law went into effect in 2021.<ref>{{cite news |title=LA City Council Moves Forward With Ban On Fur |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/la-city-council-to-consider-moving-forward-with-ban-on-fur/ |access-date=8 June 2025 |work=CBS News |date=18 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Reyes |first1=Emily Alpert |title=L.A. will become biggest city in the U.S. to ban fur sales |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-los-angeles-fur-ban-20190212-story.html |access-date=8 June 2025 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=12 February 2019}}</ref>
In December 2024, amid a [[California housing shortage|housing shortage in Los Angeles]], Blumenfield voted against a proposal to allow mid-sized mixed-income and affordable housing apartment buildings near public transit stations in some neighborhoods exclusively zoned for single-family houses.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2024-12-11 |title=Facing need for more housing, LA's City Council votes to keep new apartments away from homeowners |url=https://laist.com/news/housing-homelessness/los-angeles-rezoning-housing-element-chip-ordinance-single-family-zones-city-council-vote |access-date=2024-12-11 |website=LAist |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-12-10 |title=L.A. City Council votes to boost housing development, while leaving out single-family-home zones |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-12-10/l-a-city-council-votes-to-boost-housing-development-while-leaving-out-single-family-home-zones |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> He said, "I worry about the solutions that are proposed as being a little bit too one-size-fits-all."<ref name=":0" /> He opposed the construction of 220 affordable housing units in [[Reseda, Los Angeles|Reseda]], arguing "large scale apartments should not be wedged in-between single family homes by right."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-12-23 |title=LA loses third effort to block affordable housing in some neighborhoods |url=https://laist.com/news/housing-homelessness/ed1-los-angeles-affordable-housing-yimby-law-court-ruling-wilbur-project-bass-blumenfield |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=LAist |language=en}}</ref>
==Personal life== Blumenfield currently lives in [[Woodland Hills, California|Woodland Hills]] with his wife Kafi and their two children.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Boehm|first=Mike|date=2014-09-03|title=Kafi Blumenfield to lead Discovery Cube Los Angeles science museum|work=Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-discovery-museum-kafi-blumenfield-20140903-story.html|access-date=2025-01-12}}</ref>
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== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20140228050422/http://blumenfield.lacity.org/ Council website] * [https://www.facebook.com/BobBlumenfieldSFV/ Official Facebook Page] * [https://twitter.com/bobblumenfield/ Official Twitter]
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