MEET YASMINE

Yasmine being sworn-in as an attorney along side her parents and daughter

Mayor Yasmine-Imani McMorrin is an attorney, equity advocate, and mom. 

In November 2020, she was elected as a Council Member in Culver City, served as Vice Mayor, and in December 2023 was elected as the first Black woman Mayor in the city’s 106-year history. Mayor McMorrin sits on various ad hoc committees of the City Council including Education, Equity, and Sustainability. She established the Culver City Community Care Workshops in the Summer of 2022 to connect and dream alongside neighbors around issues that impact all who live, learn, work, and play in Culver City. 

McMorrin currently serves the Children’s Defense Fund CA as Director of Education Equity where she works with colleagues and in coalitions to further education equity at the state, county, and local levels. McMorrin previously worked for The City University of NY, Essex County Community College, and University of Southern California Gould School of Law. She has also organized parents with the Culver City Community of Color Collective, Culver City Unified School District Equity Advisory Committee, and LA Parents Empowered Conference.

Mayor McMorrin welcomes President Biden to Culver City in April 2024 helping champion the president’s commitment to student debt relief

McMorrin proudly serves on the boards of Civic Well and Clean Power Alliance. She also serves as a 2nd Supervisorial District Commissioner for the Los Angeles Homelessness Services Authority. She is a graduate of the Los Angeles African American Women's Public Policy Institute (LAAAWPPI) and New Leaders Council-Los Angeles. McMorrin earned a J.D. from Rutgers School of Law and B.A. in Economics from Spelman College. She is admitted to the New York Bar.

Mayor McMorrin chatting with students and parents at one of Culver City schools

Service to Culver City Community:

  • Mayor (current) and City Council Member (2020-Present)

  • Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority Commission Member (2023- Present)

  • Los Angeles County Quality and Productivity Commission Member (2022-2023)

  • Clean Power Alliance Director (2024), Alternate (2021-2023)

  • Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission Member (2021-2023)

  • Culver City General Plan Advisory Committee Member - GPAC (2019-2020)

  • Culver City Unified School District Equity Strategic Planning Committee Member - ESPC (2019-2020)

  • Culver City Community of Color Collective Co Founder, an organization that supports children and families of color in Culver City (2018-2022)

  • Protect Culver City Renters Member (2018-2020)


Service and Accomplishments 

  • 2024 Assembly District 55 Woman of the Year

  • Graduate of the New Leaders Council--Los Angeles Chapter Institute Class of 2018

  • American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Scholar 2018-2019

  • Graduate of the Los Angeles African American Public Policy Institute (LAAAWPPI) Class of 2017

  • Member, Board of the Rutgers University Black Lawyers Alumni Network 2016-2020

  • Student Attorney, Community & Transactional Lawyering Clinic and Education & Health Law Clinic 2013-2014

  • The City University of New York’s CUNY Start program, a program aimed to help students prepare for college-level coursework 2012-2014

  • President, Association of Black Law Students, Rutgers Law School 2012-2013

  • IDEX Fellowship, Education Consultant in Hyderabad, India 2010-2011