City council candidate Armenak Nouridjanian

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In the race for Los Angeles City Council seats, there are four candidates in District 8. One one is a write-in, Armenak Nouridjanian.

Nouridjanian is used to people hearing, and watching him talk. He's had his own YouTube channel, Liberal Agenda, for four years now. Here, he posts political videos almost everyday. A far left democrat, Nouridjanian describes himself as an American patriot who upholds human and civil rights in his broadcasting. Now he finds himself in mainstream politics, with a spot on the ballot for Los Angeles City Council, District 8.

"I'm running because I want to take political power as a liberal," said Nouridjanian. "I want to help political power in order to redistribute wealth. I want to take from the rich and give to the poor."

Nouridjanian has been a security guard, graphics artist, and animator. But it's clear to anyone watching his videos that his passion is politics. And he has strong opinions about pretty much every issue, and specific solutions to problems he sees.

"I'm committed to changing, first of all, tax structure," said Nouridjanian. "I want to raise taxes against oil producers in Los Angeles areas."

This is just one of his many plans. Nouridjanian also feels strongly about Governor Brown's proposed budget cuts.

"It would mean less social programs, it would mean less subsidies for heating and cooling, and less opportunities for poor people to get jobs," said Nouridjanian.

This hits close to home. Nouridjanian describes his District 8 as a mainly low-income, African American and Latino immigrant population.

"There are not problems in my neighborhood but there are certain problems with street dope dealing," said Nouridjanian. "Sometimes you can go up stairs and you smell the unpleasant stench of narcotics."

Dealing with drugs is high on Nouridjanian's liberal agenda and platform, as well as regulating taxes, and addressing rental subsidies.

"Also I want to expedite distribution of our section 8 rental housing subsidies to poor working class people," said Nourdjanian. "So people would live better, and have more consumer power and gain consumer power to boost retail sales. So businesses could thrive."

Nouridjanian is up against Jabari Jumaane, Forecsee Hogan-Rowles and Bernard Parks, the current City Council member. The election is Tuesday, March 8, 2011.