Los Angeles City Council
The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles.
Los Angeles City Council | |
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| Leadership | |
President | Nury Martinez since January 5, 2020 |
President pro tempore | Joe Buscaino since January 5, 2020 |
Assistant President pro tempore | Vacant since December 14, 2020 |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 15 |
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Political groups | Nonpartisan (de jure)
Majority
Minority
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| Elections | |
| Single-member districts | |
Last election | March 7, 2017 |
| Meeting place | |
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| Los Angeles City Hall 1 John Ferraro Council Chamber, Room 340 Los Angeles, CA 90012-3224 | |
| Website | |
| Los Angeles City Council Website | |
The council is composed of 15 members elected from single-member districts for four-year terms.[1] The president of the council and the president pro tempore are chosen by the council at the first regular meeting of the term (after June 30 in odd-numbered years until 2017 and the second Monday of December in even-numbered years beginning in 2020). An assistant president pro tempore is appointed by the President. As of 2015, council members receive an annual salary of $184,610 per year, which is among the highest city council salary in the nation. [2]
Regular council meetings are held in the City Hall on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 10 am except on holidays or if decided by special resolution.[3]
Current members
Officers:
- President of the Council: Nury Martinez
- President Pro Tempore: Joe Buscaino
- Assistant President Pro Tempore: Vacant
Past councils
1850–89 (Common Council)
Los Angeles was governed by a seven-member Common Council under general state law from 1850 to 1889, when a city charter was put into effect.
1889–1909 (nine wards)
Under the first charter of the city, granted by the Legislature in 1889, the city was divided into nine wards, with a councilman elected from each one by plurality vote. The first election under that system was held on February 21, 1889, and the last on December 4, 1906.
Two-year terms for the City Council began and ended in December, except for the first term, which started in February 1889 and ended in December 1890. The term of office was lengthened to three years effective with the municipal election of December 4, 1906, which was the last year this ward system was in use.
1909–25 (at large)
Between 1909 and 1925, the council was composed of nine members elected at large in a first-past-the-post voting system. Council membership in those years was as follows:
1909–11
City population in 1910: 319,200
Election: December 7, 1909 / Term: December 10, 1909, to December 13, 1911
- Josiah J. Andrews
- Martin F. Betkouski
- Miles S. Gregory
- Robert Martin Lusk, president from 3/22/1910
- Thomas L. O'Brien
- Richmond Plant (resigned 2/13/1910)
- George Hadley Stewart (special election 6/30/1910)
- William Johnson Washburn
- George Williams
- John Downey Works, president (resigned 3/22/1910)
- Frederick J. Whiffen (special election 6/30/1910)
1911–13
Election: December 5, 1911 / Term: December 13, 1911, to July 1, 1913
- George Williams, president
- Josiah J. Andrews
- Martin F. Betkouski
- Frederick C. Langdon
- Robert Martin Lusk (died 2/21/1913)
- Wesley J. Bryant (appointed 3/11/1913)
- Charles McKenzie
- Haines W. Reed
- John Topham
- Frederick J. Whiffen
1913–15
Election: June 3, 1913 / Term: July 1913 to July 1915
- Frederick J. Whiffen, president
- Martin F. Betkouski
- Wesley J. Bryant
- James Simpson Conwell
- Frederick C. Langdon
- Charles McKenzie (died 3/30/1914)
- William A. Roberts (appointed 4/4/1914)
- Haines W. Reed (resigned 2/6/1914)
- George Williams (appointed 2/6/1914)
- John William Snowden
- Frederick C. Wheeler
1915–17
Election: June 1, 1915 / Term: July 1915 to July 1917
- Martin F. Betkouski, president
- Robert T. Brain
- James Simpson Conwell
- Frederick C. Langdon
- Estelle Lawton Lindsey
- William A. Roberts
- John Topham (removed 4/18/1917)
- Michael Thomas Collins (appointed 4/18/1917)
- Frederick C. Wheeler
- Foster C. Wright
1917–19
Election: June 5, 1917 / Term: July 1917 to July 1919
- Frank Lincoln Cleaveland
- Othello Parker Conaway
- Albert B. Conrad
- James Simpson Conwell, president (died 12/15/1917)
- Frank Harwood True (appointed 1/3/1918)
- Ralph Luther Criswell
- Bert L. Farmer, president from 1/3/1918
- Walter Mallard
- Neal P. Olson
- John Benjamin Reeves
1919–21
City population in 1920: 576,700
Election: June 3, 1919 / Term: July 7, 1919, to July 5, 1921
- Othello Parker Conaway
- Ralph Luther Criswell
- Bert L. Farmer
- Alexander Patterson Fleming (died 12/15/1920)
- Edward J. Delorey
- Frederick C. Langdon
- Walter Mallard
- Winfred J. Sanborn
- Frederick C. Wheeler
- Boyle Workman, president
1921–23
Election: June 7, 1921 / Term: July 1921 to July 1923
- Robert M. Allen
- Othello Parker Conaway
- Ralph Luther Criswell, president
- Frederick C. Langdon
- Walter Mallard
- William C. Mushet
- Winfred J. Sanborn
- Robert Stewart Sparks
- Frederick C. Wheeler
1923–25
Election: June 5, 1923 / Term: July 1923 to July 1925
- Robert M. Allen
- Edwin Baker
- Ralph Luther Criswell
- Miles S. Gregory
- Walter Mallard
- William C. Mushet
- Winfred J. Sanborn
- Frederick C. Wheeler
- Boyle Workman, president
1925 and after (15 districts)
Regular terms begin on July 1 of odd-numbered years until 2017 and on the second Monday in December of even-numbered years starting with 2020.
References
- "Directory". LA City Council. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
- "Los Angeles City Council salaries come under attack in council races". dailynews.com.
- "Los Angeles City Council". LACity.org. 2009-01-01. Archived from the original on 2010-04-11. Retrieved 2010-04-13.
- Chronological Record of Los Angeles City Officials: 1850—1938, Compiled under Direction of Municipal Reference Library City Hall, Los Angeles March 1938 (Reprinted 1966)
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