Type Unicameral | Seats 15 | |
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President Herb Wesson
Since January 1, 2012 President pro tempore Mitchell Englander
Since July 2, 2013 Assistant President
pro tempore Nury Martinez
Since July 1, 2015 Political groups Nonpartisan
13 Democrats, one Republican, one vacant | ||
The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles.
Contents
- Current members
- 185089 Common Council
- 18891909 nine wards
- 190925 at large
- 190911
- 191113
- 191315
- 191517
- 191719
- 191921
- 192123
- 192325
- 1925 and after fifteen districts
- References
The council is composed of fifteen members elected from single-member districts for four-year terms. 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 2014, council members receive an annual salary of $178,789 per year, which is the highest city council salary in the nation.
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.
A current annual (July to June) schedule of all Council meetings, broken down by committee, is available as a .pdf download from the Office of the City Clerk.
Current members
Officers:
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
1911–13
Election: December 5, 1911 / Term: December 13, 1911, to July 1, 1913
1913–15
Election: June 3, 1913 / Term: July 1913 to July 1915
1915–17
Election: June 1, 1915 / Term: July 1915 to July 1917
1917–19
Election: June 5, 1917 / Term: July 1917 to July 1919
1919–21
City population in 1920: 576,700
Election: June 3, 1919 / Term: July 7, 1919, to July 5, 1921
1921–23
Election: June 7, 1921 / Term: July 1921 to July 1923
1923–25
Election: June 5, 1923 / Term: July 1923 to July 1925
1925 and after (fifteen 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.