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The John Ferraro Council Chamber in 1997. The Los Angeles City Council is guided by the Los Angeles City Charter. The Charter defines the City Council as the city's legislature, with the Mayor of Los Angeles serving as the executive branch of the city's government creating a strong mayor–council government, though the mayor is weaker than in cities such as New York City. [6]
In 1993, Michael Woo, who was a member of the Los Angeles City Council, was the preferred choice since Bradley did not seek re-election as Mayor of Los Angeles. Woo got 40% of the votes from those who identified as gay or lesbian, compared to a third candidate who received 27% and Richard Riordan , who received 11%. [ 41 ]
On October 9, 2022, an audio recording surfaced of a private meeting involving Los Angeles City Council members and a union leader that involved racist and disparaging comments and led to a local political scandal. The audio recording captured a conversation between City Council president Nury Martinez, fellow councilmembers Gil Cedillo and ...
Los Angeles is about 48% Latino,12% Asian, 9% Black and 28% white, according to the American Community Survey. One-third of council members are Latino, while one-fifth — or 3 out of 15 — are ...
Incumbent Heather Hutt is running for a City Council District 10 seat against challengers Aura Vásquez, Eddie Anderson, Grace Yoo and Reggie Jones-Sawyer. Your guide to the L.A. City Council ...
The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday voted in favor of adopting measures to strengthen the city’s tenant anti-harassment ordinance after the original law, approved three years ago, resulted ...
Democratic. Marvin Braude (August 11, 1920 – December 7, 2005) [ 1 ] was a member of the Los Angeles City Council for 32 years, between 1965 and 1997—the third-longest-serving council member in the history of the city. During his tenure on the Los Angeles City Council, he led opposition to new housing construction and development as part of ...
The president automatically becomes an acting mayor when the mayor is out of state. Since 2020, the president has been elected at the first scheduled council meeting in January of even-numbered years. [1] The current president is Democrat Marqueece Harris-Dawson, who took office on September 20, 2024.