Chair of Los Angeles County
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Incumbent
Lindsey Horvath
since December 5, 2023
Government of Los Angeles County
StyleMadam Chair
ResidenceNone
Inaugural holderN/A
Websitehttps://bos.lacounty.gov/

The Chair of the Los Angeles County also called Chair of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the county government. The chair is the presiding officer for the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.[1] The board members serve as chair for one year each on a rotating basis. One chair, Michael D. Antonovich, called himself the Mayor of Los Angeles County.

History

The Chair of the Board of Supervisors serves a term of one year. Upon expiration of the term the duties of the Chair are rotated among the board members by order of seniority until 2015 when the board unanimously move the rotation by order of district. When Chair Pro Tem Sheila Kuehl anouced her retierment at the end for her supervisorial term her term would expire before her Chair term would begin Janice Hahn was selected to be Chair and Lindsey Horvath was Chair Pro Tem allowing Horvath to become Chair the following year and Kathryn Barger was selected to be Chair Pro Tem to resume district rotation of the County Chair. The term for a supervisor typically lasts four years, any member will get to serve as chair at least once during the duration of their term. The chair may be stylized as "mayor", a practice that was started and only observed by Michael D. Antonovich during his tenure as a supervisor. This tradition was not continued by the current incumbents.[2][1][3]

Electing Chair At large and Board Expansion

Former supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky supported both Board expansion and the creation of an elected the Chair At large much like in King County, Washington, County Executive.


Main article: 2022 Los Angeles City Council controversy

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. Supervisor Lindsey Horvath and Holly Mitchell co sponsored the motion to expand the board and electing the Chair At Large to achieve more equitable representation in county government a motion similar to Former supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky motion.[4]

Chairs

These are the chairs/mayors of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors:[5][6][7]

No. Chair/Mayor Party Term Start Term End Notes Chair/Mayor Pro Tem Party Ref.
1 N/A December 4, 1852 December 6, 1983 It's unclear who was chair before 1983 It's unclear who was chair before 1982
December 7, 1982 December 6, 1983 Michael D. Antonovich Republican
2 Michael D. Antonovich Republican December 6, 1983 December 4, 1984 Mayor Edmund D. Edelman Democratic
3 Edmund D. Edelman Democratic December 4, 1984 December 3, 1985 Chair Peter F. Schabarum Republican
4 Peter F. Schabarum Republican December 3, 1985 December 2, 1986 Chair Michael D. Antonovich Republican
5 Michael D. Antonovich Republican December 2, 1986 December 8, 1987 Mayor Deane Dana Republican
6 Deane Dana Republican December 8, 1987 December 6, 1988 Chair Edmund D. Edelman Democratic
7 Edmund D. Edelman Democratic December 6, 1988 December 21, 1989 Chair Peter F. Schabarum Republican
8 Peter F. Schabarum Republican December 21, 1989 December 4, 1990 Chair Michael D. Antonovich Republican
9 Michael D. Antonovich Republican December 4, 1990 December 3, 1991 Mayor Deane Dana Republican
10 Deane Dana Republican December 3, 1991 December 8, 1992 Chair Edmund D. Edelman Democratic
11 Edmund D. Edelman Democratic December 8, 1992 December 7, 1993 Chair Yvonne Brathwaite Burke Democratic
12 Yvonne Brathwaite Burke Democratic December 7, 1993 December 6, 1994 Chair Gloria Molina Democratic
13 Gloria Molina Democratic December 6, 1994 December 5, 1995 Chair Michael D. Antonovich Republican
14 Michael D. Antonovich Republican December 5, 1995 December 3, 1996 Mayor Zev Yaroslavsky Democratic [8]
15 Zev Yaroslavsky Democratic December 3, 1996 December 3, 1997 Chair Yvonne Brathwaite Burke Democratic
16 Yvonne Brathwaite Burke Democratic December 3, 1997 December 8, 1998 Chair Don Knabe Republican
17 Don Knabe Republican December 8, 1998 December 7, 1999 Chair Gloria Molina Democratic
18 Gloria Molina Democratic December 7, 1999 December 5, 2000 Chair Michael D. Antonovich Republican
19 Michael D. Antonovich Republican December 5, 2000 December 4, 2001 Mayor Zev Yaroslavsky Democratic [8]
20 Zev Yaroslavsky Democratic December 4, 2001 December 3, 2002 Chair Yvonne Brathwaite Burke Democratic
21 Yvonne Brathwaite Burke Democratic December 3, 2002 December 2, 2003 Chair Don Knabe Republican
22 Don Knabe Republican December 2, 2003 December 7, 2004 Chair Gloria Molina Democratic
23 Gloria Molina Democratic December 7, 2004 December 6, 2005 Chair Michael D. Antonovich Republican
24 Michael D. Antonovich Republican December 6, 2005 December 5, 2006 Mayor Zev Yaroslavsky Democratic [9][3]
25 Zev Yaroslavsky Democratic December 5, 2006 December 4, 2007 Chair Yvonne Brathwaite Burke Democratic
26 Yvonne Brathwaite Burke Democratic December 4, 2007 December 2, 2008 Chair Don Knabe Republican
27 Don Knabe Republican December 2, 2008 December 8, 2009 Chair Gloria Molina Democratic
28 Gloria Molina Democratic December 8, 2009 December 7, 2010 Chair Michael D. Antonovich Republican
29 Michael D. Antonovich Republican December 7, 2010 December 6, 2011 Mayor Zev Yaroslavsky Democratic [10]
30 Zev Yaroslavsky Democratic December 6, 2011 December 4, 2012 Chair Mark Ridley-Thomas Democratic
31 Mark Ridley-Thomas Democratic December 4, 2012 December 3, 2013 Chair Don Knabe Republican
32 Don Knabe Republican December 3, 2013 December 2, 2014 Chair Michael D. Antonovich Republican
33 Michael D. Antonovich Republican December 2, 2014 December 8, 2015 Mayor Hilda Solis Democratic [11]
34 Hilda Solis Democratic December 8, 2015 December 6, 2016 Chair Mark Ridley-Thomas Democratic
35 Mark Ridley-Thomas Democratic December 6, 2016 December 5, 2017 Chair Sheila Kuehl Democratic
36 Sheila Kuehl Democratic December 5, 2017 December 4, 2018 Chair Janice Hahn Democratic
37 Janice Hahn Democratic December 4, 2018 December 3, 2019 Chair Kathryn Barger Republican [12]
38 Kathryn Barger Republican December 3, 2019 December 8, 2020 Chair Hilda Solis Democratic [13][14]
39 Hilda Solis Democratic December 8, 2020 December 7, 2021 Chair Holly Mitchell Democratic
40 Holly Mitchell Democratic December 7, 2021 December 6, 2022 Chair Sheila Kuehl Democratic [15]
41 Janice Hahn Democratic December 6, 2022 December 5, 2023 Chair Lindsey Horvath Democratic [16][17]
42 Lindsey Horvath Democratic December 5, 2023 Incumbent Chair Kathryn Barger Republican [18]

Duties

"The Mayor/Chair shall possess the powers and perform the duties prescribed, as follows:

a. Have general direction over the Board Room and assign seats for the use of the members;

b. Preserve order and decorum; prevent demonstrations; order removed from the Board Room any person whose conduct deemed objectionable; and order the Board Room cleared whenever deemed necessary (Government Code Section 54957.9, see Appendix);

c. Assure that attendants of the public at meetings in the Board Room shall be limited to that number which can be accommodated by the seating facilities regularly maintained therein. No standees shall be permitted;

d. Allocate the length of time for public discussion of any matter in advance of such discussion, with the concurrence of the Board;

e. Allocate equal time to opposing sides insofar as possible taking into account the number of persons requesting to be heard on any side;

f. Limit the amount of time that a person may address the Board during a public discussion period in order to accommodate those persons desiring to speak and to facilitate the business of the Board;

g. Authorize not more than one Set Matter per Board meeting. Any additional Set Matters shall require Board action; and

h. Instruct a member of the public who wishes to address the Board on a matter under the supervision of the Department of Children and Family Services that such matter is not within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Board, that it is not within the power of the Board to alter the outcome of a court matter, and that case identifying information is confidential and may not be disclosed in public; bar public disclosure of such information; and direct the person to Section 38 which outlines the alternate procedure to be followed."[1]

Elected

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"At noon on the first Monday in December, in the even-numbered years, the Chair Pro Tem shall automatically succeed to the position of Chair to serve until the election or succession of his/her successor; in the event there is no Chair Pro Tem, the Board shall elect a Mayor/Chair to serve for the said period. If the term of the Mayor/Chair expires in an odd-numbered year, the succession or election as provided herein of the new Mayor/Chair shall take place at 9:30 a.m. the first Tuesday following the first Monday in December. Upon the succession of the Chair Pro Tem to the position of Mayor/Chair."[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "RULES OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS" (PDF). bos.lacounty.gov. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  2. ^ "County Supervisors, Past to Present, Los Angeles County, California". www.laalmanac.com. Retrieved 2022-04-12.
  3. ^ a b "Supervisor Antonovich becomes 'county mayor'". Daily News. 2005-12-07. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  4. ^ "LA County Supes Vote to Consider Expanding 5-Member Board Representing Nearly 10M Residents". 27 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Media Archive". bos.lacounty.gov. Retrieved 2022-04-12.
  6. ^ "Live Broadcast". bos.lacounty.gov. Retrieved 2022-04-12.
  7. ^ "Search – Board of Supervisors Documents". COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. 2018-02-01. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  8. ^ a b "Antonovich Says This Town Is Big Enough for 2 Mayors". October 26, 1996 – via LA Times.
  9. ^ "Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Home Page". 2005-12-18. Archived from the original on 18 December 2005. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  10. ^ "Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich - Los Angeles County, Fifth District". 2011-02-01. Archived from the original on 1 February 2011. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  11. ^ . 2014-12-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20141216181828/http://antonovich.com/. Archived from the original on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 2022-04-20. ((cite web)): Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. ^ "Dec. 4: Janice Hahn to Become Chair of LA County Supervisors". SCVNews.com. 2018-12-03. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
  13. ^ "Kathryn Barger named chair for Board of Supervisors". Santa Clarita Valley Signal. 2019-12-04. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
  14. ^ "My term as Chair will focus on our youth — our greatest hope for future success. Through what I'm calling Our County, Our Children, Our Commitment, we will renew our dedication to the well-being of youth as the forefront of our mission to serve LA County". Twitter. Retrieved 2022-06-07.
  15. ^ "Gavel Passed to Holly Mitchell To Chair the L.A. County Board of Supervisors". L.A. Focus News. 2021-12-08. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
  16. ^ "LA County Supervisors offering unlimited public comment, other changes at meetings". 8 December 2022.
  17. ^ "Supervisor Janice Hahn Brings Increased Public Participation to Board as Chair – Supervisor Janice Hahn".
  18. ^ Author, Guest (2023-12-06). "Horvath Becomes Youngest Chair of the Board of Supervisors". Santa Monica Daily Press. Retrieved 2023-12-08. ((cite web)): |last= has generic name (help)

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