Los Angeles City Controller
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Incumbent
Kenneth Mejia
since December 12, 2022
TypeComptroller
Term length4 years (Renewable once)
Websitecontroller.lacity.gov

The Los Angeles City Controller is an official in the government of the city of Los Angeles, California. The City Controller is the paymaster and chief accounting officer of the city. Along with the Mayor and the City Attorney, the City Controller is chosen by popular vote every four years.

The position began in 1878 as the Los Angeles City Auditor and in the early days included secretarial duties for the Los Angeles Common Council as part of the job. Upon the re-election of John S. Myers in 1925, when the city approved a new charter, the name of the position was changed to City Controller. In 2000, another update to the city charter added the power and responsibility of conducting "performance audits" of departmental effectiveness.[1]

List of City Controllers

City Auditor (1879–1925)
No. Portrait Officeholder Tenure start Tenure end
1 William W. Robinson December 5, 1879 December 13, 1886
2 Freeman G. Teed December 13, 1886 December 10, 1888
3 M. F. Stiles December 10, 1888 February 21, 1889
4 Frank E. Lopez February 25, 1889 December 12, 1892
5 Fred H. Teale December 12, 1892 December 16, 1896
6 Thomas E. Nicols December 16, 1896 December 15, 1898
7 E. A. Carson December 15, 1898 December 12, 1900
8 Elijah E. Unger December 12, 1900 October 17, 1903
9 Lewis H. Schwaebe October 19, 1903 December 13, 1906
10 William C. Mushet December 13, 1906 December 10, 1909
11 John S. Myers December 10, 1909 June 30, 1935
City Controller (1925–present)
No. Portrait Officeholder Tenure start Tenure end
11 John S. Myers June 30, 1935 January 19, 1937
12 Dan O. Hoye January 19, 1937 June 30, 1961
13 Charles Navarro July 1, 1961 June 30, 1977
14 Ira Reiner July 1, 1977 June 30, 1981
15 James Hahn July 1, 1981 June 30, 1985
16 Rick Tuttle July 1, 1985 June 30, 2001
17 Laura N. Chick July 1, 2001 June 30, 2009
18 Wendy Greuel July 1, 2009 June 30, 2013
19 Ron Galperin July 1, 2013 December 9, 2022
20 Kenneth Mejia December 12, 2022 Incumbent

References

  1. ^ Sonenshein, Raphael J. (2006). Los Angeles : structure of a city government (PDF). [Los Angeles]: League of Women Voters of Los Angeles. ISBN 0-9668991-1-3.

External links

City Controllers of Los Angeles
Government of Los Angeles
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