Los Angeles City Council

The Los Angeles City Council meets three times a week in the city hall.

The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. It holds regular meetings in the City Hall on Tuesday, Wednesday and Fridays at 10 am (except on holidays or if decided by special resolution not to meet).

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 after June 30 in odd-numbered years. An assistant president pro tempore is appointed by the President.

Each council member receives an annual salary of $149,159, a figure that makes them the highest-paid city council members in the country. Each council member is entitled to a $1 million annual discretionary fund which can be used to fund whatever project they want. Each member is granted funds to operate offices in both the City Hall and in the councilmanic districts. Each council member on average has a staff of about 20 people. The members also have the use of a city automobile. [1]

[edit] City Council Members:

Officers:

• President of the Council: Eric Garcetti
• President Pro Tempore: Wendy Greuel
• Assistant President Pro Tempore: Jan Perry

[edit] Past City Councils (15 District System) 1925—2005

[edit] Past City Councils (9 Ward System) 1889—1925

Original City Council (1850) Consisted of 8 members including Morris L. Goodman (served 1850-4); He was the only American on the council -- everyone else was Mexican.

[edit] References

• Chronological Record of Los Angeles City Officials: 1850—1938, Compiled under Direction of Municipal Reference Library City Hall, Los Angeles March 1938 (Reprinted 1966)

[edit] See also

• Los Angeles Common Council

[edit] External links

• City of Los Angeles Council Homepage
• Historical election results