Click here to follow election results! The city's population was 3. The city of Los Angeles utilizes a strong mayor and city council system. In this form of municipal government, the city council serves as the city's primary legislative body and the mayor serves as the city's chief executive. The mayor is the city's chief executive. The responsibilities of the mayor include proposing a budget, signing legislation into law, appointing departmental directors and committee members, and overseeing the city's day-to-day operations.
The mayor also possesses veto powers. Garcetti assumed office on June 30, The Los Angeles City Council is the city's primary legislative body. It is responsible for adopting the city budget, approving mayoral appointees, overseeing the use of municipal properties, levying taxes, and making or amending city laws, policies, and ordinances.
The city council is made up of 15 members. They are elected from 15 districts to four-year terms. Click here for a current list of council members. Click here for a current list of other city officeholders. Los Angeles has a Democratic mayor. As of November , 63 mayors in the largest cities by population are affiliated with the Democratic Party , 26 are affiliated with the Republican Party , four are independents, six identify as nonpartisan or unaffiliated, and one mayor's affiliation is unknown.
While most mayoral elections in the largest cities are nonpartisan, most officeholders are affiliated with a political party. Click here for a list of the largest cities' mayors and their partisan affiliations.
The city of Los Angeles, California , held a primary election for Districts 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 14 on the city council on March 3, A general election was scheduled for November 3, , if no candidate received a majority of votes in the primary. The filing deadline for this election was December 6, The city of Los Angeles, California , held primary elections for mayor, eight city council seats, city attorney, and city controller on March 7, Three community college board of trustees seats were also up for general election on that date.
This rule did not apply to the community college board races, which were determined by a plurality winner in the March election. This election was the second impacted by Charter Amendment 1. Passed in March , the amendment shifted city elections to even-numbered years beginning in As a result, officials elected in won special five-and-a-half year terms ending in The city of Los Angeles, California , held elections for city council on May 19, A primary election took place on March 3, The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was December 3, Seven of the 15 city council seats were up for election.
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Community News. Navigate Left. Navigate Right. Submit Search. Share on Facebook. Share on Twitter. Share on Reddit. The overarching issue will be homelessness, he predicted, with voters looking for a candidate who will put a date on the calendar to end the lines of sagging tents and rusty RVs that have become fixtures along freeways, on vacant lots and below overpasses. In , when Democrat Antonio Villaraigosa became the first Latino mayor in more than a century, he had to overcome fears in the Black community that they would be displaced from government jobs in favor of Latinos.
Villaraigosa eventually won after vowing to unite the city and winning endorsements from prominent Black people, including Democratic U. Maxine Waters. Garcetti was first elected in with strong support from Latino and white voters, including in Republican-leaning areas, even though he was outperformed by rival Wendy Greuel in traditionally Black neighborhoods.
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