Los Angeles City Attorney Explained

Post:Los Angeles City Attorney
Incumbent:Hydee Feldstein Soto
Incumbentsince:December 12, 2022
Termlength:4 years
Appointer:Direct election
Insignia:Seal of Los Angeles.svg
Flag:Flag of Los Angeles, California.svg
Type:City attorney
Insigniacaption:Seal of Los Angeles
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The Los Angeles City Attorney is an elected official who serves as the City of Los Angeles' government's lawyer and as a criminal prosecutor for misdemeanor offenses only. The City Attorney is elected for four years, and the City Charter requires the city attorney to be a lawyer qualified to practice in the California courts for five years preceding their election.In addition the General Counsel Division of the office provides legal counsel for the city and represents it in civil actions. The Los Angeles County District Attorney is an elected official who serves a four year term and is the criminal prosecutor for the County of Los Angeles for both felony and misdemeanor offenses. [1]

List of Los Angeles city attorneys

ImageNameTerm
1850–1851
1851–1852
1852–1853
1853
1853
1854–1855
1855–1856
1856–1858
1858–1859
1859–1861
1861–1862
1862
1862–1865
1865
1866–1868
1868 (did not serve)
1868–1870
1870–1872
1872–1876
1876–1880
1880–1882
1882–1884
1884–1886
1886–1888
1888–1894
1894–1898
1898–1900
1900–1906
1906–1910
1910–1913
1913–1919
1919–1921
1921–1929
1929–1933
1933–1953
1953–1973
1973–1981
1981–1985
1985–2001
2001–2009
2009–2013
2013–2022
2022–present

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Sonenshein. Raphael J.. Los Angeles : structure of a city government. 2006. League of Women Voters of Los Angeles. [Los Angeles]. 0-9668991-1-3.