Chair of Los Angeles County explained

Post:Chair of Los Angeles County
Insignia:Seal of Los Angeles County, California.svg
Insigniacaption:Seal of Los Angeles
Flag:Flag of Los Angeles County, California.svg
Flagcaption:Flag of Los Angeles
Incumbent:Lindsey Horvath
Incumbentsince:December 5, 2023
Style:Madam Chair
Department:Government of Los Angeles County
Residence:None
Inaugural:N/A
Website:https://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 announced her retirement 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. During his or her term of office, the chair has the option of calling himself or herself “mayor”, a practice that was started by Michael D. Antonovich during his tenure as a supervisor. This tradition was not continued by the current incumbents.[2] [1] [3]

Chairs

These are the chairs/mayors of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors:[4] [5] [6]

No.Chair/MayorParty Term StartTerm EndNotesChair/Mayor Pro TemPartyRef.
1N/ADecember 4, 1852December 6, 1983It's unclear who was chair before 1983It's unclear who was chair before 1982
December 7, 1982 December 6, 1983Michael D. AntonovichRepublican
2Michael D. AntonovichRepublicanDecember 6, 1983December 4, 1984MayorEdmund D. EdelmanDemocratic
3Edmund D. EdelmanDemocraticDecember 4, 1984December 3, 1985ChairPeter F. SchabarumRepublican
4Peter F. SchabarumRepublicanDecember 3, 1985December 2, 1986ChairMichael D. AntonovichRepublican
5Michael D. AntonovichRepublicanDecember 2, 1986December 8, 1987 MayorDeane DanaRepublican
6Deane DanaRepublicanDecember 8, 1987 December 6, 1988 ChairEdmund D. EdelmanDemocratic
7Edmund D. EdelmanDemocraticDecember 6, 1988 December 21, 1989ChairPeter F. SchabarumRepublican
8Peter F. SchabarumRepublicanDecember 21, 1989December 4, 1990ChairMichael D. AntonovichRepublican
9Michael D. AntonovichRepublicanDecember 4, 1990December 3, 1991MayorRepublican
10Deane DanaRepublicanDecember 3, 1991December 8, 1992ChairEdmund D. EdelmanDemocratic
11Edmund D. EdelmanDemocraticDecember 8, 1992December 7, 1993ChairYvonne Brathwaite BurkeDemocratic
12Yvonne Brathwaite BurkeDemocraticDecember 7, 1993December 6, 1994ChairGloria MolinaDemocratic
13Gloria MolinaDemocraticDecember 6, 1994December 5, 1995ChairMichael D. AntonovichRepublican
14Michael D. AntonovichRepublicanDecember 5, 1995December 3, 1996MayorZev YaroslavskyDemocratic[7]
15Zev YaroslavskyDemocraticDecember 3, 1996December 3, 1997ChairYvonne Brathwaite BurkeDemocratic
16Yvonne Brathwaite BurkeDemocraticDecember 3, 1997December 8, 1998 ChairDon KnabeRepublican
17Don KnabeRepublicanDecember 8, 1998 December 7, 1999ChairGloria MolinaDemocratic
18Gloria MolinaDemocraticDecember 7, 1999December 5, 2000ChairMichael D. AntonovichRepublican
19Michael D. AntonovichRepublicanDecember 5, 2000December 4, 2001MayorZev YaroslavskyDemocratic
20Zev YaroslavskyDemocraticDecember 4, 2001 December 3, 2002ChairYvonne Brathwaite BurkeDemocratic
21Yvonne Brathwaite BurkeDemocraticDecember 3, 2002 December 2, 2003ChairDon KnabeRepublican
22Don KnabeRepublicanDecember 2, 2003 December 7, 2004ChairGloria MolinaDemocratic
23Gloria MolinaDemocraticDecember 7, 2004December 6, 2005ChairMichael D. AntonovichRepublican
24Michael D. AntonovichRepublicanDecember 6, 2005December 5, 2006MayorZev YaroslavskyDemocratic[8]
25Zev YaroslavskyDemocraticDecember 5, 2006 December 4, 2007ChairYvonne Brathwaite BurkeDemocratic
26Yvonne Brathwaite BurkeDemocraticDecember 4, 2007 December 2, 2008ChairDon KnabeRepublican
27Don KnabeRepublicanDecember 2, 2008 December 8, 2009ChairGloria MolinaDemocratic
28Gloria MolinaDemocraticDecember 8, 2009December 7, 2010ChairMichael D. AntonovichRepublican
29Michael D. AntonovichRepublicanDecember 7, 2010December 6, 2011MayorZev YaroslavskyDemocratic[9]
30Zev YaroslavskyDemocraticDecember 6, 2011 December 4, 2012ChairMark Ridley-ThomasDemocratic
31Mark Ridley-ThomasDemocraticDecember 4, 2012December 3, 2013ChairDon KnabeRepublican
32Don KnabeRepublicanDecember 3, 2013December 2, 2014ChairMichael D. AntonovichRepublican
33Michael D. AntonovichRepublicanDecember 2, 2014December 8, 2015MayorHilda SolisDemocratic[10]
34Hilda SolisDemocraticDecember 8, 2015December 6, 2016ChairMark Ridley-ThomasDemocratic
35Mark Ridley-ThomasDemocraticDecember 6, 2016December 5, 2017ChairSheila KuehlDemocratic
36Sheila KuehlDemocraticDecember 5, 2017December 4, 2018ChairJanice HahnDemocratic
37Janice HahnDemocraticDecember 4, 2018December 3, 2019ChairKathryn BargerRepublican[11]
38Kathryn BargerRepublicanDecember 3, 2019December 8, 2020ChairHilda SolisDemocratic[12] [13]
39Hilda SolisDemocraticDecember 8, 2020December 7, 2021ChairHolly MitchellDemocratic
40Holly MitchellDemocraticDecember 7, 2021December 6, 2022ChairSheila KuehlDemocratic[14]
41Janice HahnDemocraticDecember 6, 2022December 5, 2023ChairLindsey HorvathDemocratic[15] [16]
42Lindsey HorvathDemocraticDecember 5, 2023IncumbentChairKathryn BargerRepublican[17]

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

"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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: RULES OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS . 2022-04-14 . bos.lacounty.gov.
  2. Web site: County Supervisors, Past to Present, Los Angeles County, California . 2022-04-12 . www.laalmanac.com.
  3. Web site: 2005-12-07 . Supervisor Antonovich becomes 'county mayor' . 2022-04-20 . Daily News . en-US.
  4. Web site: Media Archive . 2022-04-12 . bos.lacounty.gov.
  5. Web site: Live Broadcast . 2022-04-12 . bos.lacounty.gov.
  6. Web site: 2018-02-01 . Search – Board of Supervisors Documents . 2022-04-14 . COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES . en-US.
  7. Web site: Antonovich Says This Town Is Big Enough for 2 Mayors. October 26, 1996. LA Times.
  8. Web site: 2005-12-18 . Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Home Page . 2022-04-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20051218010201/http://bos.co.la.ca.us/main.htm . 18 December 2005 . dead.
  9. Web site: 2011-02-01 . Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich - Los Angeles County, Fifth District . 2022-04-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110201153456/http://antonovich.lacounty.gov/Default.htm . 1 February 2011 . dead.
  10. Web site: 2014-12-16 . 2022-04-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141216181828/http://antonovich.com/ . 16 December 2014 . dead.
  11. Web site: 2018-12-03 . Dec. 4: Janice Hahn to Become Chair of LA County Supervisors . 2022-04-16 . SCVNews.com . en-US.
  12. Web site: 2019-12-04 . Kathryn Barger named chair for Board of Supervisors . 2022-04-16 . Santa Clarita Valley Signal . en-US.
  13. Web site: 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. . 2022-06-07 . Twitter . en.
  14. Web site: 2021-12-08 . Gavel Passed to Holly Mitchell To Chair the L.A. County Board of Supervisors . 2022-04-16 . L.A. Focus News . en-US.
  15. Web site: LA County Supervisors offering unlimited public comment, other changes at meetings . 8 December 2022 .
  16. Web site: Supervisor Janice Hahn Brings Increased Public Participation to Board as Chair – Supervisor Janice Hahn .
  17. Web site: Author . Guest . 2023-12-06 . Horvath Becomes Youngest Chair of the Board of Supervisors . 2023-12-08 . Santa Monica Daily Press . en-US.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Chair of Los Angeles County".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.