This article's lead sectionmay be too short to adequately summarize the key points. Please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article.(March 2023)
Greig Smith was a member of the Los Angeles City Council from 2003 to 2011. On January 15,2019 Smith was appointed to his previous seat on the Los Angeles City Council on a temporary basis.[1] He represented the 12th District in the Northwestern San Fernando Valley,which includes Chatsworth,Granada Hills,Northridge,and other communities.[2] Smith resigned on August 23,2019.[3] John Lee,who was elected to succeed Smith,[4] was sworn to Smith's former Council seat on August 30,2019.[5][6]
He was elected to the L.A. City Council in 2003 defeating Los Angeles School Board member Julie Kornstein in the race to succeed Hal Bernson. At that time he was one of two Republican Party members of the City Council.[7] His former seat was the only Republican seat on the Council before Lee's switch to Independent in 2020.
In his prior service as a Councilman,he made waste management his main issue and was successful in lobbying his colleagues to unanimously pass his comprehensive blueprint for the city,RENEW LA—Recovering Energy,Natural Resources,and Economic Benefit from Waste for Los Angeles.[8]
Smith wrote the book If City Hall's Walls Could Talk,which was published in 2010. The book details the history of the Los Angeles city government,focusing on notable events that can be described as strange,funny,or intriguing.[9]
Prior to his 2019 appointment,Smith was president of a consulting firm specializing in governmental liaison and representation,environmental and waste management expertise.[1] The firm is Greig Smith Consulting LLC.[12]
This page is based on this Wikipedia article Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
