Los Angeles City Controller

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Los Angeles City Controller
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Incumbent
Kenneth Mejia
since December 12, 2022
Type Comptroller
Term length 4 years (renewable once)
Website controller.lacity.gov

The Los Angeles City Controller is an official in the government of the city of Los Angeles, California. The city controller is the paymaster and chief accounting officer of the city. Along with the mayor and the city attorney, the city controller is chosen by popular vote every four years.

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The position began in 1878 as the Los Angeles City Auditor. In the early days, the job included secretarial duties for the Los Angeles Common Council. Upon the re-election of John S. Myers in 1925, when the city approved a new charter, the name of the position was changed to City Controller. In 2000, another update to the city charter added the power and responsibility of conducting "performance audits" of departmental effectiveness. [1]

List of City Controllers

City Auditor (1879–1925)
No.PortraitOfficeholderTenure startTenure end
1 William W. Robinson December 5, 1879December 13, 1886
2 Freeman G. Teed, 1894.png Freeman G. Teed December 13, 1886December 10, 1888
3M. F. StilesDecember 10, 1888February 21, 1889
4Frank E. LopezFebruary 25, 1889December 12, 1892
5Fred H. TealeDecember 12, 1892December 16, 1896
6Thomas E. NicolsDecember 16, 1896December 15, 1898
7E. A. CarsonDecember 15, 1898December 12, 1900
8 Elijah E. Unger, 1903.png Elijah E. Unger December 12, 1900October 17, 1903
9 Lewis H. Schwaebe, 1926.png Lewis H. SchwaebeOctober 19, 1903December 13, 1906
10 William C. Mushet, 1911.png William C. Mushet December 13, 1906December 10, 1909
11 John S. Myers, 1909.png John S. Myers December 10, 1909June 30, 1935
City Controller (1925–present)
No.PortraitOfficeholderTenure startTenure end
11 John S. Myers, 1909.png John S. Myers June 30, 1935January 19, 1937
12 Dan O. Hoye, 1935.jpg Dan O. Hoye January 19, 1937June 30, 1961
13 Charles Navarro, 1959.jpg Charles Navarro July 1, 1961June 30, 1977
14 Ira Reiner, 1984.jpg Ira Reiner July 1, 1977June 30, 1981
15 James Hahn, 2002 (cropped).jpg James Hahn July 1, 1981June 30, 1985
16 Rick Tuttle July 1, 1985June 30, 2001
17 Laura Chick, 1996.png Laura N. Chick July 1, 2001June 30, 2009
18 Wendygreuel2012.jpg Wendy Greuel July 1, 2009June 30, 2013
19 Ron Galperin Profile Pic.jpg Ron Galperin July 1, 2013December 9, 2022
20 Kenneth Mejia, 2022.jpg Kenneth Mejia December 12, 2022Incumbent

References

  1. ↑ Sonenshein, Raphael J. (2006). Los Angeles : structure of a city government (PDF). [Los Angeles]: League of Women Voters of Los Angeles. ISBN   0-9668991-1-3.
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