The Los Angeles City Council is the lawmaking body of Los Angeles, California, United States. It has 15 members from 15 council districts that are spread throughout the city.
José Cristóbal Aguilar was a Californio politician and journalist, who served three terms as Mayor of Los Angeles, the last Hispanic to hold the office until 2005, with the election of Antonio Villaraigosa.
The Los Angeles City Marshal was the chief law enforcement officer of Los Angeles in the city's early years.
The President of the Los Angeles City Council is the presiding officer of the Los Angeles City Council. The president presides as chair over meetings of the council and assignments to City Council committees and handles parliamentary duties like ruling motions in or out of order. The president automatically becomes an acting mayor when the mayor is out of state. Since 2020, the president has been elected at the first scheduled council meeting in January of even-numbered years.
Dionisio Botiller or Dionisio de Botiller (1842–1915) was a member of the Los Angeles Common Council, the governing body of the city, in June 1868, December 1868 and in 1869, as well as the city auditor for eight years. He was also the owner of extensive property within the city of Los Angeles, California.
Julius L. Morris (1830–1909) and Morritz Morris were two German-born brothers who settled in Los Angeles, California, in 1853 and became prominent retail merchants in the newly incorporated American city as well as community leaders. Julius was a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors in 1861–63 and city treasurer in 1863–64; Morritz was a member of the Los Angeles Common Council, the governing body of the city, in 1866 for a partial term and in 1868 and 1869 for two one-year terms.
Henry Wartenberg was a merchant and civic leader in Los Angeles, California, during the 19th century. He was the first president of the city's first volunteer fire department, in 1868–69, and a member of the Los Angeles Common Council, the governing body of the city, from 1868 to 1870.
Matthew Teed was a member of the Los Angeles Common Council, the governing body of that city, in various time periods between 1870 and 1888.
Cayetano Apablasa Blanco was a 19th-century land owner and politician in Los Angeles, California. His holdings were on the south of the central Los Angeles Plaza, later the first site of the city's Chinatown and location of present-day Union Station.
Edward C. Bosbyshell, known as E.C. Bosbyshell, (1822–1894) was a politician in Iowa and California, where he was a member of the Los Angeles Common Council, the governing body of that city. He was also a merchant and a banker.
Levi Newton Breed was an active and early American participant in 19th Century California, where he helped organize Lassen County and was a member of the Los Angeles Common Council, the governing body of that city.
John Henry Bryant, known as J.H. Bryant, was a medical doctor in 19th century Los Angeles, California, a mining entrepreneur, and a member of that city's governing body, the Common Council, in 1888–89.
Horace Hiller was a businessman in Los Angeles, California, during the 19th century and served on the city's governing body, the Common Council. He died after he was struck by a falling window frame as he walked beneath construction work on a downtown building.
Charles Robinson Johnson (1830–1904) was a merchant in California who traded his goods from sailing vessels up and down the coast of both California and Mexico. He was a member of the Los Angeles Common Council, the governing body of that city, and was the Los Angeles County clerk.
Albert Fenner Kercheval was a fruit grower and poet in Los Angeles County, California, and a member of the Los Angeles Common Council during the 19th Century.
Louis Lichtenberger (1835–1892) had a carriage and wagon-making shop in 19th-century Los Angeles, California, and became a wealthy landowner. He was city treasurer and a member of the Common Council, the governing body of the city.
Newell Mathews was a successful 19th−century businessman in Los Angeles, California, and was a member of the Los Angeles Common Council, the governing body of that city.
James Velsir was a fireman and politician in 19th century Los Angeles, California.
William Thomas Lambie (1837–1900) was a civil engineer who worked on construction projects throughout the American Southwest in the 19th century and was a member of the Los Angeles, California, Common Council, the governing body of that city. He was killed in the collapse of a tunnel on January 21, 1900.
John J. Jones was a Polish-born American property developer and politician who served as President of the Los Angeles Common Council from 1870 to 1871.
