William T Fujioka | |
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Chief Executive Officer of Los Angeles County | |
In office July 23, 2007 –November 30, 2014 | |
Preceded by | David E. Janssen |
Succeeded by | Sachi A. Hamai |
City Administrative Officer of the City of Los Angeles | |
In office August 1997 –December 2006 | |
Preceded by | Keith Comrie |
Succeeded by | Karen Sisson [1] |
Personal details | |
Born | 1953 70) | (age
Residence(s) | Bradbury,California |
Alma mater | University of California,Santa Cruz |
William T. "Bill" Fujioka [2] is a former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Los Angeles County,having been appointed on July 23,2007 by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors at a starting annual salary of US$310,000. [3] As of September 2,2013,he earned an annual salary of US$338,458. [4] As the County executive,he administered the largest county in the United States,with an annual budget of US$23 billion and over 100,000 employees. [5]
Fujioka attended the University of California,Santa Cruz from 1970 to 1974,earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology. [6] Before his appointment as the County's CEO,Fujioka was the City of Los Angeles' City Administrative Officer from August 1999 to February 2007. [6] Fujioka has been a civil servant since 1975,in positions with the City of Los Angeles and Los Angeles County. [7] On June 28,1999,Richard Riordan,then the mayor of Los Angeles,appointed Fujioka as the City's Administrative Officer. [8] Less than a year later,on January 21,2000,Fujioka was fired by Riordan for his perceived ties with the Los Angeles City Council and conflicts with the mayor. [9] [10] He successfully fought his dismissal and retired after 7 years at his post,in December 2006. [11]
Less than six months later,the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to appoint Fujioka as the County's new chief executive officer. [12] In 2008,Fujioka ended the 15-year-old practice of weekly press briefings,which had been standard practice since 1993. [13] He retired as CEO of Los Angeles County at the end of November 2014. [14]
Fujioka,a third-generation (sansei) Japanese American,was born to parents William and Linda Fujioka and raised in Boyle Heights and Montebello,California. [15] [16] [8] He is married to Darlene Kuba. [3] [17] Throughout his career,Fujioka did not publicize his marriage to Kuba,who is a longtime Los Angeles City Hall lobbyist. [17] [18] Fujioka resides in Bradbury,California. [3]
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