Chair of Los Angeles County

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Chair of Los Angeles County
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Incumbent
Lindsey Horvath
since December 5, 2023
Government of Los Angeles County
Style Madam Chair
Residence None
Inaugural holderN/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.

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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. The chair may be stylized as "mayor", a practice that was started and only observed by Michael D. Antonovich during his tenure as a supervisor. This tradition was not continued by the current incumbents. [2] [1] [3]

Electing Chair At large and Board Expansion

Former supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky supported both Board expansion and the creation of an elected the Chair At large much like in King County, Washington, County Executive.


On October 9, 2022, an audio recording surfaced of a private meeting involving Los Angeles City Council members and a union leader that involved racist and disparaging comments and led to a local political scandal. Supervisor Lindsey Horvath and Holly Mitchell co sponsored the motion to expand the board and electing the Chair At Large to achieve more equitable representation in county government a motion similar to Former supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky motion. [4]

Chairs

These are the chairs/mayors of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors: [5] [6] [7]

No.Chair/MayorPartyTerm 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, 1982December 6, 1983 Michael D. Antonovich Republican
2 Michael D. Antonovich RepublicanDecember 6, 1983December 4, 1984Mayor Edmund D. Edelman Democratic
3 Edmund D. Edelman DemocraticDecember 4, 1984December 3, 1985Chair Peter F. Schabarum Republican
4 Peter F. Schabarum RepublicanDecember 3, 1985December 2, 1986Chair Michael D. Antonovich Republican
5 Michael D. Antonovich RepublicanDecember 2, 1986December 8, 1987Mayor Deane Dana Republican
6 Deane Dana RepublicanDecember 8, 1987December 6, 1988Chair Edmund D. Edelman Democratic
7 Edmund D. Edelman DemocraticDecember 6, 1988December 21, 1989Chair Peter F. Schabarum Republican
8 Peter F. Schabarum RepublicanDecember 21, 1989December 4, 1990Chair Michael D. Antonovich Republican
9 Michael D. Antonovich RepublicanDecember 4, 1990December 3, 1991Mayor Deane Dana Republican
10 Deane Dana RepublicanDecember 3, 1991December 8, 1992Chair Edmund D. Edelman Democratic
11 Edmund D. Edelman DemocraticDecember 8, 1992December 7, 1993Chair Yvonne Brathwaite Burke Democratic
12 Yvonne Brathwaite Burke DemocraticDecember 7, 1993December 6, 1994Chair Gloria Molina Democratic
13 Gloria Molina DemocraticDecember 6, 1994December 5, 1995Chair Michael D. Antonovich Republican
14 Michael D. Antonovich RepublicanDecember 5, 1995December 3, 1996Mayor Zev Yaroslavsky Democratic [8]
15 Zev Yaroslavsky DemocraticDecember 3, 1996December 3, 1997Chair Yvonne Brathwaite Burke Democratic
16 Yvonne Brathwaite Burke DemocraticDecember 3, 1997December 8, 1998Chair Don Knabe Republican
17 Don Knabe RepublicanDecember 8, 1998December 7, 1999Chair Gloria Molina Democratic
18 Gloria Molina DemocraticDecember 7, 1999December 5, 2000Chair Michael D. Antonovich Republican
19 Michael D. Antonovich RepublicanDecember 5, 2000December 4, 2001Mayor Zev Yaroslavsky Democratic [8]
20 Zev Yaroslavsky DemocraticDecember 4, 2001December 3, 2002Chair Yvonne Brathwaite Burke Democratic
21 Yvonne Brathwaite Burke DemocraticDecember 3, 2002December 2, 2003Chair Don Knabe Republican
22 Don Knabe RepublicanDecember 2, 2003December 7, 2004Chair Gloria Molina Democratic
23 Gloria Molina DemocraticDecember 7, 2004December 6, 2005Chair Michael D. Antonovich Republican
24 Michael D. Antonovich RepublicanDecember 6, 2005December 5, 2006Mayor Zev Yaroslavsky Democratic [9] [3]
25 Zev Yaroslavsky DemocraticDecember 5, 2006December 4, 2007Chair Yvonne Brathwaite Burke Democratic
26 Yvonne Brathwaite Burke DemocraticDecember 4, 2007December 2, 2008Chair Don Knabe Republican
27 Don Knabe RepublicanDecember 2, 2008December 8, 2009Chair Gloria Molina Democratic
28 Gloria Molina DemocraticDecember 8, 2009December 7, 2010Chair Michael D. Antonovich Republican
29 Michael D. Antonovich RepublicanDecember 7, 2010December 6, 2011Mayor Zev Yaroslavsky Democratic [10]
30 Zev Yaroslavsky DemocraticDecember 6, 2011December 4, 2012Chair Mark Ridley-Thomas Democratic
31 Mark Ridley-Thomas DemocraticDecember 4, 2012December 3, 2013Chair Don Knabe Republican
32 Don Knabe RepublicanDecember 3, 2013December 2, 2014Chair Michael D. Antonovich Republican
33 Michael D. Antonovich RepublicanDecember 2, 2014December 8, 2015Mayor Hilda Solis Democratic [11]
34 Hilda Solis DemocraticDecember 8, 2015December 6, 2016Chair Mark Ridley-Thomas Democratic
35 Mark Ridley-Thomas DemocraticDecember 6, 2016December 5, 2017Chair Sheila Kuehl Democratic
36 Sheila Kuehl DemocraticDecember 5, 2017December 4, 2018Chair Janice Hahn Democratic
37 Janice Hahn DemocraticDecember 4, 2018December 3, 2019Chair Kathryn Barger Republican [12]
38 Kathryn Barger RepublicanDecember 3, 2019December 8, 2020Chair Hilda Solis Democratic [13] [14]
39 Hilda Solis DemocraticDecember 8, 2020December 7, 2021Chair Holly Mitchell Democratic
40 Holly Mitchell DemocraticDecember 7, 2021December 6, 2022Chair Sheila Kuehl Democratic [15]
41 Janice Hahn DemocraticDecember 6, 2022December 5, 2023Chair Lindsey Horvath Democratic [16] [17]
42 Lindsey Horvath DemocraticDecember 5, 2023IncumbentChair Kathryn Barger Republican [18]

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]

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