James Kenneth Hahn is an American lawyer and politician. A Democrat,Hahn was elected the 40th mayor of Los Angeles in 2001. He served until 2005,at which time he was defeated in his bid for re-election. Prior to his term as Mayor,Hahn served in several other capacities for the city of Los Angeles,including deputy city attorney (1975–1979),city controller (1981–1985) and city attorney (1985–2001). Hahn is the only individual in the city's history to have been elected to all three citywide offices. He is currently a sitting judge on the Los Angeles County Superior Court.
Debra Wong Yang is the former United States Attorney for the Central District of California. She was appointed in May 2002 by President George W. Bush,who made her the first Asian American woman to serve as a United States Attorney. In 2009,Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa nominated Yang to a vacancy on the Los Angeles Police Commission. In 2016,she was listed as the potential choice for SEC Chief in Donald Trump's cabinet.
The 2005 election for Mayor of Los Angeles took place on March 8,2005,with a run-off election on May 17,2005. In a rematch of the 2001 election,Councilman Antonio Villaraigosa defeated the sitting mayor,James Hahn,becoming the city's first Hispanic mayor since the 19th century.
William Joseph Bratton CBE is an American law enforcement officer and businessman who served two terms as the New York City Police Commissioner. He previously served as the Commissioner of the Boston Police Department (BPD) (1993–1994) and Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) (2002–2009). He is the only person to have led the police departments of the United States' two largest cities –New York and Los Angeles.
Laura N. Chick is an American politician.
Richard Anthony Alarcon is an American politician who served as a member of the Los Angeles City Council from 1993 to 1998 and again from 2007 to 2013. A Democrat,he previously served in the California State Senate and,for approximately three months,in the California State Assembly.
The 2001 election for Mayor of Los Angeles took place on April 10,2001,with a run-off election on June 5,2001. Incumbent mayor Richard Riordan was prevented from running for a third term because of term limits. In the election to replace him,then-City Attorney James Hahn defeated Antonio Villaraigosa,the former speaker of the California State Assembly.
Eric Michael Garcetti is an American politician and diplomat who has been the United States Ambassador to India since March 24,2023. He previously served as the 42nd mayor of Los Angeles from 2013 until 2022. A member of the Democratic Party,he was first elected in the 2013 election,and re-elected in 2017. A former member of the Los Angeles City Council,Garcetti served as City Council President from 2006 to 2012. He was the city's first elected Jewish mayor,and its second consecutive Mexican American mayor. He was elected as the youngest mayor in over 100 years,having been 42 at the time of his inauguration. Upon nomination of President Joe Biden after a previously failed nomination the year before,Garcetti was finally confirmed as Ambassador to India by the Senate on a 52-42 vote on March 15,2023.
JoséLuis Huizar is a Mexican-American politician and a former member of the Los Angeles City Council.
Wendy Jane Greuel is an American politician. She served as Los Angeles City Controller from 2009–13. Greuel was the second woman elected to citywide office in Los Angeles,after her predecessor Laura Chick.
The 2007 MacArthur Park rallies were two May Day rallies demanding amnesty for undocumented immigrants which occurred on May 1,2007,at MacArthur Park,in Los Angeles.
Jane Ellison Usher served as the President of the Los Angeles City Planning Commission from October 2005 until her resignation in December 2008. She was appointed to the City Planning Commission by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. From 1989 until 1993,Ms. Usher served as counsel to the mayor under Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley. She had previously worked for the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and as a senior advisor to City Attorney Carmen Trutanich from 2009 to 2013.
The 2009 Los Angeles City Attorney election was held on March 3,2009,to replace then Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo,who was unable to run since he had reached his term limit. Leading up to March 3 election,the declared candidates were Michael Richard American,David Berger,Carmen Trutanich,Los Angeles City Council member Jack Weiss,and Noel Weiss.
Antonio Ramón Villaraigosa is an American politician who served as the 41st Mayor of Los Angeles from 2005 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party,Villaraigosa was a national co-chairman of Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign,a member of President Barack Obama's Transition Economic Advisory Board,and chair of the 2012 Democratic National Convention.
Carmen Anthony "Nuch" Trutanich is an American politician. He served as Los Angeles City Attorney from 2009 to 2013.
The 2013 Los Angeles mayoral election was held on March 5,2013,to elect the mayor of Los Angeles. No candidate received a majority of the primary votes to be elected outright,and the top two finishers,Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel advanced to a runoff vote. On May 21,2013,Garcetti was elected mayor with a majority of the votes in the runoff.
The 2009 elections for elected officials in Los Angeles took place on March 3,2009,with run-off elections on May 19,2009. The mayor,city attorney,city controller and eight out of the fifteen members of the city council were up for election.
The 2022 Los Angeles mayoral election was held on November 8,2022,to elect the mayor of Los Angeles,California. A top-two primary was held on June 7,2022. Candidates could win the election outright by receiving more than 50% of the vote,but no candidate received a majority. More than forty candidates formed committees to run. Twenty-seven filed their declaration of intention to collect signatures for the ballot,and of these twelve qualified.
The 2022 Los Angeles elections were held on June 7,2022. Voters elected candidates in a nonpartisan primary,with runoff elections scheduled for November 8,2022. Eight of the fifteen seats in the City Council were up for election while three of the seven seats in the LAUSD Board of Education were up for election. The seat of Mayor of Los Angeles is up for election due to incumbent Eric Garcetti's term limit. The seats of the Los Angeles City Controller and the Los Angeles City Attorney were also up for election,as their incumbents,Mike Feuer and Ron Galperin,were running for mayor and California State Controller respectively.
Timothy B. McOsker is an American businessman,attorney,and former lobbyist,serving as a member of the Los Angeles City Council for the 15th district. Prior to that,he was the CEO of AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles from 2018 to 2022 and chief of staff to Los Angeles City Attorney,later Mayor,James Hahn from 1997 to 2005.
