Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
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The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is the five-member nonpartisan governing board of Los Angeles County, California
Los Angeles County, California
Los Angeles County is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of 2010 U.S. Census, the county had a population of 9,818,605, making it the most populous county in the United States. Los Angeles County alone is more populous than 42 individual U.S. states...

. Members of the board of supervisors are elected by district. They were as of December 2, 2008:
  • District 1: Gloria Molina
    Gloria Molina
    Jesus Gloria Molina is an American politician, a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, and the current chairwoman of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.-Background and career:...

  • District 2: Mark Ridley-Thomas
    Mark Ridley-Thomas
    Mark Ridley-Thomas , often referred to by his initials, MRT, is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for District 2, who succeeded Supervisor Yvonne Brathwaite Burke...

  • District 3: Zev Yaroslavsky
    Zev Yaroslavsky
    Zev Yaroslavsky is a Los Angeles County politician. He served on the Los Angeles City Council from 1975 until 1994, when he was elected to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. He was preceded in both offices by Edmund D...

  • District 4: Don Knabe
    Don Knabe
    Donald R. Knabe is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, serving the Fourth District. Knabe is the current Chairman for the 2010 session. He recently was reelected on the June 3, 2008 election....

  • District 5: Michael D. Antonovich
    Michael D. Antonovich
    Michael Dennis Antonovich is a politician and the most senior-serving member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors...


Governance

Until recently, the Chief Executive Officer
Chief executive officer
A chief executive officer , managing director , Executive Director for non-profit organizations, or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or administrator in charge of total management of an organization...

 (currently William T Fujioka) was the appointed individual heading the county but had little power as supervisors retained the right to fire and hire department heads and often directly admonished department heads in public. Based on an ordinance authored by Supervisors Knabe and Yaroslavsky that took effect in April 2007, Fujioka directly oversees departments on behalf of the supervisors, although the Los Angeles County Fire Department
Los Angeles County Fire Department
The Los Angeles County Fire Department , serves unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County, as well as 58 cities and towns that choose to have the county provide fire and EMS services, including La Habra. It should not be confused with the Los Angeles City Fire Department, which serves the city of...

, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is a local county law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. It is the fourth largest local policing agency in the United States, with the New York City Police Department being the first. The second largest is the Chicago Police...

, Assessor, District Attorney, Auditor-Controller, and Executive Office of the Board of Supervisors continue to be under the direct purview of the Board of Supervisors. The change was made in response to several candidates either dropping out or declining to accept the position to replace former Chief Executive Officer David Janssen. Antonovich was the lone supervisor to oppose the change, stating that such a move would lead to a more autocratic form of government and disenfranchise the 1.3 million who live in unincorporated areas.

Board meetings

The Board meets every Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. in the Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration in downtown Los Angeles. Its weekly meetings are televised on local public television (KLCS
KLCS
KLCS, digital channel 41 and virtual channel 58 via PSIP, is a member station of the Public Broadcasting Service, and is owned by the Los Angeles Unified School District. KLCS is known on the air as "The Education Station for all Generations" and is based in downtown Los Angeles...

 Channel 58) and transcripts are published online. Most items are approved on a "consent calendar" without discussion. However, because of the huge implications of some Board decisions, the meetings are regularly attended by speakers and protesters on behalf of many causes. The county is sued frequently by various public interest law firms and organizations on behalf of people who disagree with the Board's decisions.

Meetings can last for hours at a time. At the start of a meeting, after an invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance
Pledge of Allegiance
The Pledge of Allegiance of the United States is an expression of loyalty to the federal flag and the republic of the United States of America, originally composed by Christian Socialist Francis Bellamy in 1892 and formally adopted by Congress as the pledge in 1942...

, all items that do not have "holds" placed on them by a supervisor or a member of the general public, or are mandatory public hearings, are approved. Following that, presentations of various dignitaries such as directors of local consulates, awards to County employees and the general public, and a pet for adoption are made. The presentations can take over an hour. Then, items that were not approved are called in numerical order unless a supervisor wishes to take items out of order. Because of this, department heads with controversial items stay for the entire meeting to wait until their item is called, which may not be the order on the agenda. Some items are "special orders", where at a set time the item will be called in order to invite guests to make presentations that they could not otherwise wait for.

During the meeting, adjournments are sprinkled throughout as well, and can include anyone the supervisor finds worthy of note. Public comment is very limited, with an individual being able to comment for a total of three minutes for all items one wishes to address during a meeting, and an additional three minutes during general public comment on any topic within the board's jurisdiction. Individuals must submit comment cards before the start of the meeting and wait until their item is called. On popular topics with multiple speakers, comments may be restricted to as little as one minute each, and the board has the discretion to figuratively muzzle anyone who is addressing the board in a disruptive manner.

Background

Los Angeles County follows usual California practice (which is similar to that of almost all other states) in that it did not subdivide into separate counties or increase the number of supervisors as its population soared after 1920. The only county with more than five supervisors is San Francisco, unique in California as it is legally both a city and a county, and no new counties have been formed since 1907 in the state. As a result, the concentration of local administrative power in each county supervisor is high; each one represents more than 2 million people. Moreover, because of the equal representation provisions of the Voting Rights Act
Voting Rights Act
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark piece of national legislation in the United States that outlawed discriminatory voting practices that had been responsible for the widespread disenfranchisement of African Americans in the U.S....

, the supervisorial districts often make little geographical sense; in particular, Supervisor District 1 was specifically gerrymandered
Gerrymandering
In the process of setting electoral districts, gerrymandering is a practice that attempts to establish a political advantage for a particular party or group by manipulating geographic boundaries to create partisan, incumbent-protected districts...

 to be a majority-Latino
Latino
The demonyms Latino and Latina , are defined in English language dictionaries as:* "a person of Latin-American descent."* "A Latin American."* "A person of Hispanic, especially Latin-American, descent, often one living in the United States."...

 area, while Supervisor District 2 was designed to have a plurality of African Americans. Despite the County's diverse population, the Board had lacked any Latino representation until 1991.

A local nickname some use for the Board is "the five little kings." Unseating an incumbent supervisor is extraordinarily difficult, due largely to the prohibitive difficulty of mounting a successful challenge in districts of such enormous geographical and population size. Indeed, no new members had been elected to the Board since Don Knabe took office in 1996, however, that record was broken when Mark Ridley-Thomas joined the board in 2008. Like other elected officials, supervisors enjoy built-in advantages of incumbency. Supervisors routinely waive parking and rental fees for various organizations, provide bus trips and give free tickets to county facilities to constituents, and build projects for the community with the supervisor's name clearly marked. Each supervisor has a budget of $3,400,000 for staff and office expenses, with the remainder going into a "discretionary fund" that can be used for grants to non-profit agencies, without a vote by the other supervisors. "Good-government" advocates have long supported the idea of expanding Board membership to reduce the size of each district, and establishing an elected County Executive as a check and balance on the Board's power, but voters have rejected such proposals every time they have appeared on the ballot. However, Supervisor Molina has supported expansion of the Board (to potentially increase Hispanic representation), and Supervisor Yaroslavsky has supported both Board expansion and the creation of an elected County Executive, much like King County, Washington
King County, Washington
King County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington. The population in the 2010 census was 1,931,249. King is the most populous county in Washington, and the 14th most populous in the United States....

, who directly supervises county departments.

Currently, the chair of the Board of Supervisors has the option of calling himself or herself mayor. The title has drawn criticism as it can lead to confusion with the mayor of the city of Los Angeles
Mayor of Los Angeles, California
The mayor of Los Angeles is the chief executive officer of the city. He is elected for a four-year term and limited to serving no more than two terms. Under the California Constitution, all judicial, school, county, and city offices, including those of chartered cities, are nonpartisan...

. However, those who support the use of the title say that the Board of Supervisors acts as "mayors" or chief executives for the millions of people who live in unincorporated areas. Currently, only Antonovich uses the "mayor" title when he is the chair. All other chairs use the title chair, chairman, or chairwoman, depending on their preference.

Members of the Board of Supervisors also sit on the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority is the California state-chartered regional transportation planning agency and public transportation operating agency for the County of Los Angeles formed in 1993 out of a merger of the Southern California Rapid Transit District and the...

, although that organization is not a County agency.

Term Limits

To curb the powers of the five supervisors, voters passed in March 2002 Measure B by more than 63%, to limit the terms of the supervisors to three consecutive four year terms. If a supervisor fills a vacancy, the unexpired term counts towards the term limit
Term limit
A term limit is a legal restriction that limits the number of terms a person may serve in a particular elected office. When term limits are found in presidential and semi-presidential systems they act as a method to curb the potential for monopoly, where a leader effectively becomes "president for...

 if there are more than two years (half the term) left to serve. The provisions are not retroactive, meaning that Michael Antonovich, currently the longest serving supervisor, could serve until 2016. In 2014, Supervisors Gloria Molina
Gloria Molina
Jesus Gloria Molina is an American politician, a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, and the current chairwoman of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.-Background and career:...

 and Zev Yaroslavsky
Zev Yaroslavsky
Zev Yaroslavsky is a Los Angeles County politician. He served on the Los Angeles City Council from 1975 until 1994, when he was elected to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. He was preceded in both offices by Edmund D...

 will be termed out of office.

Former supervisors (before 1850 & 1850-1851)

The State of California was founded in 1850. On Feb. 18, 1850, the County of Los Angeles was established as one of the 27 original counties, several months before California was admitted to the Union. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors was created in 1852. The Court of Sessions was used under Mexican custom until 1852. The Court was composed of a County Judge and two County Associate Justices. Julian A. Chavez
Julian A. Chavez
Julián Antonio Chávez was a rancher, landowner and elected official in early Los Angeles, California, who served multiple terms on the Los Angeles Common Council and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors...

 served in the Court of Sessions as a "Judge of Waters" and later as a "Judge of the Plains" prior to the formation of the Board of Supervisors.
YearRepresentation
Before 1850 Court of Sessions. Before Board creation.
1850 Court of Sessions
1851 Court of Sessions

Former supervisors (1852-1861)

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors was created in 1852. Terms of office through the first decade were for one year. A piece of the County's territory was given towards the creation of San Bernardino County in 1853. [Note: Names in black have an article under that name, but not the person concerned in this table].
Year1st District2nd District 3rd District 4th District5th District
1852 Jefferson Hunt
Jefferson Hunt
Jefferson Hunt was a U.S. western pioneer, soldier, and politician. He was a captain in the Mormon Battalion, brigadier general in the California State Militia, a California State Assemblyman, and a representative to the Utah Territorial Legislature.-Early years:Hunt was born to John Hunt and...

Julian A. Chavez
Julian A. Chavez
Julián Antonio Chávez was a rancher, landowner and elected official in early Los Angeles, California, who served multiple terms on the Los Angeles Common Council and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors...

Francisco P. Temple
Francisco P. Temple
Francisco P. Temple served on the first Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors in 1852.-Biography:...

Manuel Requena
Manuel Requena
Manuel Requena served as Acting Mayor of Los Angeles, California for twelve days during 1856. A Los Angeles pioneer, Mequena served the city in both the Mexican and American periods.-Early life:...

Samuel Arbuckle
Samuel Arbuckle
Samuel Arbuckle was an early California politician and pioneer to Los Angeles. He served on the first Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors in 1852....

1853 David W. Alexander Leonardo Cota
Leonardo Cota
Leonardo Cota was a Captain with the Californios in the Mexican-American War; and later a Los Angeles County Supervisor.-Leonardo Cota:...

G. A. Sturgis
G. A. Sturgis
G. A. Sturgis was an early California politician and pioneer to Los Angeles. He served on the second Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors in 1853....

Daniel M. Thomas
Daniel M. Thomas
Daniel M. Thomas was an early California politician and pioneer to Los Angeles. He served on the second Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors in 1853....

Benjamin D. Wilson
1854 David W. Alexander Stephen C. Foster Juan Sepulveda
Juan Sepulveda
Juan Sepulveda was an early California politician and pioneer in Los Angeles.Juan Capistrano Sepulveda was a son of Jose Dolores Sepulveda . He served on the third Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors in 1854 for the 3rd District. The County Supervisors in 1854 were David W. Alexander,...

Cristobal Aguilar
Cristobal Aguilar
José Cristóbal Aguilar was a pioneer of Los Angeles, California politics in the early days of American rule. He was the last Hispanic mayor of the City, until 2005.-Background:...

Samuel S. Thompson
Samuel S. Thompson
Samuel S. Thompson was an early California politician and pioneer to Los Angeles. He served on the third Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors in 1854....

1855 Thomas Burdick/ John G. Downey
John G. Downey
John Gately Downey was an Irish-American politician and the seventh Governor of California from January 14, 1860 to January 10, 1862. Until the election of Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2003, Downey was California's only foreign-born governor...

David Lewis Cristobal Aguilar
Cristobal Aguilar
José Cristóbal Aguilar was a pioneer of Los Angeles, California politics in the early days of American rule. He was the last Hispanic mayor of the City, until 2005.-Background:...

Agustin Olvera
Agustin Olvera
Agustin Olvera was a pioneer of Los Angeles, California and was active in the turbulent political affairs of the time.-Biography:...

James R. Barton
1856 David Lewis Cristobal Aguilar
Cristobal Aguilar
José Cristóbal Aguilar was a pioneer of Los Angeles, California politics in the early days of American rule. He was the last Hispanic mayor of the City, until 2005.-Background:...

Stephen C. Foster Thomas Burdick Agustin Olvera
Agustin Olvera
Agustin Olvera was a pioneer of Los Angeles, California and was active in the turbulent political affairs of the time.-Biography:...

/ James B. Winston
1857 Jonathan R. Scott/ Stephen C. Foster William M. Stockton Tomas Avila Sanchez
Tomas Avila Sanchez
Tomas Avila Sanchez , Californio soldier and public official. He served on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and served as Los Angeles County Sheriff.-Biography:...

Richard C. Fryer Manuel Dominguez
Manuel Dominguez
Manuel Dominguez , born at the Mission San Juan Capistrano in Alta California, Viceroyalty of New Spain, and was the heir to the vast Rancho San Pedro land grant.-Juan Jose Dominguez:...

/ Felix Bachman
1858 Julian A. Chavez
Julian A. Chavez
Julián Antonio Chávez was a rancher, landowner and elected official in early Los Angeles, California, who served multiple terms on the Los Angeles Common Council and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors...

Francisco O'Campo Tomas Avila Sanchez
Tomas Avila Sanchez
Tomas Avila Sanchez , Californio soldier and public official. He served on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and served as Los Angeles County Sheriff.-Biography:...

Stephen C. Foster Francis Mellus
Francis Mellus
Francis Mellus , brother of Henry Mellus, was a Los Angeles County Supervisor and a successful California business man....

/ Ralph Emerson
1859 Stephen C. Foster Ralph Emerson Tomas Avila Sanchez
Tomas Avila Sanchez
Tomas Avila Sanchez , Californio soldier and public official. He served on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and served as Los Angeles County Sheriff.-Biography:...

George C. Alexander/ Haywood Bernardino Guirado
1860 Abel Stearns Cristobal Aguilar
Cristobal Aguilar
José Cristóbal Aguilar was a pioneer of Los Angeles, California politics in the early days of American rule. He was the last Hispanic mayor of the City, until 2005.-Background:...

R.B. Moore Gabriel Allen Antonio F. Coronel
Antonio F. Coronel
Antonio Francisco Coronel served as the fourth mayor of Los Angeles from 1853 to 1854.-Life:...

1861 Benjamin D. Wilson Morris S. Goodman/ Thomas George Barker Fielding W. Gibson Julian A. Chavez
Julian A. Chavez
Julián Antonio Chávez was a rancher, landowner and elected official in early Los Angeles, California, who served multiple terms on the Los Angeles Common Council and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors...

Julius Morris

Former supervisors (1862-1871)

Terms of office changed to two years. A piece of the County's territory was given towards the creation of Kern County in 1866.
Year1st District2nd District3rd District4th District5th District
1862 Julius Morris Benjamin D. Wilson Fielding W. Gibson Cristobal Aguilar
Cristobal Aguilar
José Cristóbal Aguilar was a pioneer of Los Angeles, California politics in the early days of American rule. He was the last Hispanic mayor of the City, until 2005.-Background:...

Vicente Lugo
1864 Asa Ellis Benjamin D. Wilson Cristobal Aguilar
Cristobal Aguilar
José Cristóbal Aguilar was a pioneer of Los Angeles, California politics in the early days of American rule. He was the last Hispanic mayor of the City, until 2005.-Background:...

Julius Morris Philip Sichel/ Maurice Kremer
1866 John G. Downey
John G. Downey
John Gately Downey was an Irish-American politician and the seventh Governor of California from January 14, 1860 to January 10, 1862. Until the election of Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2003, Downey was California's only foreign-born governor...

Maurice Kremer Edmund H. Boyd Felix Signoret Eduardo Poyoreno
1868 Wallace Woodworth James B. Winston Robert Henry Mayes A. Langenberger/ Hugh Forsman Enrique Avila
1870 Hugh Forsman G.D. Cankton E. Sanford Enrique Avila R. Yorba

Former supervisors (1872-1882)

Los Angeles County is divided into 4 districts with two persons on behalf of the First District. [Note: Names in black have an article under that name, but not the person concerned in this table].
Year1st District (Person 1)1st District (Person 2)2nd District3rd District4th District
1872 Francisco Machado Samuel Bradford Caswell Hugh Forsman Francisco Palomares A.L. Bush
1874 Francisco Machado John M. Griffith/ Gabriel Allen George Hinds Francisco Palomares Edward Evey
1876 John D. Young Gabriel Allen/ Charles Prager George Hinds/ John J. Morton J.C. Hannon Edward Evey/ W.H. Spurgeon
1878 John D. Young/ A.H. Rogers Charles Prager John J. Morton J.C. Hannon W.H. Spurgeon/ James D. Ott
1880 A.H. Rogers Charles Prager W.F. Cooper J.C. Hannon James D. Ott/ Richard Egan
1882 A.H. Rogers Charles Prager W.F. Cooper J.C. Hannon Richard Egan

Former Supervisors (1883-1884)

Los Angeles County is divided into 7 districts.
Year1st District2nd District3rd District4th District5th District6th District7th District
1883 L.G. Giroux Charles Prager William M. Osborn Dave V. Waldron S. Levy Dan Reichard J.H. Moesser

Former supervisors (1885-present)

Los Angeles County is divided into 5 districts. Districts 1 & 3 remain at a term of 2 years for one period, and then 4 years thereafter. Districts 2, 4, & 5 now have a term of 4 years. All Districts became 4 year terms in a phased in process by 1887. This allows for staggered elections every 2 years, which is still in effect to the present day. A piece of the County's territory was given towards the creation of Orange County in 1889. [Note: Names in black have an article under that name, but not the person concerned in this table].
Year1st District2nd District3rd District4th District5th District
1885 James Foord Oscar Macy Milton Lindley George Hinds Jacob Ross
Joseph W. Venable
1887 William T. Martin Thomas Edward Rowan
1889 S.M. Perry
Samuel Marshall Perry
Samuel Marshall Perry was a member of the Los Angeles City Council between 1878 and 1888, and of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors from 1889 to 1893. He served as chairman of the Board of Supervisors at a time when the Los Angeles county courthouse was built.Perry, who was referred to in...

Thomas Edward Rowan Alonzo Edward Davis Sheldon Littlefield
Henry C. Hubbard
1891 John W. Cook E.A. Forrester
1893 Andrew W. Francisco James Hay James Hanley
1895 W.L. Woodward Edward S. Field
1897 Robert E. Wirsching Alonzo Edward Davis
1899 Orray W. Longden
1901 George Alexander Peter James Wilson
1902
Charles E. Patterson
1903 A.J. Graham
1905 Vacant
John T. Brady
1907 Charles Dewey Manning S. Tuston Eldridge Charles E. Patterson
1909 Henry D. McCabe Clarence J. Nellis Richard W. Pridham
1911 Sidney Allcutt Butler
1913 Richard H. Norton William E. Hinshaw
1914 Sidney Allcutt Butler/Frank E. Woodley
1915 John J. Hamilton Frank E. Woodley
1917 Richard H. Norton/Edward James Delorey William E. Hinshaw/ Reuban F. McClellan Richard W. Pridham /Jonathan S. Dodge
1918 John. J. Hamilton/Prescott F. Cogswell Edward James Delorey/ Jack H. Bean Reuban F. McClellan Jonathan S. Dodge
1920 Prescott F. Cogswell Jack H. Bean
1921 Jonathan S. Dodge/Henry W. Wright
Henry W. Wright
Henry W. Wright was a California politician. He served on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and was Speaker of the California State Assembly. He served as a member of the California State Assembly from 1915-1922....

1922 Henry W. Wright
Henry W. Wright
Henry W. Wright was a California politician. He served on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and was Speaker of the California State Assembly. He served as a member of the California State Assembly from 1915-1922....

1924
1926 Prescott F. Cogswell/Fred T. Beaty Frank E. Woodley/ Sidney T. Graves
Sidney T. Graves
Sidney T. Graves was a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors between 1926 and 1930. He was the only member of the county's governing body to be convicted of a crime and sent to prison. In 1933, the former supervisor was convicted of accepting a bribe concerning the building of a dam...

1928 Fred T. Beaty Jack H. Bean/Frank L. Shaw
Frank L. Shaw
Frank L. Shaw was the first mayor of a major American city to be recalled from office, in 1938. He was also a member of the Los Angeles City Council and then the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors...

Sidney T. Graves
Sidney T. Graves
Sidney T. Graves was a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors between 1926 and 1930. He was the only member of the county's governing body to be convicted of a crime and sent to prison. In 1933, the former supervisor was convicted of accepting a bribe concerning the building of a dam...

1930 Hugh A. Thatcher Frank L. Shaw
Frank L. Shaw
Frank L. Shaw was the first mayor of a major American city to be recalled from office, in 1938. He was also a member of the Los Angeles City Council and then the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors...

J. Don Mahaffey
J. Don Mahaffey
J. Donnell Mahaffey, known as J. Don Mahaffey, was a Los Angeles County supervisor from 1930 to 1932.-Biography:Mahaffey was born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and educated there. He attended Media University, after which he became an accountant and was employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company...

/Harry M. Baine
John R. Quinn Henry W. Wright
Henry W. Wright
Henry W. Wright was a California politician. He served on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and was Speaker of the California State Assembly. He served as a member of the California State Assembly from 1915-1922....

/Roger W. Jessup
1932 Frank L. Shaw
Frank L. Shaw
Frank L. Shaw was the first mayor of a major American city to be recalled from office, in 1938. He was also a member of the Los Angeles City Council and then the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors...

/Gordon L. McDonough
Gordon L. McDonough
Gordon Leo McDonough was a U.S. Representative from California.Born in Buffalo, New York, McDonough moved with his parents to Emporium, Pennsylvania, in 1898.He attended the public schools....

1934 Hugh A. Thatcher/Herbert C. Legg Gordon L. McDonough
Gordon L. McDonough
Gordon Leo McDonough was a U.S. Representative from California.Born in Buffalo, New York, McDonough moved with his parents to Emporium, Pennsylvania, in 1898.He attended the public schools....

Harry M. Baine/John Anson Ford
John Anson Ford
John Anson Ford was a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.Ford was born September 29, 1883, in Waukegan, Illinois. He attended Beloit College in Beloit, Wisconsin, taught history and economics, then moved to Chicago, where he worked on the Chicago Tribune. He was on the editorial...

Roger W. Jessup
1936 Herbert C. Legg John Anson Ford
John Anson Ford
John Anson Ford was a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.Ford was born September 29, 1883, in Waukegan, Illinois. He attended Beloit College in Beloit, Wisconsin, taught history and economics, then moved to Chicago, where he worked on the Chicago Tribune. He was on the editorial...

John R. Quinn/Leland M. Ford
Leland M. Ford
Leland Merritt Ford was a U.S. Representative from California.Born in Eureka, Nevada, Ford attended the public schools. He also took various courses at the University of Arizona at Tucson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute at Blacksburg, Sheldon Science of Business, Chicago, Illinois, and the...

1938 Herbert C. Legg/William A. Smith Leland M. Ford
Leland M. Ford
Leland Merritt Ford was a U.S. Representative from California.Born in Eureka, Nevada, Ford attended the public schools. He also took various courses at the University of Arizona at Tucson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute at Blacksburg, Sheldon Science of Business, Chicago, Illinois, and the...

/Oscar L. Hauge
1940 William A. Smith Oscar L. Hauge
1942
1944 Oscar L. Hauge/Raymond V. Darby
Raymond V. Darby
Raymond V. Darby served on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors from 1944 until his death.-Biography:...

1945 Gordon L. McDonough
Gordon L. McDonough
Gordon Leo McDonough was a U.S. Representative from California.Born in Buffalo, New York, McDonough moved with his parents to Emporium, Pennsylvania, in 1898.He attended the public schools....

/Leonard J. Roach
1946 Leonard J. Roach Raymond V. Darby
Raymond V. Darby
Raymond V. Darby served on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors from 1944 until his death.-Biography:...

1948
1950 William A. Smith
William A. Smith
William A. Smith or William Alexander Smith may refer to:*William Alden Smith , U.S. Representative from the U.S. state of Michigan*William Alexander Smith , U.S. Representative from the U.S...

/Herbert C. Legg
1952 Herbert C. Legg Leonard J. Roach/Kenneth Hahn
Kenneth Hahn
Kenneth "Kenny" Hahn was a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for forty years, from 1952 to 1992. Hahn was on the Los Angeles City Council from 1947 to 1952. He was an ardent supporter of civil rights throughout the 1960s, and met Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1961.-Biography:Hahn...

1953 Raymond V. Darby
Raymond V. Darby
Raymond V. Darby served on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors from 1944 until his death.-Biography:...

/Burton W. Chace
Burton W. Chace
Burton W. Chace served for twenty years on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.-Biography:Burton W. Chace was born in Nebraska. On March 20, 1953, Governor Earl Warren appointed him to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors following the death of Supervisor Raymond V. Darby. He was...

1954 Kenneth Hahn
Kenneth Hahn
Kenneth "Kenny" Hahn was a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for forty years, from 1952 to 1992. Hahn was on the Los Angeles City Council from 1947 to 1952. He was an ardent supporter of civil rights throughout the 1960s, and met Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1961.-Biography:Hahn...

Burton W. Chace
Burton W. Chace
Burton W. Chace served for twenty years on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.-Biography:Burton W. Chace was born in Nebraska. On March 20, 1953, Governor Earl Warren appointed him to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors following the death of Supervisor Raymond V. Darby. He was...

1956 Roger W. Jessup/Warren M. Dorn
1958 Herbert C. Legg/Frank G. Bonelli John Anson Ford
John Anson Ford
John Anson Ford was a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.Ford was born September 29, 1883, in Waukegan, Illinois. He attended Beloit College in Beloit, Wisconsin, taught history and economics, then moved to Chicago, where he worked on the Chicago Tribune. He was on the editorial...

/Ernest E. Debs
Ernest E. Debs
Ernest Eugene Debs , who went by Ernest E. Debs, was a California State Assembly member from 1942 to 1947, a Los Angeles city councilman from 1947 to 1958 and a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors from 1958 to 1974....

Warren M. Dorn
1960 Frank G. Bonelli Ernest E. Debs
Ernest E. Debs
Ernest Eugene Debs , who went by Ernest E. Debs, was a California State Assembly member from 1942 to 1947, a Los Angeles city councilman from 1947 to 1958 and a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors from 1958 to 1974....

1962
1964
1966
1968
1970
1972 Frank G. Bonelli/Peter F. Schabarum
Peter F. Schabarum
Peter Frank Schabarum was a member of the California State Assembly and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.Schabarum was born January 9, 1929, in Los Angeles...

Burton W. Chace
Burton W. Chace
Burton W. Chace served for twenty years on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.-Biography:Burton W. Chace was born in Nebraska. On March 20, 1953, Governor Earl Warren appointed him to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors following the death of Supervisor Raymond V. Darby. He was...

/James A. Hayes
James A. Hayes
James A. Hayes served on the Los Angeles County Supervisor representing the 4th district and in the California State Legislature.-Biography:James A. Hayes was born in Fowler, California on December 5, 1921. In 1966, he was elected to California State Assembly and was re-elected two times. He also...

Warren M. Dorn/Baxter Ward
Baxter Ward
Baxter Ward was a television news anchor who served two terms on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. Prior to his election on the board, he ran third in an unsuccessful bid to unseat Sam Yorty for Mayor of Los Angeles in 1969.In 1974, Ward launched the nation’s first county-owned...

1974 Peter F. Schabarum
Peter F. Schabarum
Peter Frank Schabarum was a member of the California State Assembly and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.Schabarum was born January 9, 1929, in Los Angeles...

Ernest E. Debs
Ernest E. Debs
Ernest Eugene Debs , who went by Ernest E. Debs, was a California State Assembly member from 1942 to 1947, a Los Angeles city councilman from 1947 to 1958 and a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors from 1958 to 1974....

/Edmund D. Edelman
Edmund D. Edelman
Edmund D. Edelman was a member of the Los Angeles City Council from 1965 to 1974 and of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors from 1975 to 1994...

James A. Hayes
James A. Hayes
James A. Hayes served on the Los Angeles County Supervisor representing the 4th district and in the California State Legislature.-Biography:James A. Hayes was born in Fowler, California on December 5, 1921. In 1966, he was elected to California State Assembly and was re-elected two times. He also...

Baxter Ward
Baxter Ward
Baxter Ward was a television news anchor who served two terms on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. Prior to his election on the board, he ran third in an unsuccessful bid to unseat Sam Yorty for Mayor of Los Angeles in 1969.In 1974, Ward launched the nation’s first county-owned...

1976 Edmund D. Edelman
Edmund D. Edelman
Edmund D. Edelman was a member of the Los Angeles City Council from 1965 to 1974 and of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors from 1975 to 1994...

1978
1979 James A. Hayes
James A. Hayes
James A. Hayes served on the Los Angeles County Supervisor representing the 4th district and in the California State Legislature.-Biography:James A. Hayes was born in Fowler, California on December 5, 1921. In 1966, he was elected to California State Assembly and was re-elected two times. He also...

/Yvonne Brathwaite Burke
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke is a politician from Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. She was the Los Angeles County Supervisor representing the 2nd District . She has served as the Chair three times . She was the first African-American woman to represent the West Coast in Congress...

1980 Yvonne Brathwaite Burke
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke is a politician from Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. She was the Los Angeles County Supervisor representing the 2nd District . She has served as the Chair three times . She was the first African-American woman to represent the West Coast in Congress...

/Deane Dana
Deane Dana
Deane Dana, jr. was a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.Dana was born July 9, 1926 in New York City. He studied engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey....

Baxter Ward
Baxter Ward
Baxter Ward was a television news anchor who served two terms on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. Prior to his election on the board, he ran third in an unsuccessful bid to unseat Sam Yorty for Mayor of Los Angeles in 1969.In 1974, Ward launched the nation’s first county-owned...

/Michael D. Antonovich
Michael D. Antonovich
Michael Dennis Antonovich is a politician and the most senior-serving member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors...

1982 Deane Dana
Deane Dana
Deane Dana, jr. was a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.Dana was born July 9, 1926 in New York City. He studied engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey....

Michael D. Antonovich
Michael D. Antonovich
Michael Dennis Antonovich is a politician and the most senior-serving member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors...

1984
1986
1988
1990
1991 Peter F. Schabarum
Peter F. Schabarum
Peter Frank Schabarum was a member of the California State Assembly and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.Schabarum was born January 9, 1929, in Los Angeles...

/ Gloria Molina
Gloria Molina
Jesus Gloria Molina is an American politician, a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, and the current chairwoman of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.-Background and career:...

1992 Gloria Molina
Gloria Molina
Jesus Gloria Molina is an American politician, a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, and the current chairwoman of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.-Background and career:...

Kenneth Hahn
Kenneth Hahn
Kenneth "Kenny" Hahn was a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for forty years, from 1952 to 1992. Hahn was on the Los Angeles City Council from 1947 to 1952. He was an ardent supporter of civil rights throughout the 1960s, and met Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1961.-Biography:Hahn...

/Yvonne Brathwaite Burke
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke is a politician from Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. She was the Los Angeles County Supervisor representing the 2nd District . She has served as the Chair three times . She was the first African-American woman to represent the West Coast in Congress...

1994 Yvonne Brathwaite Burke
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke is a politician from Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. She was the Los Angeles County Supervisor representing the 2nd District . She has served as the Chair three times . She was the first African-American woman to represent the West Coast in Congress...

Edmund D. Edelman
Edmund D. Edelman
Edmund D. Edelman was a member of the Los Angeles City Council from 1965 to 1974 and of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors from 1975 to 1994...

/ Zev Yaroslavsky
Zev Yaroslavsky
Zev Yaroslavsky is a Los Angeles County politician. He served on the Los Angeles City Council from 1975 until 1994, when he was elected to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. He was preceded in both offices by Edmund D...

1996 Zev Yaroslavsky
Zev Yaroslavsky
Zev Yaroslavsky is a Los Angeles County politician. He served on the Los Angeles City Council from 1975 until 1994, when he was elected to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. He was preceded in both offices by Edmund D...

Deane Dana
Deane Dana
Deane Dana, jr. was a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.Dana was born July 9, 1926 in New York City. He studied engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey....

/Don Knabe
Don Knabe
Donald R. Knabe is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, serving the Fourth District. Knabe is the current Chairman for the 2010 session. He recently was reelected on the June 3, 2008 election....

1998 Don Knabe
Don Knabe
Donald R. Knabe is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, serving the Fourth District. Knabe is the current Chairman for the 2010 session. He recently was reelected on the June 3, 2008 election....

2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
Mark Ridley-Thomas
Mark Ridley-Thomas
Mark Ridley-Thomas , often referred to by his initials, MRT, is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for District 2, who succeeded Supervisor Yvonne Brathwaite Burke...


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