Los Angeles County Chair

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Chair of County of Los Angeles
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Incumbent Holly Mitchell since December 7, 2021
Style	Madam Chairwoman
Residence	None Official
Inaugural holder	Martin Jenkins
Website	https://bos.lacounty.gov/

The Chair/Mayor of Los Angeles County commonly known as the County Chair or Mayor is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the county government. also the County Chair/Mayor calling the Board meeting to order and serve as presiding officer of the Los Angeles County Board meeting and as exercise all powers and duties and is elected at its first regular meeting and County Chair/Mayor is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the county government

History

The Chair or Mayor of the Board of Supervisors serves a term of one year. Upon expiration of the term the duties of the Chair/Mayor are rotated among the board members by order of seniority. During his or her term of office, the chair has the option of calling himself or herself “mayor”, a practice that was started by Michael D. Antonovich during his tenure as a supervisor. This tradition was not continued by the current incumbents

Chairs/Mayor

These are the lists of Chair/Mayors of Los Angeles County

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

Governance

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 he/she deems objectionable; and order the Board Room cleared whenever he/she shall deem it 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.

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.

See also

http://bos.lacounty.gov/Board-Meeting/MediaArchive

https://bos.lacounty.gov/

http://www.laalmanac.com/government/gl02.php

References

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