Mayor of Los Angeles, California
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The mayor of Los Angeles is the Chief Executive Officer of the City.[1] He is elected for a four year term[2] and limited to serving no more than two terms.[3] Under the city charter, the office is non-partisan, though candidate party affiliations are normally made public in elections. The current Mayor is Antonio Villaraigosa; he is the 52nd Mayor of Los Angeles.
The mayor has an office in the Los Angeles City Hall and resides at the Mayor's Mansion Getty House, Windsor Square in Hancock Park.
Los Angeles has a strong mayor council form of government, giving the mayor the position of chief executive of the city. The city does not have a city manager and as a result, the mayor truly is the one responsible, much like a President or Governor, for the success of the city. The mayor is given the authority to appoint general managers and commissioners, remove officials from city posts, and is required to propose a budget each year. Most of the Mayor's appointments and proposals are subject to approval by the City Council, but the Mayor has the power of veto or approval of City Council legislation.[4] The organization of the Mayor's Office changes with administration, but is almost always governed by a chief of staff, deputy chief of staff, director of communications, and several deputy mayors. Each Mayor also organizes his office into different offices, usually containing the Los Angeles Housing Team, Los Angeles Business Team, International Trade Office, Mayor's Volunteer Corps, and Office of Immigrant Affairs, among other divisions.
In the case of an office vacancy, the City Council has a choice to appoint a new mayor or to hold a Special election.[5] The office of the Mayor is also subject to recall in the same manner that he was elected.
The title should not be confused with the Mayor of the County of Los Angeles. That title is occasionally used by the chair of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. The Los Angeles County Mayor position is a rotating position and purely ceremonial.
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[edit] List of mayors
† Died in office in 1860.
‡ Samuel Yorty was elected and served two terms and most of his third as a Democrat, but change affiliations to Republican in 1972.
The office of Mayor is officially non-partisan, with no intra-party primary prior to the general election. If neither candidate receives fifty percent, plus one vote, a runoff election is required. (See Mayoral runoff races below).
The party affiliation in the table references the incumbent's voter registration, as party affiliation is not identified on ballots.
[edit] Mayoral runoff races
All candidates run together, and if no candidate wins more than 50% of the vote, the top two vote getters run against each other in a runoff election a couple of months later. The table below refers to the runoff races over the years.
(winners are in bold)
| Year | |||
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| 2005 | Antonio Villaraigosa 289,116 |
James K. Hahn 203,968 |
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| 2001 | James K. Hahn 304,791 |
Antonio Villaraigosa 264,611 |
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| 1997 | Richard Riordan 250,771 |
Tom Hayden 140,648 |
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| 1993 | Richard Riordan 314,559 |
Michael Woo 268,137 |
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| 1989 | Thomas Bradley 156,7245 |
Nate R. Holden 84,376 |
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| 1985 | Thomas Bradley 313,318 |
John Ferraro 141,499 |
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| 1981 | Thomas Bradley 293,138 |
Samuel Yorty 148,193 |
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| 1977 | Thomas Bradley 288,636 |
Alan Robbins 136,515 |
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| 1973 | Thomas Bradley 433,473 |
Samuel Yorty 335,857 |
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| 1969 | Sam Yorty 449,572 |
Thomas Bradley 394,364 |
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| 1965 | Sam Yorty 395,208 |
James Roosevelt 249,099 |
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| 1961 | Sam Yorty 276,106 |
Norris Poulson 260,381 |
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| 1957 | Norris Poulson 314,910 |
Robert Yeakel 142,094 |
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| 1953 | Norris Poulson 290,239 |
Fletcher Bowron 254,114 |
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| 1949 | Fletcher Bowron 238,190 |
Lloyd Aldrich 207,211 |
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| 1941 | Fletcher Bowron 112,556* |
Stephen W. Cunningham 90,597* |
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| 1938 | Fletcher Bowron 232,686 |
Frank L. Shaw 122,198 |
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| 1932 (recall) |
John C. Porter 180,546 |
Charles W. Dempster 102,815 |
William E. Bonelli 74,917 |
| 1929 | John C. Porter |
William E. Bonelli |
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| 1911 | George Alexander Good Government Nominee |
Job Harriman Socialist |
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| 1909 (recall) March 26 |
George Alexander 14,043 |
Fred C. Wheeler 12,341 Socialist |
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| 1872 | J. R. Toberman 715 |
Cristóbal Aguilar 350 |
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| 1870 | Cristóbal Aguilar 436 |
Andrew Glassell 428 |
- Note: 1941 election is reported with 1750 out of 2753 precincts reporting, but Cunningham concedes at this point
[edit] Notes
- ^ Los Angeles City Charter, Vol I, Article II, Sec 230)
- ^ Los Angeles City Charter, Vol I, Article II, Sec 205)
- ^ Los Angeles City Charter, Vol I, Article II, Sec 206)
- ^ Los Angeles City Charter, Vol I, Article II, Sec 240)
- ^ Los Angeles City Charter, Vol I, Article IV, Sec 409)
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