Government of Los Angeles County

Government of the County of Los Angeles

Charter County
Seal of Los Angeles County
Formation	February 18, 1850; 174 years ago (1850-02-18)
County charter	2002
State	California
Country	United States
Website	lacounty.gov
County-wide elected officials
County Sheriff	LA County Sheriff
District Attorney	LA County DA
County Assessor	LA County Assessor
Board of Supervisors
Chair	Lindsey Horvath, Chair
Meeting place	Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration
Chief Executive Office
Chief Executive Officer	Fesia Davenport, CEO
Appointed by	Appointed by Board of Supervisors

The Government of Los Angeles County is defined and authorized under the California Constitution, California law, and the Charter of the County of Los Angeles.^[1] Much of the Government of California is in practice the responsibility of county governments, such as the Government of Los Angeles County. The County government provides countywide services such as elections and voter registration, law enforcement, jails, vital records, property records, tax collection, public health, health care, and social services. In addition the County serves as the local government for all unincorporated areas.

It is composed of the elected five-member Board of Supervisors, several other elected offices including the Sheriff, District Attorney, and Assessor, and numerous county departments and entities under the supervision of the chief executive officer.

Some chartered cities such as Los Angeles and Inglewood provide municipal services such as police, libraries, parks and recreation, and zoning. Other cities arrange to have the County provide some or all of these services under contract. In addition, several entities of the government of California have jurisdiction coterminous with Los Angeles County, such as the Los Angeles Superior Court.