Mayor of Los Angeles

Mayor of the City of Los Angeles
Incumbent
Karen Bass
since December 12, 2022
Government of Los Angeles
StyleHer Honor
ResidenceGetty House
Term lengthFour years (renewable once)
Inaugural holderAlpheus P. Hodges
Formation1850
Salary$269,365
Websitewww.lamayor.org

The mayor of Los Angeles is the head of the executive branch of the government of Los Angeles and the chief executive of Los Angeles. The office is officially nonpartisan, a change made in the 1909 charter; previously, both the elections and the office were partisan.[1]

Forty-two men and one woman have been mayor since 1850, when California became a state following the American conquest of California. Between 1781 and the conquest, Californios, or native-born residents of the Mexican territory, served as alcalde, equivalent to mayor. The current mayor is Karen Bass, who was elected on November 17, 2022, and took office on December 12, 2022.[2]

  1. ^ "Los Angeles: structure of a city government" (PDF). League of Women Voters.
  2. ^ Wick, Julia (December 11, 2022). "Karen Bass sworn in as Los Angeles mayor, the first woman to hold the office". Los Angeles Times.

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