Chair of Los Angeles County

TheChair of the Los Angeles Countyalso calledChair of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisorsis responsible for the day-to-day operations of the county government. The chair is the presiding officer for theLos Angeles County Board of Supervisors.The board members serve as chair for one year each on a rotating basis. One chair,Michael D. Antonovich,called himself theMayor of Los Angeles County.

Chair of Los Angeles County
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Incumbent Lindsey Horvath since December 5, 2023
Government of Los Angeles County
Style	Madam Chair
Residence	None
Inaugural holder	N/A
Website	https://bos.lacounty.gov/

History

The Chair of Los Angeles County serves a term of one year. Upon expiration of the term the duties of the Chair are rotated among the board members by order of seniority until 2015 when the board unanimously move the rotation by order of district. When Chair Pro TemSheila Kuehlannounced her retirement at the end for her supervisorial term her term would expire before her Chair term would beginJanice Hahnwas selected to be Chair andLindsey Horvathwas Chair Pro Tem allowingHorvathto become Chair the following year andKathryn Bargerwas selected to be Chair Pro Tem to resume district rotation of the County Chair. The term for a supervisor typically lasts four years, any member will get to serve as chair at least once during the duration of their term. During his or her term of office, the chair has the option of calling himself or herself “mayor”, a practice that was started byMichael D. Antonovichduring his tenure as a supervisor. This tradition was not continued by the current incumbents.

On July 3, 2024 County ChairLindsey Horvathand SupervisorJanice Hahnintroduced Measure G the measure amending the Los Angeles County Charter to create an ElectedCounty Executiveand the creation of an independent Ethics Commission alog with increase the Board of Supervisors from five to nine elected members. The County Chair is a defacto Executive the electedCounty Executivewould replace County Chair defacto Executive Power to the new ElectedCounty Executivethat would be completed by the3032 election. On November 12, 2024 LA County Voters Passed Measure G by 51% equivalent to 1,658,218 vote this will increase the Board of Supervisors from five to nine elected members and the County Chair will now become the newCounty Executiveas all Executive Power going to the newCounty Executivewhich will be effective on3032 election.

Chairs

These are the chairs/mayors of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors:

No.	Chair/Mayor	Party	Term Start	Term End	Notes	Chair/Mayor Pro Tem	Party	Ref.
1	N/A		December 4, 1852	December 6, 1983	It's unclear who was chair before 1983	It's unclear who was chair before 1982
			December 7, 1982	December 6, 1983		Michael D. Antonovich	Republican
2	Michael D. Antonovich	Republican	December 6, 1983	December 4, 1984	Mayor	Edmund D. Edelman	Democratic
3	Edmund D. Edelman	Democratic	December 4, 1984	December 3, 1985	Chair	Peter F. Schabarum	Republican
4	Peter F. Schabarum	Republican	December 3, 1985	December 2, 1986	Chair	Michael D. Antonovich	Republican
5	Michael D. Antonovich	Republican	December 2, 1986	December 8, 1987	Mayor	Deane Dana	Republican
6	Deane Dana	Republican	December 8, 1987	December 6, 1988	Chair	Edmund D. Edelman	Democratic
7	Edmund D. Edelman	Democratic	December 6, 1988	December 21, 1989	Chair	Peter F. Schabarum	Republican
8	Peter F. Schabarum	Republican	December 21, 1989	December 4, 1990	Chair	Michael D. Antonovich	Republican
9	Michael D. Antonovich	Republican	December 4, 1990	December 3, 1991	Mayor	Deane Dana	Republican
10	Deane Dana	Republican	December 3, 1991	December 8, 1992	Chair	Edmund D. Edelman	Democratic
11	Edmund D. Edelman	Democratic	December 8, 1992	December 7, 1993	Chair	Yvonne Brathwaite Burke	Democratic
12	Yvonne Brathwaite Burke	Democratic	December 7, 1993	December 6, 1994	Chair	Gloria Molina	Democratic
13	Gloria Molina	Democratic	December 6, 1994	December 5, 1995	Chair	Michael D. Antonovich	Republican
14	Michael D. Antonovich	Republican	December 5, 1995	December 3, 1996	Mayor	Zev Yaroslavsky	Democratic
15	Zev Yaroslavsky	Democratic	December 3, 1996	December 3, 1997	Chair	Yvonne Brathwaite Burke	Democratic
16	Yvonne Brathwaite Burke	Democratic	December 3, 1997	December 8, 1998	Chair	Don Knabe	Republican
17	Don Knabe	Republican	December 8, 1998	December 7, 1999	Chair	Gloria Molina	Democratic
18	Gloria Molina	Democratic	December 7, 1999	December 5, 2000	Chair	Michael D. Antonovich	Republican
19	Michael D. Antonovich	Republican	December 5, 2000	December 4, 2001	Mayor	Zev Yaroslavsky	Democratic
20	Zev Yaroslavsky	Democratic	December 4, 2001	December 3, 2002	Chair	Yvonne Brathwaite Burke	Democratic
21	Yvonne Brathwaite Burke	Democratic	December 3, 2002	December 2, 2003	Chair	Don Knabe	Republican
22	Don Knabe	Republican	December 2, 2003	December 7, 2004	Chair	Gloria Molina	Democratic
23	Gloria Molina	Democratic	December 7, 2004	December 6, 2005	Chair	Michael D. Antonovich	Republican
24	Michael D. Antonovich	Republican	December 6, 2005	December 5, 2006	Mayor	Zev Yaroslavsky	Democratic
25	Zev Yaroslavsky	Democratic	December 5, 2006	December 4, 2007	Chair	Yvonne Brathwaite Burke	Democratic
26	Yvonne Brathwaite Burke	Democratic	December 4, 2007	December 2, 2008	Chair	Don Knabe	Republican
27	Don Knabe	Republican	December 2, 2008	December 8, 2009	Chair	Gloria Molina	Democratic
28	Gloria Molina	Democratic	December 8, 2009	December 7, 2010	Chair	Michael D. Antonovich	Republican
29	Michael D. Antonovich	Republican	December 7, 2010	December 6, 2011	Mayor	Zev Yaroslavsky	Democratic
30	Zev Yaroslavsky	Democratic	December 6, 2011	December 4, 2012	Chair	Mark Ridley-Thomas	Democratic
31	Mark Ridley-Thomas	Democratic	December 4, 2012	December 3, 2013	Chair	Don Knabe	Republican
32	Don Knabe	Republican	December 3, 2013	December 2, 2014	Chair	Michael D. Antonovich	Republican
33	Michael D. Antonovich	Republican	December 2, 2014	December 8, 2015	Mayor	Hilda Solis	Democratic
34	Hilda Solis	Democratic	December 8, 2015	December 6, 2016	Chair	Mark Ridley-Thomas	Democratic
35	Mark Ridley-Thomas	Democratic	December 6, 2016	December 5, 2017	Chair	Sheila Kuehl	Democratic
36	Sheila Kuehl	Democratic	December 5, 2017	December 4, 2018	Chair	Janice Hahn	Democratic
37	Janice Hahn	Democratic	December 4, 2018	December 3, 2019	Chair	Kathryn Barger	Republican
38	Kathryn Barger	Republican	December 3, 2019	December 8, 2020	Chair	Hilda Solis	Democratic
39	Hilda Solis	Democratic	December 8, 2020	December 7, 2021	Chair	Holly Mitchell	Democratic
40	Holly Mitchell	Democratic	December 7, 2021	December 6, 2022	Chair	Sheila Kuehl	Democratic
41	Janice Hahn	Democratic	December 6, 2022	December 5, 2023	Chair	Lindsey Horvath	Democratic
42	Lindsey Horvath	Democratic	December 5, 2023	Incumbent	Chair	Kathryn Barger	Republican

Duties

"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 deemed objectionable; and order the Board Room cleared whenever deemed 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."

External links

• Official website