Los Angeles City Controller

Los Angeles City Controller
Los Angeles City Controller
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	Incumbent; Kenneth Mejia; since December 12, 2022
Type	Comptroller
Term length	4 years
Website	controller.lacity.gov

The Los Angeles City Controller is an official in the government of the city of Los Angeles, California. The City Controller is the paymaster and chief accounting officer of the city. Along with the Mayor and the City Attorney, the City Controller is chosen by popular vote every four years.

The position began in 1878 as the Los Angeles City Auditor and in the early days included secretarial duties for the Los Angeles Common Council as part of the job. Upon the re-election of John S. Myers in 1925, when the city approved a new charter, the name of the position was changed to City Controller. In 2000, another update to the city charter added the power and responsibility of conducting "performance audits" of departmental effectiveness.[1]

List of City Controllers

City Auditor (1879–1925)

Officeholder	Tenure start	Tenure end
William W. Robinson	December 5, 1879	December 13, 1886
Freeman G. Teed	December 13, 1886	December 10, 1888
M. F. Stiles	December 10, 1888	February 21, 1889
Frank E. Lopez	February 25, 1889	December 12, 1892
Fred H. Teale	1892	1896
Thomas E. Nicols	December 16, 1896	December 15, 1898
E. A. Carson	December 15, 1898	December 12, 1900
Elijah E. Unger	December 12, 1900	October 17, 1903
Lewis H. Schwaebe	October 19, 1903	Dece,ber 13, 1906
William C. Mushet	December 13, 1906	December 10, 1909
John S. Myers	December 10, 1909	June 30, 1935

City Controller (1925–present)

Officeholder	Tenure start	Tenure end
John S. Myers	June 30, 1935	January 19, 1937
Dan O. Hoye	January 19, 1937	June 30, 1961
Charles Navarro	July 1, 1961	June 30, 1977
Ira Reiner	July 1, 1977	June 30, 1981
James Hahn	July 1, 1981	June 30, 1985
Rick Tuttle	July 1, 1985	June 30, 2001
Laura N. Chick	July 1, 2001	June 30, 2009
Wendy Greuel	July 1, 2009	June 30, 2013
Ron Galperin	July 1, 2013	December 9, 2022
Kenneth Mejia	December 12, 2022	Incumbent

References

Sonenshein, Raphael J. (2006). Los Angeles : structure of a city government (PDF). [Los Angeles]: League of Women Voters of Los Angeles. ISBN 0-9668991-1-3.

External links

Official Website of the City Controller

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[1] Sonenshein, Raphael J. (2006). Los Angeles : structure of a city government (PDF). [Los Angeles]: League of Women Voters of Los Angeles. ISBN 0-9668991-1-3.