Los Angeles City Council

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The Los Angeles City Council is the lawmaking body for the city government of Los Angeles, California, the second largest city in the United States. It has 15 members who each represent the 15 city council districts that are spread throughout the city's 501 square miles of land. The head of the city council is the president, who presides over meetings of the council, gives assignments to city council committees, handles parliamentary duties, and serves as acting mayor of Los Angeles when the mayor is unable to perform their duties. The current president is Marqueece Harris-Dawson from the 8th district. The current president pro tempore is Bob Blumenfield from the 3rd district. The current assistant president pro tempore is John Lee from the 12th district. As a nonpartisan council, the city council does not have a majority or minority leader, but the council is currently controlled by a Democratic majority with one independent. The city council has been nonpartisan since the passage of the...

Read on Wikipedia · Image The official seal for the City of Los Angeles was designed by Herbert L. Goudge, a deputy city attorney, and officially adopted on March 27, 1905 via Ordinance 10,834., Public domain