Mayor of Los Angeles

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The Mayor of Los Angeles is the elected chief executive of the City of Los Angeles, responsible for overseeing city government, proposing budgets, and providing leadership on local policy and development.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf municipal executive office
political position
public office
appliesToJurisdiction Los Angeles
surface form: City of Los Angeles
budgetaryPower proposes city budget to Los Angeles City Council
coexistsWith Los Angeles City Council
country United States of America
currentOfficeHolder Karen Bass
currentOfficeHolderStartTime December 2022
electionMethod popular vote
electorate registered voters of the City of Los Angeles
governmentBranch executive branch of the City of Los Angeles
hasAuthorityOver Government of the City of Los Angeles
surface form: Los Angeles city commissions

Government of the City of Los Angeles
surface form: Los Angeles city departments
hasCapital Los Angeles
hasPart Government of the City of Los Angeles
surface form: Office of the Mayor of Los Angeles
hasPower power to declare local emergencies
power to issue executive directives
veto power over city ordinances
inception 1850
jurisdiction Government of the City of Los Angeles
surface form: municipal government of Los Angeles
legalBasis Los Angeles City Charter
surface form: Charter of the City of Los Angeles
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Los Angeles, California, United States of America
surface form: Los Angeles, California
officeCreatedBy City of Los Angeles charter government
officeHolderRole chief executive of the City of Los Angeles
officeType nonpartisan office under California law
partOf Government of the City of Los Angeles
surface form: local government of Los Angeles
policyArea economic development in Los Angeles
environmental and climate policy in Los Angeles
housing and homelessness in Los Angeles
public safety in Los Angeles
transportation in Los Angeles
precededByOffice Mayor of Los Angeles self-linksurface differs
surface form: Alcalde of Los Angeles (under Mexican rule)
reportsTo voters of Los Angeles
residence Getty House
responsibility appointing general managers of city departments
appointing members of city boards and commissions
emergency management leadership within the city
overseeing city government operations
proposing the annual city budget
providing leadership on local policy
providing leadership on urban development
representing the city in intergovernmental affairs
signing or vetoing legislation passed by the Los Angeles City Council
seat Los Angeles City Hall
selectionFrequency every 4 years
termLength 4 years
termLimit two terms

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Los Angeles City Controller independenceFrom Mayor of Los Angeles
Los Angeles City Controller collaboratesWith Mayor of Los Angeles
Government of the City of Los Angeles hasOffice Mayor of Los Angeles
this entity surface form: Office of the Mayor of Los Angeles
Los Angeles City Charter authorizes Mayor of Los Angeles
Los Angeles Fire Department oversightBy Mayor of Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California, United States of America leaderTitle Mayor of Los Angeles
subject surface form: Los Angeles
Mayor of Los Angeles precededByOffice Mayor of Los Angeles self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Alcalde of Los Angeles (under Mexican rule)