Los Angeles City Controller

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Los Angeles City Controller
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Incumbent Kenneth Mejia since December 12, 2022
Type	Comptroller
Term length	4 years (Renewable once)
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)

No.	Officeholder	Tenure start	Tenure end
1	William W. Robinson	December 5, 1879	December 13, 1886
2	Freeman G. Teed	December 13, 1886	December 10, 1888
3	M. F. Stiles	December 10, 1888	February 21, 1889
4	Frank E. Lopez	February 25, 1889	December 12, 1892
5	Fred H. Teale	December 12, 1892	December 16, 1896
6	Thomas E. Nicols	December 16, 1896	December 15, 1898
7	E. A. Carson	December 15, 1898	December 12, 1900
8	Elijah E. Unger	December 12, 1900	October 17, 1903
9	Lewis H. Schwaebe	October 19, 1903	December 13, 1906
10	William C. Mushet	December 13, 1906	December 10, 1909
11	John S. Myers	December 10, 1909	June 30, 1935

City Controller (1925–present)

No.	Officeholder	Tenure start	Tenure end
11	John S. Myers	June 30, 1935	January 19, 1937
12	Dan O. Hoye	January 19, 1937	June 30, 1961
13	Charles Navarro	July 1, 1961	June 30, 1977
14	Ira Reiner	July 1, 1977	June 30, 1981
15	James Hahn	July 1, 1981	June 30, 1985
16	Rick Tuttle	July 1, 1985	June 30, 2001
17	Laura N. Chick	July 1, 2001	June 30, 2009
18	Wendy Greuel	July 1, 2009	June 30, 2013
19	Ron Galperin	July 1, 2013	December 9, 2022
20	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

v t e City Controllers of Los Angeles
	Robinson Teed Stiles Lopez Teale Nichols Carson Unger Schwaebe Mushet Myers Hoye Navarro Reiner Hahn Tuttle Chick Greuel Galperin Mejia

Government of Los Angeles

City Hall

City Council

Departments

Elections

General	2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 sp 2020 2022 2023 sp 2024
Mayoral	1896 1898 1900 1902 1904 1906 1909 (M) 1909 (N) 1911 1913 1915 1917 1919 1921 1923 1925 1929 1933 1937 1938 1941 1945 1949 1953 1957 1961 1965 1969 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2022 2026
City Attorney	2009

Officials

Elected	Mayor City Attorney City Controller
Appointed	City Clerk Public Defender City Administrative Officer (CAO) Director of Finance City Treasurer Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA) Chief Technology Officer Chief Data Officer Deputies to Elected Officials

School Districts

Former	Los Angeles City School District Los Angeles City High School District

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