ORGANIZATION OF THE COUNCIL

Los Angeles Administrative Code div. 2, ch. 1, art. 2

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Los Angeles Administrative Code § 2.5 Council Members.

Sec. 2.5. Council Members. The Council shall consist of fifteen (15) members, elected as provided in the Charter. SECTION HISTORY Based on Charter, Sec. 20.

Los Angeles Administrative Code § 2.6 Council President and Other Presiding Officers.

Sec. 2.6. Council President and Other Presiding Officers. (a) The Council shall elect one of its members as President and one as President Pro Tempore as provided in Charter Section 243. (b) The President of the Council shall appoint a member of the Council to be “Assistant President Pro Tempore” who shall exercise the powers and duties of the President Pro Tempore in case of vacancy in that office, or in the case of unavailability due to sickness, absence from the state or disability of the President Pro Tempore. The appointment shall be made following the election of the President and President Pro Tempore. (c) In case of vacancy in the office of the Assistant President Pro Tempore, or in the case of sickness, absence from the state, or disability of the Assistant President Pro Tempore, the most senior member of the Council not similarly disqualified shall act as the Assistant President Pro Tempore. The sequence of succession to so act shall be based upon seniority, the most senior person being determined by the greatest cumulative time in office as a member of the City Council. If, however, two or more of those members eligible have the same seniority in office, the authority for one of those members to act as Assistant President Pro Tempore shall be determined by alphabetical priority according to the beginning letter and, if necessary, by the letters following the beginning letter as they sequentially appear in each of those members’ surnames, given names, and middle names, in that order, until alphabetical priority is determined. In each case, the highest priority in the alphabetical sequence shall be the letter “A.” The member with authority to act as Assistant President Pro Tempore as determined pursuant to the above sequence of succession, shall exercise the powers and duties of the Assistant President Pro Tempore only so long as the President, the President Pro Tempore or the Assistant President Pro Tempore, or another member of the City Council with higher priority to act according to the above sequence of succession, is disqualified from acting for one or more of the reasons set forth above. SECTION HISTORY Based on Charter, Sec. 23. Amended by: Subsec. (d) added by Ord. No. 148,094, Eff. 3-29-76; Subsec. (e) added by Ord. No. 158,694, Eff. 3-12-84; Ord. No. 172,878, Eff. 12-2-99, Oper. 7-1-00.

Los Angeles Administrative Code § 2.7 Quorums.

Sec. 2.7. Quorums. Two-thirds of the members of the Council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but a smaller number may adjourn from time to time until a quorum be present, and may compel the attendance of absentees; and nothing in the Charter shall prevent a smaller number from transacting business by a majority vote of the members present to the extent necessary to fill vacancies in the membership of the Council in the manner provided in Section 267 of the Charter where no quorum can be assembled except by filling such vacancies. Except as otherwise in the Charter provided, action by the Council shall be taken by a majority vote of the entire membership of the Council. Whenever in the Charter a certain proportion of the Council is required for the performance of any act, except as otherwise provided, it shall mean such proportion of the entire membership of the Council. SECTION HISTORY Based on Charter, Sec. 25. Amended by: Ord. No. 154,252, Eff. 9-11-80.

Los Angeles Administrative Code § 2.7.5 Immediate Transmittal of File to Council Asserting Jurisdiction Under Section 245 of the Charter.

Sec. 2.7.5. Immediate Transmittal of File to Council Asserting Jurisdiction Under Section 245 of the Charter. If the Council acts pursuant to Charter Section 245 to assert its jurisdiction over any action of a board of commissioners, that board shall be immediately notified of the Council action by the City Clerk. Upon receiving notification, the board shall immediately transmit to the Council any file or documents created in connection with that action. SECTION HISTORY Added by Ord. No. 172,879, Eff. 12-2-99, Oper. 7-1-00.

Los Angeles Administrative Code § 2.8 Council Committees.

Sec. 2.8. Council Committees. All the functions of the government of the City shall, by ordinance, be divided or grouped into divisions equal to the number of the members of the Council and each member of the Council shall be chairperson of a committee consisting of three Council members for one of such divisions. It shall be the duty of each such committee to be fully informed of the business of the City included within the division to which it is assigned, and to report to the Council such information or recommendations concerning the business of such divisions as shall be necessary to enable the Council properly to legislate for such division. Each Council committee shall, as such committee, have no administrative control over the various functions of the City government embraced within the division to which it is assigned, but shall perform the duties of investigation for and recommendation to the Council in its work of legislation; and the administration of all the branches of the City government embraced within the said subdivisions shall continue to be vested in the officials duly elected or appointed in accordance with the provisions of the Charter. Said committees, and the chairpersons thereof, shall be appointed by the President of the Council. SECTION HISTORY Based on Charter, Sec. 34.

Source: City of Los Angeles, Charter and Codes (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/los_angeles/latest/laac/0-0-0-7307Fetched: 10/24/2026