Editing Los Angeles (section)

== Government and politics ==

Los Angeles is governed under a mayor-council-commission system. The mayor serves as the city's chief executive, while the [[Los Angeles City Council]] functions as the legislative body. The city also has elected offices for city attorney and city controller, along with appointed commissioners, department heads, and public safety leadership.

After the 2025 municipal crisis, the city government was reorganized under a clean-governance program. The program increased financial audits, public contracting review, and outside monitoring of departments that had been exposed to Butchers-linked influence. Special attention was given to licensing, nightlife enforcement, private security registration, casino-related investigations, and police assignments in Hollywood.

The post-crisis city administration consisted of:

{| class="wikitable"
! Office
! Officeholder
! Took office
! Notes
|-
| Mayor
| [[Elena Marquez]]
| 2025
| Replaced [[Thomas Varela]] after the municipal corruption crisis
|-
| City Attorney
| [[Samuel Reed]]
| 2025
| Replaced [[Julian Moss]]
|-
| City Controller
| [[Nadia Kim]]
| 2025
| Replaced [[Rebecca Stowe]]
|-
| Council President
| [[Marcus Halden]]
| 2025
| Replaced [[Miguel Andrade]]
|-
| Police Chief
| [[Daniel Arroyo]]
| 2025
| Replaced [[Nathaniel Cross]]
|}