There are three main categories of local government in the Los Angeles metropolitan region: city, county, and regional authorities.
Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura counties are the largest units in terms of population, territory, and budgets. Within these 5 counties are 187 separate municipalities.
The City of Los Angeles is run by a mayor and a 15-member city council. Each of the council members represents a distinct district, and both the mayor and the council members are popularly elected to four-year terms.
The City of Los Angeles operates the Los Angeles Police Department, Department of Public Works, and other agencies. It also operates several large and powerful proprietary departments, which are self-supporting and own extensive land and resource rights. These are the Department of Water and Power, which holds a near-monopoly on the region’s water supply; Los Angeles World Airports, which operates Los Angeles International (LAX), Ontario, Van Nuys and Palmdale airports; and the Port of Los Angeles, which is one of the busiest ports in the world.
Each of the counties is governed by small elected boards of supervisors. Los Angeles County, the most populous in the United States, is governed by five supervisors who serve four-year terms.
Each supervisor represents an area in which about 2 million people live. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department provides basic police services for the more than 2 million people who live in unincorporated county areas or in cities that use the Sheriff’s Department rather than maintain their own police departments. The Sheriff’s Department also operates one of the largest jail systems in the world.
Los Angeles County operates Marina del Rey, the world’s largest small craft harbor. It also manages the region’s miles of beaches, which are used by tens of millions of people every year.
In addition, Los Angeles County operates a massive public health system, with several major hospitals and dozens of community health care centers.
Several powerful regional or intergovernmental authorities operate across the counties and cities: the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA), the Metropolitan Water District (MWD), and the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG).
The SCAG includes the governments of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura counties, plus that of Imperial County (located far to the southeast of the Los Angeles metropolitan area), and of 181 cities within these counties. It seeks to coordinate city and regional planning and transportation systems, and provides the public with information about these two main areas of concern. Its members are appointed by the member governments.
Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura counties are the largest units in terms of population, territory, and budgets. Within these 5 counties are 187 separate municipalities.
The City of Los Angeles is run by a mayor and a 15-member city council. Each of the council members represents a distinct district, and both the mayor and the council members are popularly elected to four-year terms.
The City of Los Angeles operates the Los Angeles Police Department, Department of Public Works, and other agencies. It also operates several large and powerful proprietary departments, which are self-supporting and own extensive land and resource rights. These are the Department of Water and Power, which holds a near-monopoly on the region’s water supply; Los Angeles World Airports, which operates Los Angeles International (LAX), Ontario, Van Nuys and Palmdale airports; and the Port of Los Angeles, which is one of the busiest ports in the world.
Each of the counties is governed by small elected boards of supervisors. Los Angeles County, the most populous in the United States, is governed by five supervisors who serve four-year terms.
Each supervisor represents an area in which about 2 million people live. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department provides basic police services for the more than 2 million people who live in unincorporated county areas or in cities that use the Sheriff’s Department rather than maintain their own police departments. The Sheriff’s Department also operates one of the largest jail systems in the world.
Los Angeles County operates Marina del Rey, the world’s largest small craft harbor. It also manages the region’s miles of beaches, which are used by tens of millions of people every year.
In addition, Los Angeles County operates a massive public health system, with several major hospitals and dozens of community health care centers.
Several powerful regional or intergovernmental authorities operate across the counties and cities: the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA), the Metropolitan Water District (MWD), and the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG).
The SCAG includes the governments of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura counties, plus that of Imperial County (located far to the southeast of the Los Angeles metropolitan area), and of 181 cities within these counties. It seeks to coordinate city and regional planning and transportation systems, and provides the public with information about these two main areas of concern. Its members are appointed by the member governments.
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