Herb Wesson

Herb Wesson
Wesson in 2012
President of the Los Angeles City Council
Incumbent
Assumed office January 12, 2012
Mayor	Antonio Villaraigosa Eric Garcetti
Preceded by	Eric Garcetti
Member of the Los Angeles City Council from the 10th district
Incumbent
Assumed office July 1, 2005
Preceded by	Martin Ludlow
65th Speaker of the California State Assembly
In office February 6, 2002 – February 9, 2004
Governor	Gray Davis Arnold Schwarzenegger
Preceded by	Robert Hertzberg
Succeeded by	Fabian Núñez
Member of the California State Assembly from the 47th district
In office 1998–2004
Preceded by	Kevin Murray
Succeeded by	Karen Bass
Personal details
Born	(1951-11-11) November 11, 1951 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Residence	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma mater	Lincoln University
Website	cd10.lacity.org

Herb J. Wesson, Jr. (born November 11, 1951) is an American politician in California. He currently serves as a Los Angeles City Councilmember, representing the 10th district, and also serves as the President of the Council. The district is located in central and South Los Angeles, and includes the neighborhoods of Koreatown, Little Bangladesh, West Adams, Jefferson Park, and parts of Baldwin Hills.

History

Wesson received his undergraduate degree from Lincoln University. While he was a student he was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.

Wesson served in the California State Assembly, representing the 47th district, from 1998 until 2004. He served as Speaker of the California State Assembly from 2002 until 2004.

Prior to his service in the State Assembly, Wesson served as the chief-of-staff to former Los Angeles City Councilmember Nate Holden, and as the chief-of-staff to former Los Angeles County Supervisor Yvonne Burke. After being termed out of the Assembly, he became a senior advisor and special assistant to Burke.

Councilmember

On November 8, 2005, Wesson was elected with almost 80% of the vote to represent the 10th District in the Los Angeles City Council, in a special election to fill the vacancy created when Martin Ludlow resigned to become head of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor.^[1] Wesson won a full term in March 2007 with 99.7% of the vote.^[2] He was reelected in 2011 with 73% of the vote.^[3] He is a member of the Democratic Party.

References

External links

• official 10th District Website

Current members of the Los Angeles City Council President: Herb Wesson     District 1 Gil Cedillo District 9 Curren Price District 2 Paul Krekorian District 10 Herb Wesson District 3 Bob Blumenfield District 11 Mike Bonin District 4 David Ryu District 12 Mitchell Englander District 5 Paul Koretz District 13 Mitch O'Farrell District 6 Nury Martinez District 14 José Huizar District 7 Felipe Fuentes District 15 Joe Buscaino District 8 Marqueece Harris- Dawson

Presidents of the Los Angeles City Council Lusk Works Williams Whiffen Betkouski Conwell Farmer Workman Criswell Bonelli Sanborn Randall Davis Burns Bennett Moore Henry Gibson Timberlake Ferraro Wachs Russell Galanter Padilla Garcetti Wesson

Speakers of the California State Assembly White Bigler Hammond Wall Fairfax Stow Farley Beatty Whiteside Stratton Moore Burnell Barstow Machin Sears Yule Ryland Rogers Shannon Estee Carpenter Berry Cowdery Parks LaRue Parks Jordan Howe Coombs Gould Lynch Coombs Anderson Pendleton Fisk Prescott Beardslee Stanton Hewitt Young Wright Merriam Levey Little Craig Jones Peek Garland Lyon Collins Silliman Lincoln R. Brown Unruh Monagan Moretti McCarthy W. Brown Allen Setencich Pringle Bustamante Villaraigosa Hertzberg Wesson Núñez Bass Pérez Atkins