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

California Assembly
Preceded by Kevin Murray	California State Assemblymember, 47th District 1998 – 2004	Succeeded by Karen Bass
Preceded by Robert Hertzberg	Speaker of the California State Assembly February 6, 2002 – February 9, 2004	Succeeded by Fabian Núñez
Political offices
Preceded by Martin Ludlow	Los Angeles City Councilmember, 10th district July 1, 2005 – present	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Eric Garcetti	President of the Los Angeles City Council 2012–present	Incumbent

Current members of the Los Angeles City Council

President: Herb Wesson

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 Rendon

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