Ron Galperin
Ron Galperin | |
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| 19th City Controller of Los Angeles | |
| Assumed office July 1, 2013 | |
| Mayor | Eric Garcetti |
| Preceded by | Wendy Greuel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ron Shalom Galperin August 1, 1963 |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Zach Shapiro |
| Education | Washington University in St. Louis (BA) Loyola Marymount University (JD) |
| Website | www |
Ron Shalom Galperin (born August 1, 1963) is an American politician and serving as Los Angeles city controller. He took office on July 1, 2013 and won re-election in 2017. Galperin is a member of the Democratic Party and the first openly gay official to be elected to citywide office in Los Angeles.[1]
Education[]
Galperin earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English, business, and political science from the Washington University in St. Louis and his Juris Doctor from Loyola Law School. He was admitted to the State Bar of California on December 12, 1994.[2][3] In 2018, Galperin completed Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government as a David Bohnett LGBTQ Victory Institute Leadership Fellow.
Career[]
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Prior to his election to the city controller of Los Angeles, Galperin practiced law as both a transactional and litigation attorney for more than 20 years.
Galperin was the first Neighborhood Council member elected to citywide office in Los Angeles. As an officer of his local neighborhood council, he advocated for quality of life improvements and more responsible neighborhood planning. He also developed and taught "L.A. City Government 101" to new neighborhood council members throughout the city and served as a Neighborhood Council Budget Advocate.
Galperin was Chairman of the Los Angeles Commission on Revenue Efficiency. He also served as president of the city's Quality & Productivity Commission.
Los Angeles city controller[]
Galperin was sworn in as the 19th Los Angeles city controller on July 1, 2013. Galperin launched ControlPanel LA, the city's first open data portal, in October 2013. Because of these efforts, Los Angeles has been named the No. 1 Digital City three years in a row by the U.S. Open Data Census.[4] Government Technology magazine named Galperin to its list of the Top 25 Doers, Dreamers and Drivers of 2015.[5]
Galperin created UtilityPanel.LA, a data portal featuring key financial data about DWP spending and payroll.[6]
Personal life[]
As the son of immigrants and of a Holocaust survivor, Ron is L.A.’s first Citywide-elected LGBTQ+ official. Ron and his husband, Rabbi Zachary Shapiro, are the proud parents of young twins – Maya and Eli.
References[]
- ^ "Issues and history in 50 years of L.A. Pride". 29 June 2020.
- ^ "Ron Shalom Galperin - #174373". Attorney Search. The State Bar of California.
- ^ "Full Biography for Ron Galperin". www.smartvoter.org. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
- ^ Shueh, Jason (May 26, 2014). "Los Angeles Tops U.S. City Open Data Census".
- ^ "Team Los Angeles". GovTech. 2015-03-20. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
- ^ "Los Angeles | Open Data | Control Panel LA". Socrata. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
External links[]
- Living people
- Los Angeles City Controllers
- California Democrats
- LGBT politicians from the United States
- 1963 births
- Washington University in St. Louis alumni
- Loyola Law School alumni
- LGBT Jews
- Jewish American attorneys
- Gay politicians
- Jewish American people in California politics