The Los Angeles Common Council was the predecessor of the Los Angeles City Council

Los Angeles City Council

The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles.The Council is composed of fifteen members elected from single-member districts for four-year terms. The president of the council and the president pro tempore are chosen by the Council at the first regular meeting after...

 which serves the City of Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...

 today.

The Los Angeles Common Council was formed in 1850 and existed until 1889 when a new charter was established.

Original Common Council Members (this is a partial list)

Elected 1850:

• Cristobal Aguilar
  Cristobal Aguilar
  José Cristóbal Aguilar was a pioneer of Los Angeles, California politics in the early days of American rule. He was the last Hispanic mayor of the City, until 2005.-Background:...
  
  
• Julian Chavez
• Stephen C. Foster
  Stephen C. Foster (politician)
  Stephen Clark Foster was a politician, the first American mayor of Los Angeles under United States military rule. Foster served in the state constitutional convention, and was elected to the State Senate...
  
  
• Manuel Requena
  Manuel Requena
  Manuel Requena served as Acting Mayor of Los Angeles, California for twelve days during 1856. A Los Angeles pioneer, Mequena served the city in both the Mexican and American periods.-Early life:...
  
  

Common Council Members 1850-1889 (partial listing)

Cristobal Aguilar

Cristobal Aguilar

José Cristóbal Aguilar was a pioneer of Los Angeles, California politics in the early days of American rule. He was the last Hispanic mayor of the City, until 2005.-Background:...

,
Eulogio de Celiz,
Julian Chavez,
Antonio F. Coronel

Antonio F. Coronel

Antonio Francisco Coronel served as the fourth mayor of Los Angeles from 1853 to 1854.-Life:...

,
Henry Dockweiler,
Ezra Down,
Bernard Dubourdieu,
George Fall,
William Ferguson,
Stephen C. Foster

Stephen C. Foster (politician)

Stephen Clark Foster was a politician, the first American mayor of Los Angeles under United States military rule. Foster served in the state constitutional convention, and was elected to the State Senate...

,
Jacob Frankenfield,
William A. Hammel, Sr.
Paul R. Hunt,
John Jones,
John Osborn,
Pío Pico

Pío Pico

Pío de Jesús Pico was the last Governor of Alta California under Mexican rule.-Origins:...

 (elected in 1853, but did not assume office),
Manuel Requena

Manuel Requena

Manuel Requena served as Acting Mayor of Los Angeles, California for twelve days during 1856. A Los Angeles pioneer, Mequena served the city in both the Mexican and American periods.-Early life:...

,
Frank Sabichi,
Matthew Teed,
William Woodworth

William Woodworth

William Woodworth served as the acting Mayor of Los Angeles, California from December 27, 1860 to January 7, 1861.-See also:*Mayor of Los Angeles, California...