Horvath Seeks County Executive Office She Helped Create

LOS ANGELES - Supervisor Lindsey P. Horvath championed the measure giving Los Angeles County an elected executive. Now she wants to be the first person voters choose for the job.

Horvath announced her campaign Monday, Nov. 9, seeking the countywide office created by Measure G, the government overhaul she helped advance before voters approved it in 2024.For residents in her Third District, which includes Santa Monica and a portion of Venice, the announcement puts their supervisor in the race for a position with executive authority extending across the county.The change will shift the choice of the county's top executive from the Board of Supervisors to voters. The board currently appoints the CEO.The elected executive will oversee county administration for a government serving nearly 10 million residents. The county's final adopted budget for fiscal 2026–27 totals $54.2 billion.Horvath framed her campaign around the argument county government has been too slow to deliver."Los Angeles has never been a place that dreams small," Horvath said in a statement. "But for too long, our county government has moved too slowly, failed to meet the moment, and allowed bureaucracy to stand in the way of progress. I fight everyday to reform our government because I believe the people of Los Angeles deserve better -- a government that works for them, delivers real results, and is accountable to the people it serves."That's why I'm running to become Los Angeles County;s first elected County Executive," she said.The office is one piece of a broader restructuring. Measure G's passage also set in motion an expansion of the Board of Supervisors from five members to nine. The first county executive election is scheduled for 2028, with elections for the expanded Board of Supervisors beginning in 2032.Horvath, one of the measure's major proponents, is now asking voters to let her lead the government it reshapes."This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to build a government that finally meets the scale of our challenges and the ambition of our people," Horvath said. "From making Los Angeles more affordable and ending homelessness, to protecting our communities and responding urgently to crises, we need bold, unified leadership that puts progress over politics and people over process."The future of Los Angeles is ours to write. I'm running because I'm ready to fight for it -- and together, we're going to build it."Editor's Note: This story includes reporting from City News Service, a content partner of Westside Current.