Zev Yaroslavsky
Zev Yaroslavsky | |
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Yaroslavsky in 2009 | |
| Member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors from District 3 | |
| In office December 1, 1994 – December 1, 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Edmund D. Edelman |
| Succeeded by | Sheila Kuehl |
| Chair of Los Angeles County | |
| In office December 6, 2011 – December 4, 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Michael D. Antonovich (Mayor) |
| Succeeded by | Mark Ridley-Thomas |
| In office December 5, 2006 – December 4, 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Michael D. Antonovich (Mayor) |
| Succeeded by | Yvonne Brathwaite Burke |
| In office December 4, 2001 – December 3, 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Michael D. Antonovich (Mayor) |
| Succeeded by | Yvonne Brathwaite Burke |
| In office December 3, 1996 – December 2, 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Michael D. Antonovich (Mayor) |
| Succeeded by | Yvonne Brathwaite Burke |
| Chair Pro Tem of Los Angeles County | |
| In office December 7, 2010 – December 6, 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Michael D. Antonovich (Mayor Pro Tem) |
| Succeeded by | Mark Ridley-Thomas |
| In office December 6, 2005 – December 5, 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Michael D. Antonovich (Mayor Pro Tem) |
| Succeeded by | Yvonne Brathwaite Burke |
| In office December 5, 2000 – December 4, 2001 | |
| Preceded by | Michael D. Antonovich (Mayor Pro Tem) |
| Succeeded by | Yvonne Brathwaite Burke |
| In office December 5, 1995 – December 4, 1996 | |
| Preceded by | Michael D. Antonovich (Mayor Pro Tem) |
| Succeeded by | Yvonne Brathwaite Burke |
| Member of the Los Angeles City Council from the 5th district | |
| In office July 1, 1975 – December 1, 1994 | |
| Preceded by | Edmund D. Edelman |
| Succeeded by | Mike Feuer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 21, 1948 Los Angeles, California |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Barbara Yaroslavsky |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Katy Young Yaroslavsky (daughter-in-law) |
| Residence | Los Angeles, California |
| Education | University of California, Los Angeles (BA, MA) |
| Website | Archived |
Zev Yaroslavsky (born December 21, 1948) is a politician from Los Angeles County, California. He was a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors from District 3, an affluent district which includes the San Fernando Valley, the Westside of Los Angeles and coastal areas between Venice and the Ventura County line. He was first elected to the board in 1994. Yaroslavsky served on the Los Angeles City Council from 1975 to 1994.
During his tenure in Los Angeles politics, Yaroslavsky played an influential role in limiting housing construction and development in the city, leading a "slow-growth movement." Yaroslavsky argued in 1987 that Los Angeles had "filled up." He authored Proposition U, a successful 1986 ballot initiative, that the Los Angeles Times called "the largest one-shot effort to limit development in the city's history."
In the 1990s, he blocked expansion of light rail into Santa Monica and authored Proposition A, a successful 1998 ballot initiative which prevented new expansions of the Los Angeles Metro Rail.