Ron Galperin


Ron Shalom Galperin is an American politician and 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.

Education

Galperin received his undergraduate degree from Washington University in St. Louis and his law degree. from Loyola Law School. He was admitted to the State Bar of California on December 12, 1994. He is Jewish.

Career

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, L.A. has been named the No. 1 Digital City three years in a row by the U.S. Open Data Census. Government Technology Magazine named Controller Galperin to its list of the Top 25 Doers, Dreamers and Drivers of 2015.
Galperin created UtilityPanel.LA, a data portal featuring key financial data about DWP spending and payroll.