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Sierra City Hall | [[File:Looking north on Main St from 1st St, Los Angeles 2020 with City Hall South (r) and City Hall (l).jpg|thumb|200px|right|Sierra City Hall]] | ||
The city of Sierra has a strong mayoral form of municipal government. Sierra is a home rule city and all of its municipal elections are nonpartisan. The city's elected officials are the mayor, city controller, city attorney, and members of the Sierra City Council. The current mayor of Sierra is Silvia Merino, a social democrat elected on a nonpartisan ballot. Sierra's mayor serves as the city's chief administrator, executive officer, and official representative, and is responsible for the general management of the city and for seeing that all laws and ordinances are enforced. | The city of Sierra has a strong mayoral form of municipal government. Sierra is a home rule city and all of its municipal elections are nonpartisan. The city's elected officials are the mayor, city controller, city attorney, and members of the Sierra City Council. The current mayor of Sierra is Silvia Merino, a social democrat elected on a nonpartisan ballot. Sierra's mayor serves as the city's chief administrator, executive officer, and official representative, and is responsible for the general management of the city and for seeing that all laws and ordinances are enforced. | ||
The city controller is elected | The city controller is elected independently of the mayor and council. The controller's duties are to certify available funds prior to committing such funds and processing disbursements. The city's fiscal year begins on July 1 and ends on June 30, per Verona law. Presently, Esperanza Minas is the city controller, serving her first term as of January 2020. | ||
The Charter of the City of Sierra ratified by voters in 1994 created a system of advisory neighborhood councils that would represent the diversity of stakeholders, defined as those who live, work or own property in the neighborhood. The neighborhood councils are relatively autonomous and spontaneous in that they identify their own boundaries, establish their own bylaws, and elect their own officers. There are currently about 90 neighborhood councils. | The Charter of the City of Sierra ratified by voters in 1994 created a system of advisory neighborhood councils that would represent the diversity of stakeholders, defined as those who live, work or own property in the neighborhood. The neighborhood councils are relatively autonomous and spontaneous in that they identify their own boundaries, establish their own bylaws, and elect their own officers. There are currently about 90 neighborhood councils. | ||