City council meetings are held twice each month – on the second and fourth Tuesday of the month – in the city council chambers at The Centre at Sycamore Plaza. City council meetings are open to the public and begin at 7:30 p.m. The meetings are cablecast live on CityTV and streamed at Lakewood Online (Click here to see) and repeated on the following Saturday and Tuesday.
	Mayor Steve Croft was elected to the city council in 2005. His community involvement includes four years of service on the city’s Planning and Environment Commission, as well as membership on the community-based Lakewood Schools Committee (where he serves as the committee’s vice chair). Croft is a program manager for an aerospace company.
	Vice Mayor Todd Rogers was first elected to the city council in 2001. He has served one term as Lakewood’s mayor. He is the co-founder (in 1995) and chairman of community-based Lakewood Schools Committee. Rogers joined the L.A. County Sheriff's Department in 1985. He is a Sheriff's captain. His previous law enforcement assignments include directing the Regional Community Policing Institute of Los Angeles.
	Council Member Diane DuBois was elected to the city council in 2005. Prior to her city council service, she was a Lakewood Planning and Environment Commissioner for 28 years. She has been a board member and volunteer of Lakewood Meals On Wheels, a board member of the Greater Long Beach Girl Scout Council, a governing board member of Lakewood Regional Medical Center, a member of Soroptimists International of Lakewood/Long Beach, and a volunteer at Pathways Volunteer Hospice. DuBois is retired from a management position with Nestle USA.
	Council Member Joseph Esquivel was first elected to the city council in 1990. He has served four terms as Lakewood’s mayor. Before he was elected to the city council, he was a member of the Lakewood Recreation and Community Services Commission. Esquivel is a past president of the California Contract Cities Association. He also is a founding member of the Lakewood Youth Hall of Fame and continues as a member of the Hall of Fame Board of Electors. He is a member of the Lakewood Rotary Club and coordinator of the Rotary Club’s annual Project Shepherd holiday assistance program.
	Council Member Larry Van Nostran was first elected to the city council in 1975. He served his eighth term as mayor in 2006-2007. Van Nostran also currently serves as President of the Executive Committee of the California Joint Powers Insurance Authority. Started in 1978, the California JPIA is the largest municipal self-insurance pool in the state. Van Nostran also is the founder and chairman of the Lakewood Youth Sports Hall of Fame and its Board of Electors. The Hall of Fame honors Lakewood’s young champions in high school and college sports.

Steve Croft and Todd Rogers were selected to be Lakewood’s mayor and vice mayor (respectively) when the city council held its annual reorganization meeting in March, 2008.

The mayor is selected by the city council from among its members and serves a one-year term.

The city council appoints a city manager and a city attorney. In addition, the city council appoints the Community Safety Commission, the Planning and Environment Commission, and the Recreation and Community Services Commission. The city council also sits as the Board of Directors of the Lakewood Redevelopment Agency and the Lakewood Housing Authority.

See the city council main page for agendas and meeting information.