List of pre-statehood mayors of Los Angeles
Mexican era - 1822 to 1848
Table:
Name	Tenure	Title

Manuel Gutierrez (2nd)	1821–1824	Alcalde

Guillermo Cota	1824	Alcalde

Encarnacion Urquides	1824	Alcalde

José Maria Avila	1825	Alcalde

José Antonio Carrillo	1826	Alcalde

Claudio Lopez	1826–1827	Alcalde

Guillermo Cota (2nd)	1827–1828	Alcalde

José Antonio Carrillo (2nd)	1828–1829	Alcalde

Guillermo Cota (4th)	1829–1830	Alcalde

Tiburcio Tapia	1830–1831	Alcalde

Vicente Sanchez	1831–1832	Alcalde

Manuel Dominguez	1832–1833	Alcalde

José Antonio Carrillo (3rd)	1833–1834	Alcalde

José Perez	1834–1835	Alcalde

Francisco Javier Alvarado	1835–1836	Alcalde

Manuel Requena	1836–1837	Alcalde

Jose Loreto Sepulveda	1837	Alcalde

Luis Arenas	1838–1839	Alcalde

Tiburcio Tapia (2nd) and Jose Loreto Sepulveda (2nd)	1839–1840	First and Second Alcalde

Ygnacio Palomares and Ygnacio Alvarado	1841	Justices of Peace

Manuel Dominguez (2nd) and Jose Loreto Sepulveda (3rd)	1842	Justices of Peace

Manuel Dominguez (2nd) and Antonio F. Coronel	1843	Justices of Peace

Manuel Requena (2nd) and Tiburcio Tapia (3rd)	1844	First and Second Alcalde

Vicente Sanchez (2nd) and Juan Capistrano Sepulveda	1845	First and Second Alcalde

Juan Gallardo and Jose Loreto Sepulveda (4th)	1846	First and Second Alcalde

Jose Salazar and Enrique Avila	1847	First and Second Alcalde

Ygnacio Palomares (2nd) and Jose Loreto Sepulveda (5th)	1848	First and Second Alcalde

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