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Palmdale councilmembers sworn in, new mayor selected

by The AV Times Staff • December 22, 2022

[L to R] Laura Bettencourt, Eric Ohlsen, and Andrea Alarcón. (Contributed image)
The Palmdale City Council had three members sworn into office at the year’s final meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022.

Laura Bettencourt of District 3, Eric Ohlsen of District 4, and Andrea Alarcón of District 5 officially took office to begin their new terms.

In a historic moment, Bettencourt was selected (by drawing) to serve as Palmdale’s mayor, while Alarcón was chosen unanimously by the city council to serve as mayor pro tem. For the first time in Palmdale’s history, two women will serve simultaneously in these city leadership roles.

Bettencourt was elected to her first term on the Palmdale City Council on May 19, 2009, and reelected on Nov. 3, 2009; Nov. 8, 2016; Nov. 6, 2018; and Nov. 8, 2022.  Alarcón and Ohlsen were elected to their first terms on the Palmdale City Council on Nov.8, 2022.

Palmdale’s next council meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023, in the Council Chamber, located at 38300 Sierra Highway, Suite B. For details on past and future meetings, visit www.cityofpalmdale.org/CityCouncilMeetings.

[Information via news release from the city of Palmdale.]

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Filed Under: Home, Palmdale, Politics

11 comments for "Palmdale councilmembers sworn in, new mayor selected"

  1. Jesus says

    December 29, 2022 at 8:00 am

    The jerk of a Mayor is now gone

    He needs to move to Idaho with all the other racist

  2. Crossroads says

    December 28, 2022 at 10:30 am

    Yeah yeah yeah why don’t you become the mayor of your Rat hole

  3. Follow the Money says

    December 28, 2022 at 10:10 am

    The best council Lancaster money can buy.

    • Tim Scott says

      December 28, 2022 at 1:09 pm

      Yeah….sad but true.

  4. Greg Baker says

    December 25, 2022 at 8:10 pm

    I see a new tone in Palmdale that could show promise. The jerk of a Mayor is now gone and that is a very good development. Watch Palmdale move forward with more independace better decisions from a bi- partisan city council.

    • Irene says

      December 27, 2022 at 10:17 am

      It is great that the jerk of a mayor is gone. What is not great is that four of the current council are all bought and paid for by Rex and the Lancaster cabal. That is not good for Palmdale residents. Hold them accountable. They need to put Palmdale residents ahead of Lancaster interests.

  5. WeNeedAMayorWhoLivesHere says

    December 24, 2022 at 1:19 pm

    Nice to see Lancaster has two more council people to add to their other two. Five in Lancaster, four in Palmdale. Wrecks is having a great holiday in Laguna.

  6. Follow the Money says

    December 24, 2022 at 11:34 am

    The good news is Hoffbower is gone. The bad news is he set the table for the takeover of Palmdale by Rex, Marv and the Lancaster cabal. Bettencourt is the only one on the council that didn’t get Lancaster money in their last elections. Don’t believe me? It’s all online. https://ssl.netfile.com/pub2/Default.aspx?aid=CPD

  7. Sheesh says

    December 23, 2022 at 4:38 pm

    Whoaaaa

    Hide the Buffet

  8. Victoria C Yochim says

    December 23, 2022 at 10:54 am

    How will this benefit anyone?

    • Tim Scott says

      December 23, 2022 at 11:40 am

      In theory, by reducing the number of citizens per council member from about forty thousand (160K/4) to something closer to thirty thousand (160K/5) each citizen becomes “more important” to their representative. This is actually how the council is organized in the vast majority of cities that are not just tiny.

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