Kenneth Mejia (born November 7, 1990)[2] is an American activist, accountant, and politician, serving as the City Controller of Los Angeles since 2022.

[8][9] In 2016, he co-founded We Can Make a Difference, a community volunteer organization that provided food and hygiene items to low-income and homeless people in Los Angeles.

[13] Mejia was inspired by the 2016 presidential campaign of Bernie Sanders to engage more in politics, leading him to become a candidate to the California delegation to the Democratic National Convention.

[4] During his candidacy, Mejia drew attention to LA fire department employees receiving more than half a million dollars a year, the use of about half of the city's funds from the American Rescue Plan on the LA police department, and the amount of police funding in the budget proposed in 2022 by Mayor Eric Garcetti.

Sergio Perez left his position as the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power's Inspector General to serve.