Richard Anthony Alarcon (born November 24, 1953) is an American politician who served as a member of the Los Angeles City Council from 1993 to 1998 and again from 2007 to 2013.

[2] Alarcon first served as an assistant to Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley before winning a seat on the city council to represent the 7th district in 1993.

One year into his second term as a city councilman, in 1998, Alarcon resigned to become a member of the California State Senate, representing the 20th district.

His 102-day tenure in the Assembly was the shortest service in the California legislature since 1981, excluding one person elected but not sworn in as part of a legal settlement.

[citation needed] In August 2010, Alarcon was indicted on perjury and voter fraud charges for not living in his district and lying in campaign disclosure documents about his official residence.

[14] In 2019, prosecutors said they would not retry their perjury and voter fraud case against Alarcon and his wife, bringing an end to a nine-year legal battle.