Founder, Richard Katz Consulting
Katz’s Sherman Oaks firm focuses on public policy and government relations. In April, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass asked Katz to serve as president of the LADWP Oversight Commission. Katz has spent more than 40 years in the public service sector, including 16 years in the state Assembly, starting in 1980. He served as a member of the California State Water Resources Control Board from 2001 to 2006, and served as a member of Metro’s Board of Directors from 2005 to 2014. He was on the Metrolink Board of Directors from 2008 to 2015. Katz graduated from Santa Monica City College with an associate degree and received his bachelor of arts in political science from San Diego State University.
