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Gardena, California
Verified Oct 19, 2026Who leads Gardena, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Tasha Cerda
- Role
- Mayor (Ceremonial)
- Form of government
- Mayor
- Party
- Nonpartisan
- Population
- 57,746
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 19, 2026
- Matched the official page in an automated check
- Last checked
- Oct 19, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourcecityofgardena.org/elected-officials ↗
- Official leadership pagecityofgardena.org/elected-officials ↗
- City websitecityofgardena.org ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- Tasha Cerda CurrentMayor (Ceremonial) · added May 4, 2026 · verified Oct 19, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 57,746
- Median household income
- $75,443
- Median age
- 40.1
- Land area
- 5.83 sq mi
- Population density
- 9,905 per sq mi
- County
- Los Angeles County
- Metro area
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
City government
Budget and contact
- Annual budget
- ~$202M
- City hall phone
- (310) 217-9500
- Official website
- cityofgardena.org ↗
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