Photos: Zev Yaroslavsky reflects on decades in office

Zev Yaroslavsky, center, is sworn in as a city councilman. (Bill Varie / Los Angeles Times)

Nov. 28, 2014 6:29 PM PT

Zev Yaroslavsky’s nearly four decades in political office and five terms as a Los Angeles County supervisor are drawing to a close due to term limits. Engaged in most major public policy fights in Los Angeles over the last 40 years, the onetime student radical came out on the winning side much of the time.

Mayor Tom Bradley with Councilman-elect Zev Yaroslavsky. (Fitzgerald Whitney / Los Angeles Times)

Councilman Zev Yaroslavsky (Rick Meyer / Los Angeles Times)

10-year-old Mina sits on the lap of her father, Councilman Zev Yaroslavsky. (Larry Sharkey / Los Angeles Times)

Councilman Zev Yaroslavsky runs four miles in the morning. (Con Keyes / Los Angeles Times)

Councilman Zev Yaroslavsky pitches Proposition O during a press conference at his home. Also present are Ted Danson, left, who is the co-founder of American Oceans, and Councilman Marvin Btaude, right. (Boris Yaro / Los Angeles Times)