Photos: L.A. County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky

Visitors make their way toward the Bing Center at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. LACMA’s past and present expansion projects have been championed by Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky.   (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky played a crucial role in getting Walt Disney Concert Hall built.  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

L.A. County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky recites Copland’s “Lincoln Portrait” at the Hollywood Bowl in September 2012. His office put more than $70 million into upgrading the Hollywood Bowl.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

The Otis Booth Pavilion at the Natural History Museum features the skeleton of a whale suspended below a backdrop where video is projected. The museum’s recent $135-million overhaul was another project that Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky championed.   (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky invested $2 million of county money into the California State University’s Valley Performing Arts Center in Northridge.   (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

L.A. County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky at “the Great Gate of Zev.” The Hollywood Bowl main gate was recently named after Yaroslavsky in gratitude for his arts advocacy.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)