 Morris L. Goodman was the first Jewish Councilman in 1850 when the Pueblo de Los Ángeles "Ayuntamento" became the Los Angeles City Council with US statehood.Solomon Lazard, a Los Angeles merchant, served on the Los Angeles City Council in 1853, and also headed the first Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce.Joseph Newmark, a lay rabbi, began conducting the first informal Sabbath services in Los Angeles in 1854.