The Executive Committee provides leadership and direction to the LACRPC and its staff. The Committee monitors and evaluates the needs of the community and establishes the priorities of the agency based, in part, upon local demands. The Committee annually publishes the Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) of the LACRPC. The Executive Committee is the policy-making body of the Commission, and its members are elected from the Regional Planning Commission membership.

The Committee makes such final determinations, decisions, findings, and recommendations as may be necessary between meetings of the Commission. The composition of the Executive Committee includes Commission President and Immediate Past President. Treasurer. Secretary, chairpersons of each of the four standing committees (Administrative Affairs Committee, Developmental Controls Committee, Transportation Coordinating Committee, and Community Development Committee) as well as four at-large members.