The commission will also look into enlarging the City Council, whose members represent huge districts of 260K people.
Council Chambers at Los Angeles City Hall on Wednesday, June 14, 2023. In a unanimous vote, the Los Angeles City Council established L.A.’s first-ever Charter Reform Commission on Tuesday, June 18, which will be tasked with recommending updates to a vast range of government procedures — including possible expansion of the City Council and improving transparency.
“When you look at the breadth of what we have in the City Charter, the number of issues that it touches upon, it’s really incumbent upon us to regularly update these and make sure that we’re ensuring that the city is operating as effectively, as efficiently and with the greatest transparency and accountability possible,” Krekorian said before Tuesday’s vote.
The panel will be able to consider issues ranging from the city’s land-use processes to the role of the Ethics Commission, how vacancies are filled in elected offices, and consequences for elected officials if they are censured or suspended — as well as the issue of expanding the City Council. Four members will be appointed by the mayor, and the council president and council president pro tempore will appoint two members each, all of whom will need to be confirmed by the full City Council. Those initial eight commissioners would then appoint five additional commissioners who would also need approval by the City Council.
According to a report from the chief legislative analyst’s office, the schedule will coincide with the city’s budget process as well.Video shows Burbank cops left homeless man on LA City Council office sidewalk
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