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The LA Charter Review Committee's meeting agenda references the following rec #s:
#15: making the City Admin Officer the Chief Financial Officer
#22 & 23: LAPD accountability;
#28-30 & 37-38: personnel reforms;
#67: lowering the voting age to 16 for LAUSD/city elections.
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LA Charter reform's next chapter is kicking off shortly w/the Charter Review Committee's first meeting at 8:30 AM at LA City Hall, Room 340, w/in-person comment only.
Link to agenda & livestream: lacity.primegov.com/Portal/M…
We also saw an interesting split on today's 9-6 vote to create a Director of Public Works position (Recs 2-4):
For: Blumenfield, Hernandez, Jurado, Lee, McOsker, Price, Raman, Yaroslavsky, and Harris-Dawson
Against: Hutt, Nazarian, Padilla, Park, Rodriguez, & Soto-Martinez.
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In a 8-4 vote (Harris-Dawson, Hernandez, Hutt, and Lee opposed; Blumenfield, Price, Jurado absent/not voting), the amended motion below will require some members of the Board of Airport Commissioners reside near VNY & LAX.
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With this, *ALL* of the reform recs on how the City should deal with elected officials' misconduct & vacancies have been punted to an ad hoc committee.
Check out what options we proposed to the Charter Reform Commission @ bit.ly/FRLA925
teapaw.org/FairRepLA/status/20674…
Rec #101 on @LadyMRod & @BobBlumenfield's motion to prohibit temporary caretakers and appointees to from seeking election (like Ethics Commissioners) has also been sent to a future ad hoc committee.
Rec #101 on @LadyMRod & @BobBlumenfield's motion to prohibit temporary caretakers and appointees to from seeking election (like Ethics Commissioners) has also been sent to a future ad hoc committee.
Rec #37 to increase the number of exempt positions has been sent to a future ad hoc committee, over the objections of @TraciParkforLA.
Rec #67 to lower the voting age to 16 was also sent to a future ad hoc committee for consideration for the November 2028 ballot.
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A substantial debate is ongoing on non-citizen voting based on @CD13LosAngeles's motion below.
While the Chief Legislative Analyst notes that it reads as permissive, @LadyMRod has "concerns and reservations" about whether this "creates a false promise" it will be implemented.
In another unanimous 15-0 vote in favor, the Council will seek to remove rules related to Council conduct of meetings from the Charter.
The Charter's rules on meetings in Sec. 242 require Council meet at least x3 days/wk; Councilmembers have suggested reducing this to 1 day/wk.
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In a 15-0 vote, Council *requests a report* from the City Attorney on the viability of Rec #23 (CRC 56), and *sends it to a future ad hoc committee* for additional review.
CRC 56 would give Council the ability to veto and amend decisions of the Board of Police Commissioners.
