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The spreadsheet is alive: bit.ly/24bycd

You can now see exactly how each LA City Council District voted on 19 different candidates/measures from this Nov. including: President, DA, board expansion, gay marriage, ethics reform, independent redistricting, & more.
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The LA Reporter this week is debuting The Doughnut Shop Interviews series in which we sit down with a major figure in local politics and regulars at a neighborhood doughnut shop.

The first chat is with Raymond Meza, chair a citizen panel helping to rewrite the LA city charter.
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Mayor Karen Bass is asking LA's city council to pass an ordinance that would exempt Pacific Palisades transactions from ULA, the city's transfer tax.

Of note: "The letter follows a meeting with Rick Caruso, founder of Steadfast LA, who proposed ideas to help address this issue"
Yes it does, but also says “to the extent practicable” so it’s not a hard requirement
Committee meeting next day is at 2pm🫠
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Even if you aren't attending these, please sign it.

You SHOULD, but they can be hard to attend. Making remote public available means you can zoom in and add your voice to critical changes like Ranked Choice Voting, how police are punished, and how we deal with corrupt politicians.

It's important
We *need* to get the commission’s support behind these changes at this Wednesday’s meeting.

They are breaking off into committees and don’t have another full commission meeting scheduled until November 19th.
bit.ly/108crc
We *need* to get the commission’s support behind these changes at this Wednesday’s meeting.

They are breaking off into committees and don’t have another full commission meeting scheduled until November 19th.
bit.ly/108crc
Please take a minute to sign and share @cacommoncause.bsky.social’s petition asking the Charter Reform Commission to provide remote public comment at *all* meetings moving forward:
bit.ly/108crc
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My "finalizing the Enhanced City Resources Master Agreement" t-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt
Next week the Charter Reform Commission will be deliberating on potential reforms re: Budget, Personnel, & Periodic Charter Review.

They should also be considering changes that would require them to provide remote public comment at meetings.
bit.ly/FRLA26
This Monday at 5pm the Charter Reform Commission will be hosting a virtual town hall via zoom:
bit.ly/FRLA26
The LA City Charter Reform Commission's Government Structure Committee will be meeting Thursday September 25th at 4pm to hear presentations and discuss reforms re: elections, how we vote, and potentially expanding who may vote in local elections.
bit.ly/FRLA26
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"If you think city services are bad now — and I think all of us would agree that they suck — and you thought maybe one day we would have funding to restore service, I have bad news. It's going to get worse."

Councilmember Katy Yaroslavsky absolutely shredding the $3B convention center plan to bits
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"Remember, Los Angeles is also on the hook for Olympic overruns. The Convention Center bill starts coming due the very same year we could be forced to absorb those Olympic overages."

I asked Yaroslavsky for her prepared remarks because I felt they captured this particular moment in LA so perfectly
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Our full video of this Charter Reform Commission meeting is now available at: youtu.be/TpC-7x6vH4c
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"If we can’t pave our streets, repair our sidewalks, trim our trees, house our homeless, light our bridges, and fix our firetrucks, how can we host an Olympics in just three years?" Good question, and only one of many I hope Rick will answer. Get ready for some real talk!
Torched Talks with Rick Cole
Let's build an LA that works on Monday, September 15 at noon on Zoom
www.torched.la
Full meeting video won’t be up til late tonight but the @fairrepla.bsky.social presentation focused on removal & replacement of elected officials is on YouTube:
youtu.be/FFZHcJIjJ20?...
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Hello! I've started a newsletter on LA government and politics, The LA Reporter.

You can subscribe here: thelareporter.beehiiv.com
Next Saturday, September 6th, the LA City Charter Reform Commission will be meeting in CD 11 at LMU to hear presentations on issues like the removal/replacement of electeds, anti-corruption measures, & neighborhood councils.

More info: bit.ly/FRLA26
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There's now a motion from LA City Councilmember Monica Rodriguez asking LA28 to "provide a detailed presentation on the new federal Olympics taskforce, its purpose, jurisdiction, anticipated activities."

It's been referred to the ad hoc committee: cityclerk.lacity.org/lacityclerkc...
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More 2028 venue drama at today's ad hoc meeting. Apparently the Expo Park swim stadium is *not* up to "international standards," and LA28 is asking to move diving to Pasadena's Rose Bowl aquatic center.

The pool itself is not wide enough, something I would think might have been measured before now?
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Sobering data out of Altadena: of 151 post-fire sales, half were purchased by corporate entities. A new report from SAJE, Inclusive Action, Morena Strategies and more, is out today with urgent policy recommendations to prevent displacement.

Read it here: www.morenastrategies.com/post/our-lat...
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Watching a Waymo stuck in the middle of a block party, creating a surreal traffic jam because it can’t figure out how to briefly cross the yellow line to get past the crowd. Now the cops are here. They don’t understand the problem and are yelling at everyone but the car. The future is so stupid