Gardena council orders public summary, sets censure hearing after investigator finds misconduct by council member Wanda Love

The Gardena City Council on June 24 directed release of an executive summary of an outside investigatory report and set a censure hearing for Councilmember Wanda Love after a closed-session review of potential litigation involving city personnel.

The council voted to waive portions of attorney-client privilege so the executive summary could be read in public; it ordered that the full investigation report be prepared for public disclosure with employee names redacted and available on or before Aug. 8, 2025. In a separate vote the council set a censure hearing for Love at its regular meeting on Aug. 12, 2025.

Why it matters: The actions follow an outside investigator’s findings that, by a preponderance of the evidence, Love made false and misleading statements about the Department of Recreation and Human Services, sought preferential treatment for Chamber-related…