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City Council delays most commission confirmations, orders CLA report and forms ad hoc review committee
Summary
After extended debate over mayoral nominations and the council’s role under the new charter, the Los Angeles City Council continued most confirmations to allow a Chief Legislative Analyst report and created an ad hoc committee to vet future nominees.
The Los Angeles City Council on Aug. 2 voted to delay action on most commission confirmations and directed the Chief Legislative Analyst to prepare a report on commission appointment practices, while creating an ad hoc committee to vet future nominees.
The action followed a lengthy debate among council members over whether reappointments should be routinely approved, how much the council should scrutinize nominees under the recently adopted city charter and how to treat commissioners who had been asked to appear before the council but then told not to attend. "We really are not, as a group, certain what is the best way to proceed and carry out our responsibilities under the revised charter," the council president said during the discussion.
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