Rules committee adopts slate of state legislative positions, confirms five charter commission appointees

The Los Angeles City Council Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations Committee on Monday approved a package of legislative positions and related reports and confirmed five appointees to the Charter Reform Commission.

The committee voted 5-0 to adopt items 1 through 16 on consent, including resolutions to include support for multiple state and federal bills in the city's 2025'26 legislative programs and a request for a $60,000,000 increase in state funding for immigration legal services. Item 6, a City Clerk report on the feasibility of adding a digital component to the Proposition 218 protest submittal process, was taken as a note-and-file. Later in the meeting the committee approved items 17 through 21, five appointments to the Charter Reform Commission, by the same 5-0 vote.

Why it matters: The consent package directs the city's legislative priorities at the state and federal level and signals Los Angeles's official support for multiple bills now moving through Sacramento and Washington, D.C. The appointments fill remaining seats on the Charter Reform Commission, which will consider possible changes to the city charter.

Most important facts

Votes at a glance: The committee approved items 1'16 on consent (roll-call vote: Councilmember Harris Dawson ' yes; Raman ' yes; Yaroslavsky ' yes; Soto Martinez ' yes; Lee ' aye). Item 6 (Prop 218 digital protest submittal feasibility) was noted and filed. The committee later approved items 17'21 (appointments of Carla Micaela Fuentes, James M. Thomas, Diego Andradez, Andrea Mack and Michael Yap to the Charter Reform Commission) by the same 5-0 roll call.

Key items included on the consent calendar

- Item 1: Adopt resolution to include in the city's 2025'26 state legislative program…