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City Council Votes to Restore Office Name to City Administrative Officer, Reversing Charter-era Change
Summary
The council voted to return the Office of Administrative and Research Services (ORS) to the Office of the City Administrative Officer (CAO), reversing a name change enacted in the city’s new charter. Supporters framed the vote as restoring clarity about the office’s role in budgeting and independent financial analysis.
The Los Angeles City Council voted on July 3 to change the name of the Office of Administrative and Research Services back to the Office of the City Administrative Officer.
Supporters, including Councilmembers Bill Garcetti, Linda Burnson (Ruth Galanter in transcript), and others, said the original charter-era renaming to ORS (Office of Administrative and Research Services) had created confusion about the…
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