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Council introduces ordinance to reorganize city advisory committees amid public concerns over appointments
Summary
Council held a robust discussion and introduced a first-reading ordinance to standardize committee membership, terms and appointment processes; some residents urged clearer, uniform selection rules and warned against favoritism. The council approved the first reading 5–0 and staff will return with implementing resolutions and bylaws.
La Verne — The City Council introduced (first reading) an ordinance Monday that would reorganize and standardize how advisory committees, commissions and boards are formed, appointed and governed. The measure passed on first reading 5–0 amid public concerns about appointment transparency.
City management presented the ordinance as a modernization effort to bring consistent rules for committee size, qualifications, application processes, terms, chair/vice-chair selection, conflict-of-interest rules and council liaisons. City Manager…
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