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City clerk outlines narrow advisory role for West Hollywood Public Safety Commission
Summary
City Clerk Melissa Crowder told the Public Safety Commission that its role is advisory and policy-focused under West Hollywood Municipal Code section 2.60, and not a civilian oversight body. Commissioners pressed staff to clarify the vague term “neighborhood livability,” asked for defined trend windows and liaison practices, and requested a future work plan and potential municipal-code clarifications.
City Clerk Melissa Crowder opened the commission’s substantive agenda with a reading of the municipal code that defines the commission’s responsibilities.
“The public safety commission shall evaluate and make recommendations related to public safety and neighborhood livability,” Crowder said, noting that the commission serves in an advisory capacity and that changes to its purview would require ordinance action through council. She emphasized…
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