Last year, the state legislature eliminated single-family zoning and created a reparations task force. There are 24 Assembly seats up for grabs in L.A. County this year.
NC VOTER SUPPRESSION This Tuesday, May 11, 2021, at the Los Angeles’ City Council’s Arts, Parks, Health, Education, and Neighborhoods Committee meeting, the Committee will consider Council File # 21-0407, offered by Councilmember Monica Rodriguez (photo above).
The Council file # 21 – 0407 has strong language related not only to our Neighborhood Council System’s Elections, but language related to “Voter Suppression.” This is the Motion for Council File #21-0407:
“The Neighborhood Council system was established in 1999 to connect LA s diverse communities to City Hall. Neighborhood Council board members are volunteers, elected to office by the members of their community, with the purpose of ensuring that the diverse voices from every neighborhood are heard by City Hall. Democracy cannot exist without a fair electoral process at every level of government. As the closest form of government to the people, Neighborhood Councils must ensure their elections are inclusive,