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LA Charter Reform (STILL) At a Crossroads: The LA Charter Reform Commission is preparing to vote on: Planning & infrastructure Reforms, like: creating a Capital Infrastructure Plan; empowering a Director of Public works; and replacing Area Planning Commissions with a Board of Neighborhood Appeals. This includes Government Structure Reforms, like splitting the City Attorney's office, lowering the voting age to 16 for LAUSD and city elections, and changing ballot access requirements to run for office. Voice your support for the direction you want LA to take! Meeting at LA City Hall, 200 N Spring St, Room 350; Feb 18th, 4 PM. You can call/Zoom in to participate! Talking points & meeting info at: bit.ly/FRLA26 We're Fair Rep LA, at FairRepLA.com

WEDNESDAY (2/18), 4 PM, LA City Hall, Room 350: the Charter Reform Commission meets to vote on whether to advance key reforms.

Also on the agenda: a motion for Commission STAFF to disclose their communications w/elected officials.

More meeting info at: bit.ly/FRLA26

YouTube video by Public Democracy LA Los Angeles Mini-Civic Assembly (December 2025)

Hear from the Angelenos who deliberated on land use housing at the ReWrite LA civic assembly in December 2025. Their views will be shared with the Los Angeles Charter Reform Commission for possible inclusion on the November 2026 ballot youtu.be/0hsn9cZt6Yw?...

YouTube video by Fair Rep LA LA City Charter Reform Commission (Meeting 20) February 11, 2026

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Our full video of this meeting of the LA Charter Reform Commission is now up at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMg5...

This LA Charter Reform Commission meeting has been unexpectedly adjourned after an attempt to end in-person public comment at 30 minutes led to a public outcry, and a loss of quorum.

Our video of what went down will be up ASAP at: youtube.com/@FairRepLA

This meeting is now under way. Public comment will be starting shortly.

Tune in and chime in on charter reform via Zoom!

Zoom & meeting info at: bit.ly/FRLA26

We've got an agenda stacked with motions today, including another push for disclosing comms btwn elected officials and Commission staff.

WEDNESDAY (2/11) @ 4 PM - LA City Hall, Room 350: the full Commission meets to (hopefully) finally vote on the Charter reforms the Ad Hoc Committee purged.

Stand up and be counted to restore the Charter reforms LA's future needs!

Zoom & meeting info: bit.ly/FRLA26

Commissioner Feuntes vowed to resubmit the motion to hopefully be voted upon at the next full Commission meeting (Wed., 2/11), amended to apply only to staff's communications with the Mayor, Council President, or their staff regarding a matter pending before the Commission.

At the Feb. 5th Charter Reform Commission meeting, Commissioner Fuentes' motion for disclosure of staff ex parte communications was voted down 4-5 (Andrades, Levin, Meza, Stein opposed; Fuentes, Lewis, Mac, Murray, Thomas in favor).

7 votes are needed for the motion to pass.

This meeting will be starting shortly at 4:15 PM. You can give remote public comment via Zoom!

Meeting & Zoom info at: bit.ly/FRLA26

You'll find our video uploaded soon after at youtube.com/@FairRepLA.

LAPD reform gets tossed by Charter Reform committee, but some vow to bring it back A six-person subcommittee tasked with narrowing down Charter Reform proposals punts on police reform ideas submitted by community groups, council members. The full commission can still revive them.

LAPD reform gets tossed by Charter Reform committee, but some vow to bring it back thelareporter.la/p/lapd-refor...

The LA Charter Reform Commission's Ad Hoc Committee finally executed their reform purge. Time to fight back.

Tell the FULL Commission to purge the Ad Hoc Committee instead, and put real reform back on the table.

More meeting info: bit.ly/FRLA26

Our video of this LA Charter Reform Commission meeting on 1/31 is now up at: youtu.be/xYHPOzQ_gXE

On suspension/removal/discipline of elected officials: Sanchez-Andrades motion passes 4-2 (Murray & Thomas opposing) to establish the procedures below, and disposes of all other related reforms.

This fails to address mayoral vacancy and stripping/restoring committee assignments.

On allowing the @controller.lacity.gov, Ethics Commission, and LACERS to hire outside counsel: the Andrades-Murray motion passes 5-1 (Thomas opposing) to DISPOSE of all such reforms "due to the fact that bifurcating the City Attorney’s office removes political polarization".

On procurement by City Departments such as LAWA, the Port of LA, LADWP: the Murray-Andrades motion passes 5-1 (Thomas opposed) to move forward all items below except Items 7 (depends on change of City Council meeting schedule) and 10 (depends on changes made to other departments).

On personnel: the Committee's motion to table all personnel matters for a future meeting passes 5-1 (Thomas opposed).

On LACERS (the LA City Employees' Retirement System): the Committee's Andrades-Murray motion to DISPOSE of all suggested Charter reforms passes 5-1.

Advance a 2-year budget process that includes Requiring departments to submit two year budget proposals by by Nov. 30th; Requiring the Mayor to release a biennial strategic plan by August 31 and a two year budget by April 20; Require Council review the budget to occur once per biennial cycle; Change Mayoral veto and Council override to occur only in the year before the first biennial budget year; A mechanism for participatory budgeting; A plan for a transition to a 2-year budget.

The Committee's Meza-Sanchez motion below to transition to a 2-year budget process passes 5-1 (Thomas opposed).

The Committee's motion to dispose of all AI procurement reforms passes 5-1 (Thomas opposed).

Moving forward the following reforms under Periodic Charter Review: add periodic charter review that shall: Occur every 10 years and begin 3 years before each decennial census; include mechanisms to ensure appointments to the commission are filled expediently; Has an independent budget and staff; Includes ex-parte rules; Send recommendations directly to voters; Has a parallel civic assembly process.

The Committee's motion on Periodic Charter Review passes 6-0, including ex parte communication rules, the ability to send recommendations directly to voters, and a parallel civic assembly process.

The Committee's Thomas-Murray motion to re-hear all of the Commission staff report's police accountability items before the full Commission has failed, 3-3 (Meza, Stein, Sanchez opposed).

Motion by Ted Stein, Seconded by Raymond Meza I move that there be policy instructions to the Chief of Police and the Police Department through the adoption of an ordinance must be considered by the Police Commission within 30 days and voted on within 60 days or else it becomes law, and dispose of all other reforms that we have discussed, but recommend City Council and the Mayor establish a Christopher Commission-type review all other reforms. Diego Andrades: Friendly amendment on Commission to review police transparency and accountability; mandate that this Commission is Chartered; audit and subpoena authority over LAPD, have substantive and independent budget, have direct ballot access, and Commissioners will be paid stipends; automated appointment once authority. Raymond Meza: Friendly amendment: Commission would have ability to go to the voters w/ex parte communications disclosures

The Ad Hoc Committee has voted 4-2 in favor (Murray, Thomas opposed) on the following Stein-Meza motion to establish a Christopher Commision-type review and dispose of all other police reforms.

This meeting is now in progress!

Public comment is in person only, but you can watch via Zoom, linked at our meeting info page at: bit.ly/FRLA26

We'll be live tweeting all motions passed by this Committee throughout the day. Stay tuned!

Oh man, I actually love this idea. Why should adults be the only ones making decisions for them? They should have a voice, and this is a great way to active them in important processes like voting at an earlier age. Give them the opportunity to buy into their future and I think you’ll be surprised.

Some support in Los Angeles for lowering the voting age for school board elections specifically.

Some places are trying this out. Here's a piece on Newark from last year: boltsmag.org/newark-teens...

You can find Councilmember Hernandez's full 9 page letter of recommendations to the Charter Reform Commission here: drive.google.com/file/d/1oN35...

For more background on lowering the voting age you can check out our memo here: bit.ly/FRLAVOTE16

Thank you Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez!

CM Hernandez is the 1st City of LA elected official to offer their support for allowing "residents 16 and up to vote in LAUSD Board elections to allow for representation of the people most impacted by these elections."

🗺️ ATTENDING IN PERSON? Check our map below to get to Mosher Hall easily!

PLAN AHEAD FOR TRANSIT/TRAFFIC DISRUPTIONS:
🚂 The closest Metro Rail stop, Highland Park, will be closed 5 AM to 5 PM on 1/31.
🚗 Lane reductions on the 405 may slow travel through the Sepulveda Pass.

THIS SATURDAY (1/31) • 9:30 AM • Occidental College

The LA Charter Reform Commission’s “electric saw” committee is back to decide which proposed changes to how LA works move forward…and which get cut. 🪚

More meeting info: bit.ly/FRLA26