Public Democracy Los Angeles, held a virtual meeting Tuesday to address the importance of making citizens’ assemblies in the city. A citizen’s assembly works to represent the multicultural city of LA through a lottery-selected deliberation where residents take up the ability to decide policy recommendations for city problems, said Micheal Draskovic, a co-host of the event from Public Democracy LA, during the meeting. Read more...

Photo: Los Angeles City Hall is pictured. Public Democracy Los Angeles held a virtual meeting Tuesday to address the importance of making citizens’ assemblies in the city. (Daily Bruin file photo)