This post was updated Aug. 23 at 6 p.m. The latest iteration of Los Angeles’ charter reform process has ended in disappointment. In August 2024, Mayor Karen Bass created the Charter Reform Commission to study LA’s city charter – the document that acts as the city’s constitution. Read more...
Photo: Los Angeles City Hall is pictured. Columnist Emilio Lois writes that the charter reform process has failed to give LA residents the governmental transparency they deserve. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)






