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LA Charter reform panel meets again today, after commissioners walk out of last meeting, saying the public was being silenced

Feb 18, 2026

Four commissioners walked out of the Feb. 11 meeting, after the mic was cut on a speaker making public comment. The chair had ordered meeting room cleared, telling The LA Reporter a day later that the meeting was being disrupted. This comes as the reform panel is set to make big decisions ahead of April 2 deadline to submit its proposal to the LA City Council.

LAPD reform gets tossed by Charter Reform committee, but some vow to bring it back

Feb 3, 2026

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.

LA charter reform commissioners could decide Wednesday on whether to share private chats with Mayor, other electeds

Jan 20, 2026

The commission is set to take up a motion by its chair, Raymond Meza, who had previously taken a hands-off approach to sharing such private conversations, saying it was up to the City Council.

🐦 The LA Reporter, Issue 15: What's getting voted off the island at the LA City Charter Reform Commission?

Jan 17, 2026

News from an LA Reporter. This issue is focused just on the Charter Reform Commission, which is headed into an elimination round on Saturday, with a last minute push to get a proposal to give 16 and 17 year olds the vote onto this November's ballot.

Hundreds answered LA city financial watchdog Kenneth Mejia's call to defend their office against charter 'attack'

Jan 16, 2026

People submitted more than 260 letters, and crammed into a North Hollywood meeting room last week to urge against a proposal to strip the City Controller's office of its accounting duties. This comes at a critical stage for the Charter Reform Commission, the members of which are meeting Saturday, Jan. 17, to cull away from its long list of charter change proposals.

🐦 The LA Reporter, Issue 14: Didn't they already approve an Olympic Wage?

Jan 3, 2026

News from an LA Reporter. This issue, that includes a bevy of citizen-sponsored ballot initiatives getting fed into the election hopper, The Nation magazine dedicating a special package to Los Angeles in its first 2026 issue, and Black Lives Matter leader penning an open letter saying Karen Bass no longer a progressive.

🐦 The LA Reporter, Issue 13: LA Public Library staffers seek apology for Read Palestine Week cancellation

Dec 19, 2025

News from an LA Reporter. For this issue, that includes the LA Public Library cancelling Read Palestine Week event over authors' social media posts, LAPD's last-minute addition to the charter reform agenda, and the Ethics Commission getting tough on LA City Councilman John Lee.

LA City Librarian cites need to be 'apolitical,' as staffers seek apology for cancelled Read Palestine Week event

Dec 19, 2025

More than 100 library staffers put their names to a "solidarity letter" that seeks an apology from library administrators. City Librarian John Szabo now says the cancellation of a Dec. 6 Read Palestine Week event was due to author's social media posts.

LAPD is finally getting taken up by the LA Charter Reform panel. What took so long?

Dec 11, 2025

Some point to a tight timeline and crowded plate for the commission. Others say it's a political hot potato.

LA Public Library cancels Read Palestine Week event set for Saturday at Central Library

Dec 5, 2025

Jenan Matari, author of the children's book Everything Grows in Jiddo's Garden, and Nora Lester Murad, who wrote the young adult book Ida in the Middle, say that library officials cancelling their talk is censorship. Library officials, instead, pointed to issues with the event's approval process.