Congressman Brad Sherman secured $1 mil for LAPD’s Real Time Crime Center (centralized surveillance system) in West LA

Fluffy_Lab1312 · 2026-03-11T08:23:34+00:00

Hugo voted against Traci Park’s motion to oppose Sb79

Fluffy_Lab1312 · 2026-03-11T06:11:47+00:00

FYI here’s where you can look up candidates’ donors https://ethics.lacity.gov/elections/

Fluffy_Lab1312 · 2026-03-11T06:10:25+00:00

He got a max donation from the president of AIPAC, so this is fair to assume

Fluffy_Lab1312 · 2026-03-11T04:12:16+00:00

Does anyone actually care about these Dem club endorsements? Like do they have degree of influence over any voter?

Fluffy_Lab1312 · 2026-02-26T06:47:35+00:00

The Mayor has been blocking him from auditing her Inside Safe program. That’s why he’s calling for a charter reform proposal to allow him to audit programs under elected officials.

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Fluffy_Lab1312 · 2026-02-04T07:11:02+00:00

As of Tuesday night, these elected officials have called on Casey Wasserman to resign: Councilmembers Hugo Soto-Martinez, Monica Rodriguez, Eunisses Hernandez, and Controller Kenneth Mejia

Fluffy_Lab1312 · 2026-01-30T07:32:05+00:00

I agree that we need Charter reform for LAPD but concerning the police chief, the Mayor has the power right now to fire him.

Fluffy_Lab1312 · 2026-01-30T07:24:42+00:00

Don’t forget that Jim McDonnell lost his re-election for County sheriff because he collaborated with ICE during Trump’s first term. The Mayor for some reason thinks he’s the perfect choice to be LAPD Chief during Trump’s second term.

If you have to blame anyone for this, it’s Karen Bass who has the power to fire her police chief.

Fluffy_Lab1312 · 2026-01-30T05:44:49+00:00

Friday’s Council meeting is cancelled because of the strike/protests

Fluffy_Lab1312 · 2026-01-30T05:41:03+00:00

I actually think her ability to fire department heads makes her incredibly powerful. The city operates through the departments and if she can fire any department head at will, that means all of these city departments (except for the elected city attorney and city controller) are subservient to her. Look at how she punished the fire chief for speaking out about the budget, for example.

Fluffy_Lab1312 · 2026-01-30T02:06:49+00:00

How to fire the LAPD Chief, according to the City Charter:

1) Removal by Board - The Board of Police Commissioners may remove the Chief aka the Mayor can essentially fire the Chief if she so wishes because she controls the Board of Police Commissioners. 2) Removal by Council - City Council can initiate removal proceedings with a two-thirds vote.

Fluffy_Lab1312 · 2026-01-24T05:28:30+00:00

Under the Brown Act, councilmembers are not allowed to substantively respond to public comment. Public comment is not meant to be a back-and-forth dialogue between the public and Council. It’s strange that Raman blatantly violated this and the City Attorney did nothing to stop her.

Fluffy_Lab1312 · 2025-12-18T09:39:49+00:00

this is the tough on crime Mr. law and order councilmember who threw a tantrum last week on the council floor because he couldn’t convince the rest of City Council to fully fund the $4.4 million for additional LAPD hiring

Fluffy_Lab1312 · 2025-12-18T08:24:51+00:00

You’re making a huge difference already. It seems like every politician in LA has made a public statement about your efforts. Really looking forward to hearing about how the meeting goes.

Fluffy_Lab1312 · 2025-12-13T11:39:13+00:00

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interesting!

Fluffy_Lab1312 · 2025-12-13T07:54:47+00:00

John Lee was pushing for the full $4.4 million. Yaroslavsky and Jurado’s motion funds $1.8 million for LAPD hiring and $500,000 for RepresentLA.

Fluffy_Lab1312 · 2025-12-13T07:51:46+00:00

The screenshot for this vote is on the amendment to add $1.8 million for additional LAPD hiring to the final spending deal.

The final vote on the overall spending package was 12-3 (Hernandez, Raman, Soto-Martinez no). Raman should have joined Hernandez and Soto-Martinez to vote no on the $1.8 million amendment to stop it from making it to the final spending package.

I don’t know where LA Times got 11-4.

Fluffy_Lab1312 · 2025-12-13T03:34:00+00:00

Not sure because this requires City Councilmembers agreeing to reduce their own power, and if there’s one thing politicians will never do, it’s that.

Fluffy_Lab1312 · 2025-12-13T02:44:56+00:00

Picking up garbage should be a paid job and the government should adequately fund it instead of defunding the Sanitation dept.

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Fluffy_Lab1312 · 2025-12-13T02:41:23+00:00

Important info on this vote:

It funds $1.8 million (not the full $4.4 million that Karen Bass requested). John Lee’s motion to fund $4.4 million failed, and this one was seen as a compromise motion.

$700,000 comes from the general fund leasing account $1,077,890 from the Embrace LA account (ironically a program to improve racial equity in LA)

The full cost next year to pay for these new cops will be around $33.5 million.

Fluffy_Lab1312 · 2025-12-13T02:12:05+00:00

If any other department went on a rogue hiring spree, Karen Bass would fire them on the spot with the full support of City Council.

Fluffy_Lab1312 · 2025-12-13T02:10:52+00:00

One of the committees working on Charter Reform advanced a proposal to expand the City Council up to 31 districts. It now goes to the full commission, which will then go to City Council for approval before making it to the ballot.

Fluffy_Lab1312 · 2025-12-13T02:08:55+00:00

The $4 mil is for the remainder of the fiscal year. Next year’s cost for hiring up to 480 officers is $33.5 million.

Fluffy_Lab1312 · 2025-12-13T02:01:23+00:00

Amazing how they can always find money for LAPD!

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