Dan Halden, spokesperson for acting Council President Mitch O’Farrell, said O’Farrell will designate the office of the chief legislative analyst, which advises the council on policy matters, as the nonvoting caretaker of Martinez’s vacant seat. “Angelenos deserve a government focused squarely on meeting challenges in their neighborhoods that are too serious to risk a paralyzed City Council,” he said in a statement. Rushing to do major pieces of legislation — like the good stuff that was submitted yesterday — is a mistake,” he said, referring to proposals at Tuesday’s council meeting to explore increasing the size of the City Council. O’Farrell, the acting council president, announced his support for those proposals. O’Farrell joined Councilmember Curren Price, who has expressed interest in replacing Martinez as president, and three other city councilmembers at a news event Wednesday.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 14, 2022 00:51 UTC