good morning. Welcome to LA on the Record, City Hall’s newsletter. David Zarnizer, Julia Wick, and Dakota Smith guide you through the events of the past week.

where did the time go?

The Los Angeles City Council returns from summer vacation this week, and thanks to last month’s city council elections, each of the 15 city council districts will finally have a representative. Imelda Padilla Who is the successor to the former city councilor? Nouri Martinez Located in the San Fernando Valley.

With Padilla’s appointment, the council now has seven members who have been in office for less than a year. As such, she’s the latest symbol of change sweeping through City Hall amid corruption investigations, audio leak scandals, and a spate of election campaigns.

Other new faces you may already know: Unices Hernandez, heather hat, Katie Yaroslavski, Tracy Park, Hugo Soto Martinez and Tim Muosker. All took office in December, except for Hutt, who was appointed to replace a former city councilor last year. Mark Ridley Thomasafter being indicted on federal corruption charges.

With so many beginners, there is an opportunity to make big changes, but it can also be a disaster. So what should the new arrivals do? We asked several city councilors how they would advise Padilla and her slightly more experienced colleagues.

Former city council member Zeb YaroslavskiHis daughter-in-law is also one of the new members, and he urged the new members to become experts in the legislative process and experts in council rules. She also said it was important for him to be a leader, not just a bureaucrat.

Yaroslavsky advised them to look in the mirror every morning and ask themselves: “What problems would you mind losing your job for?”

“I would respect elected officials who take calculated risks in the interest of the nation,” said Yaroslavski, who served several terms on the county oversight board and is now director of the UCLA Ruskin Graduate School of Public Affairs Los Angeles Initiative. said Yaroslavski, who serves as .

Former city council member Mike HernandezHe said new city council members should take the time to “understand their power” by figuring out what it takes to implement their proposals through the bureaucracy, he said.

“I would tell them to slow down and learn,” he said. “The learning curve continues, not just for members of Congress, but also for its staff.”

Former city council member Dennis ZainHe, who served in the western San Fernando Valley from 2001 to 2013, said incoming lawmakers need to understand that their work is seven days a week, not the usual nine-to-five. . “Your life becomes the demand of the community,” said the former police officer.

Zine advice to Padilla and friends: Be honest, act with integrity, and work with the diverse community you represent.

“You are the guardians of the community. You are the ambassadors and liaisons. You are the watchdogs,” he said.

Of course, this isn’t the first time LA has had so many new lawmakers enacting legislation at once. In fact, voters hit the reset button at City Hall every 10 to 12 years.

Scandals and resignations contributed. However, due to term limits, incumbents are not using as much power as they used to.

In 2013, the council welcomed seven new members. Jill Zedillo, Bob Blumenfield, Nouri Martinez, Felipe Fuentes, Current price, Mike Bonin and Mitch O’Farrell. (You can also count the city council members) Joe Buscaino, was inaugurated as the eighth in a special election a year ago. )

In 2001, the council also welcomed seven new members. Ed Reyes, Dennis Zain, Tom Labonzi, Jack Weiss, Jean Perry, Eric Garcetti and Janice Hahn. (Wendy Gruell In 2002, he won another special election to become the eighth. )

Padiya has already served one meeting as an interim city council member (the election results have yet to be certified) and is expected to take office on Tuesday. And she’s starting to make some moves. The community organizer, who calls himself a “realistic progressive”, plans to file a motion to restore council meetings at Van Nuys City Hall after a hiatus of several years.

“I reached out to the City Council Speaker,” she said Thursday. “And I’m actually going to follow up with him after this call.”

state of play

— Los Angeles Police Department Investigation: Officers conducted a raid on Eagle Rock as part of an investigation into the provenance of recordings made undercover at the Los Angeles County Labor Federation in 2021. Investigators executed the warrant at home. Santos Leon and Carla Vasquez, both were employed by the federation when the record was made. The recording prompted the resignation of two leading politicians last year. Ron HerreraMr. Martinez, who headed the federation, and Mr. Martinez, who was chairman of the council at the time.

— Bitplayer: For now, the mayor Karen Bass Bass played only a background role in efforts to resolve the ongoing strikes in Hollywood, including the first simultaneous strike by writers and actors since 1960. Buss was much more involved in reaching agreements between Los Angeles Unified and many low-wage workers.

— Metro travel: Bass presided over the first meeting of Metro’s 13-member board of directors and detailed his plans for the mega-transit system in a speech at Union Station. With safety being a particular focus, Bass said nearly 50 people had died on Metro buses, trains and rail platforms.Many of them are suspected to have been caused by deadly drug overdoses.

— 6 years in prison: Real estate developer convicted of offering $500,000 to former city councilor Jose Wizar Sentenced to six years in prison.Living in Bel Air Daeyeon LeeHaving won approval to build a 20-storey high-rise in the Hajzar district, he told a judge he would regret his actions for the rest of his life.

– What’s your name? : A planned 50-acre park in Porter Ranch is still unnamed in honor of a former city councilor. Mitch Englander’s fallen from grace, Daily News reported. At one point, sections of the park were to be named after Englander and her mother and sister. But Englander later pleaded guilty to lying to FBI agents about a deal with a businessman who secretly gave him $15,000 in cash and a night of debauchery in Las Vegas.

— Supervised Shutdown: Youth Justice Coalition protesters helped close a county board meeting on Tuesday, citing “dire” conditions at Downey’s Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall. The school reopened this month after a state oversight board ordered the counties to evict most young people from troubled juvenile detention centers in Boyle Heights and Sylmar.

— Is the third time attractive? After two attempts and failures so far, the AIDS Medical Foundation-led Coalition of Housing Advocates has gathered enough signatures to put the bill on the 2024 ballot, giving voters significant restrictions on rent regulation. He submitted a bill to repeal it. The state will cap rents on more types of housing.

— Tree felling fight: The city issued a $250 summons to NBCUniversal for cutting trees on Barham Boulevard without a permit to provide shade for striking entertainment industry employees.city ​​controller Kenneth Mejia In response, he said the city’s tree-cutting laws were “outdated”.

—Council Connections: Have you seen the paparazzi photos of ‘The Bear’ star? Jeremy Allen White running it temporarily destroyed the internet this week?Well, keen-eyed viewers may have noticed an unlikely urban cameo: City Councilman. Nitya Raman safe road sign in the background. “The 4th District Council says,”yes chef,“Raman spokesperson” Stella Stahl I quipped on Friday.

quick hit

• Where is Inside Safe? Mayor’s program to fight homelessness returns to council-represented districts Current price, focuses on streets around the 110 Freeway from 42nd Street South to Slawson Avenue. Operation Inside Safe took place on some of these roads earlier this year, but was unable to get everyone back indoors.
• Record for next week: of the council Housing and Homeless Commission The mayor’s office said it plans to implement several tenant assistance programs, including $18.4 million in emergency assistance for low-income renters and a $23 million eviction prevention and prevention program.the work is on deadline Tenants have to pay part of the late rent incurred during the pandemic.