good morning. Welcome to LA on the Record, City Hall’s newsletter. Rebecca Ellis brings together the latest news from cities and counties with the help of her colleague David Zahniser.

There are 10 days left until the end of a bitterly divisive election season.

For L.A. County’s five supervisors, a change in tenor won’t come soon enough.

“In the eight years I’ve been here, there may have been more divisiveness recently than I remember.” Supervisor Janice Hahn he said Tuesday at another unusually tough board meeting. “I don’t like the current dynamic between us.”

For specialists, the tensions brewing have nothing to do with the main issue that divides the country. It’s all about Major G.

On Nov. 5, voters in Los Angeles County will decide whether to overhaul one of the state’s most powerful legislative bodies. The sweeping voting system would nearly double the size of the Board of Supervisors, create a new Ethics Commission and create an elected official who would function much like the mayor.

This measure split the five supers along unusual lines. Lindsay Horvath and Janice HahnBoth spearheaded the response and joined the supervisors. Hilda Solis to be placed on the ballot.

supervisor holly mitchell and Kathryn Berger They criticized the proposal as poorly conceived and the process rushed. Berger previously said she and Mitchell had been kept in the dark for too long, calling it “less than transparent.”

This week, Mitchell and Berger introduced their own motions aimed at tackling the often baffling county bureaucracy and giving the public more time to consider county policies. The measure passed, but only after three Measure G supporters on the board expressed misgivings. The motion ultimately passed 4-1, with Solis voting against it.

“Frankly, I don’t think this is a comfortable direction for me,” Solis said. “I want to wait until the election is over.”

Horvath said she was “skeptical about the motives” of her colleagues.

In county government terms, this is infinitely more adversarial.

At the moment, he said, “products with sharpness are very expensive.” Eric Prebuna long-time board watcher and self-proclaimed “abs extraordinaire.”

“In my opinion, I think it’s actually the hurt feelings towards Major G that are causing a bit of a power struggle,” he said.

At first glance, the motion passed Tuesday contained a shaky policy change that had little to do with the impending ballot measure.

Mitchell and Berger wanted to present most of the board’s motions in small groups, called cluster meetings, to give the public more time before the board votes. The move, they argued, would create a more “effective and accountable” county government. Currently, most motions are published four business days before voting.

“Let me be clear,” Mitchell said. “In my view, this has no direct correlation with the measurement G.”

“This week’s motion is nothing more than a desire to make the Board’s work more inclusive and accessible to the public,” Berger said in a statement.

Supporters of Policy G took a different view, arguing that the motion, with similar themes of transparency and accountability, would confuse voters so close to an election.

morgan millerchair Yes in G campaigncalled this an “act intended to mislead voters” and an example of “dishonest political conduct.”

“This motion is a sad attempt by a career politician to distract voters and undermine genuine democratic reform,” she wrote.

State of play

— Last day of racing in DA: Support received by the Los Angeles County District. Atty. Georges Gascon In 2020, he disappeared as he sought re-election. He is currently trailing his challenger, a former federal prosecutor. Nathan Hockman Even in fundraisers and polls. How did we get here?

— Big Friday night: Friday night will test the limits of Los Angeles’ safety measures as the city hosts Game 1 of the World Series and other high-profile sporting events. mayor Karen Bass The city’s emergency response center was activated to ensure everything went smoothly, she said.

— Menendez fumes: Gascón asked the judge to be outraged. Eric and Lyle MenendezThe brothers are serving life sentences for murdering their parents in their Beverly Hills home in 1989. The request could make the brothers eligible for parole and pave the way for their release.

— Crying for help and then being homeless: For years, renters have been trying to get the city to address the deplorable living conditions in their apartment complexes. This summer, city officials ordered the building to be vacated, leaving her homeless.

— Motel Mayhem: The city has filed charges against the owner of a South Los Angeles motel that has been the site of at least seven shootings and 30 arrests over the past four years. The city claims the Sun Motel was a dangerous hub for street gangs and claims the owners did little to stop criminal activity.

— Lyrical Repulsion: Isabel Juradois running to unseat the Los Angeles City Council. kevin de leon At a recent event with college students, he got a bad rap for saying, “Police, that’s how I think of police,” in response to a question about police spending. This question was asked by a student at California State University, Los Angeles, who works with de Leon. Jurado downplayed her use of the F-word, saying, “It was just a lyric.”

— Car-free dreamThe clock is ticking for Bus to fulfill his promise of a “car-free” Olympics. With no detailed transportation plan in place and little funding available, some policymakers worry Mr. Bass is running out of time.

quick hit

• Where is Inside Safe? The mayor’s signature program to address homelessness was sent to the City of Pacoima, represented by Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez. The operation removed multiple RVs and brought more than 15 people indoors, the mayor’s team said.
• Next week’s record: The prefectural supervisor is expected to be heard Tuesday’s story is about a report from Covington & Burling, an outside law firm that has conducted years of investigations and audits into the county’s contracting process. The audit was approved in October 2021 following the federal indictment of Los Angeles City Councilman Mark Ridley Thomas, who served on the Board of Supervisors from 2008 to 2020.
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