Monica Rodriguez

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for six charter amendments this is sort of like the city constitution and council member monica rodriguez has taken unusually strong positions on three of the most consequential ones and we'll talk about which ones those are la senora monica rodriguez is in the studio with us today hey

it's so good to be here with you guys

yes bienvenido always a pleasure to have you with us um this is kind of flying under the radar because we've got this mayor's race and we're gonna talk a bit about that with you coming up the stakes are high there as well one measure that you are asking the voters of los angeles to vote on is you council critters are getting together too frequently at city hall to do the people's business right am i wrong about that i mean that's on the ballot you're meeting too much

Well, as I've said to many people, ask Jose Huizar how that worked.

If you basically empower those committee meetings to a handful of council members really dictating what the policy is going to be in the city of Los Angeles, you're essentially inviting greater corruption and less oversight in the public domain.

L.A. City Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez joining us in the studio right now.

Talk to me about this Measure PRK.

He's very awkward on the phone to our listeners who don't know.

Monica Rodriguez, by the way, a councilwoman, is coming in here to talk with us.

Yeah, we've got some of those

measures, those ballot measures to talk to her about on the city.

In fact, in the city of Los Angeles, there are six charter amendments.

This is sort of like the city constitution.

And council member Monica Rodriguez has taken unusually strong positions on three of the most consequential ones.

And we'll talk about which ones those are.

The city measure is E.E. City ethics, elections and governance.

And this is supported by McCosker, Yaroslavsky, Harris-Dawson and opposed by Monica Rodriguez, who tends to be more conservative.

But to me, it sounded like, OK, so y'all just want to meet once a week now.

It is also giving the inspector general in the fire department independent assessor more authority,

Doesn't mean you don't love some of the conservative agenda that's coming out.

And you've been endorsed by John Lee, Tracy Park, Monica Rodriguez.

I mean, that is the conservative block of the L.A. City Council.

But they're Democrats.

Your colleagues have a very difficult time working with you.

As a matter of fact, we had to twist their arms to get them to even serve on the committee.

They were relieved when you were removed because they don't find you to be basically honest, are very difficult to work with.

L.A. Mayor Karen Bass attacking mayoral candidate and city council member Nithya Raman during a debate last week.

She's talking about the council's housing and homelessness committee.

Raman's colleagues ousted her as the committee's chair this summer.

Not a single member of the city council has endorsed Nithya Raman's bid for mayor, and several have eviscerated her publicly.

Before the primary election last spring, I asked Raman why she thinks she's so unpopular in City Hall.