How Do You Solve a Problem Like L.A.’s City Council?
In This Moment of Pain and Division, There’s Opportunity to Demand Real Change for Our Democracy
“Do we even need a city council?” That was the provocative title question posed at last night’s Zócalo/KCRW event at the Herald Examiner Building in downtown Los Angeles.
To get at the answer, a panel of democracy experts and L.A. political insiders discussed the history and future of L.A.’s embattled city council—and why, in this moment of pain and division, there’s a real opportunity to demand change in the way the city is run.
Moderator Janaya Williams, KCRW’s host of All Things Considered, started off the conversation by addressing the elephant (or, …
