Unbeknownst to most of it's residents, LA will be again voting this upcoming Tuesday.
Since this election doesn't concern the current President nor his policies, the lone Measure C and school district elections have surreptitiously crept up on the city. This is a friendly reminder to everyone that voting occurs more than every four years. As the latimes predicted, the police union backed federal lawsuit has appeared as a ballot measure. Voters will see this, come Tuesday: Measure C: Shall the Charter be amended to allow the City Council to provide that a police officer who is entitled to a Police Department Board of Rights hearing for a disciplinary matter may select a Board of Rights composed of all civilian members? The ACLU, latimes and it's sf valley cousin the Los Angeles Daily News, BLMla , and LAPD chief Charlie Beck, are detractors of the measure. The major point of concern is that according to the impartial chief legislative analyst: During the period from 2011 to November 2016, civilian Hearing Examiners were consistently more lenient than their sworn-officer counterparts. In the 39 Directed BOR cases where the Chief recommended termination but a BOR acquitted accused officers, the civilian member voted for acquittal in every case. During this period, 16 of the remaining 190 termination cases heard by BORs were decided by 2-to-1 margins. In each case, the Hearing Examiner voted for the more lenient option. Civilian BOR members have also voted for reduced penalties in every case where a BOR found an officer guilty of misconduct, and have also consistently voted for lesser punishments or acquittals in Opted Boards dealing with demotions or suspensions. On the other side, the LAPD police union, Mayor Eric Garcetti, Councilman Mitchell Englander, and the commissioner for the LA Board of Police Commissioners Cynthia McClain-Hill. The leader of the union, Craig Lally, has made an argument that this measure is about 'fairness' in police review: Our goal is to ensure that when an officer faces discipline, he or she is evaluated on facts and evidence in a fair manner. We think the voters will agree. Allowing police officers to choose a panel comprising all civilians eliminates any conflict of interest in the discipline process and increases public confidence in how officers are disciplined. The current discipline process puts command staff officers in the position of making decisions about colleagues’ careers and potentially overruling decisions made by their boss, the Chief of Police. Measure C eliminates this conflict of interest. In addition to Measure C, certain residents have an opportunity to vote on school district members. This won't apply to everyone, so I won't give a rundown here. But this guide should help you navigate Tuesday's choices if you are still undecided. Those unsure where they are registered to vote can go to the LA County website to locate their polling station. Even if you missed the registration deadline, you should be able to cast a ballot as a provisional voter. Just ask one of the poll workers at your polling station. *As a side note, this is the revived site of mine. I may post my old work if I have the time and it hasn't been lost to the aether.
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