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L.A. leaders should stop stalling and put an ethics reform measure on the November ballot. Angelenos have lost trust in a City Hall that has been plagued with corruption scandals.

The Times' recommendation for Los Angeles City Council District 10

The City Council is slow-walking governance reform proposals, which means charter changes to allow a larger council and ethics reforms may not get on the November ballot.

2026 or bust. Los Angeles voters will be asked next year to appoint an independent redistricting commission and expand the City Council. But city leaders want to delay implementation of those reforms till 2032.

Should a person employed by a firm that works on campaigns regulated by the Ethics Commission be serving on the Ethics Commission? Ideally, no.

The behind-the-scenes effort to kill an appointment to the city's oversight panel shows just how much L.A. needs political and ethics reforms.

Voters will likely be asked to support expanding the City Council. The question is how big and how bold that change should be.

The CD 6 is the first election since Los Angeles was rocked by the leaked audio scandal last fall, exposing the city's toxic political culture and the need for major change.