RULES & GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE

RULES AND GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE

The Rules and Government Committee of the Los Angeles City Council exercises jurisdiction with regard to the Election Division of the City Clerk, and the Ballot Simplification Committee, and the City Ethics Commission. The committee is responsible for scheduling and considering the following matters under its jurisdiction: the City Ethics Commission recommendations; ballot measures and other election matters; campaign practices; Charter amendments; conflicts of interest; City's lobbyist ordinance; Code of Ethics; fair political practices; Council district boundaries; Council rules and policies; election practices; voter registration and fraud. The committee is also charged with hearing official City positions with respect to legislation, rules, regulations or policies proposed to or pending before a local, state or federal governmental body or agency; Council's Legislative Advocacy; liaison with City's legislative offices in Sacramento and Washington, D.C.; liaison with national, state and local intergovernmental associations such as the National League of Cities, the League of California Cities and the Independent Cities Association; all activities with the Federal, State, County, and regional levels of Government, the Legislature, the Congress, and the Administration at all levels pursuant to the provisions of the Charter and Administrative Code; creation of joint powers agreements; protocol; all matters relating to Sister Cities; and other relationships with other governmental agencies outside the City except in matters related to housing, grants, trade or economic development, or other matters directly assigned elsewhere, such as transportation (Metropolitan Transportation Authority) and environmental quality (South Coast Air Quality Management District).

The Rules and Government Committee meets the second and fourth Wednesdays of every month at 3:00 pm in Room 1070.

Membership of the Rules and Government Committee consists of:

Council President Eric Garcetti, Council District 13
Chair

Councilmember Jack Weiss, Council District 5
Vice Chair

Councilmember Dennis P. Zine, Council District 3

Staff to the Committee:

Cecilia Cabello, Council District 13
(213) 473-7013

Kellee O’Rourke, Council District 5
(213) 473-7005

Christopher Olsen, Council District 3
(213) 473-7003

Patrice Lattimore, Legislative Assistant
(213) 978-1074

		Second and fourth Wednesdays of every month at 3:00 pm in Room 1070.
GARCETTI (CHAIR) \| WEISS (VICE CHAIR) \| ZINE
CURRENT AGENDAS SUBSCRIBE TO COMMITTEE AGENDA ESPAÑOL FULL PUBLIC FINANCING CITY CLERK CITY ETHICS COMMISSION REGISTER TO VOTE STATE BILLS FEDERAL BILLS		RULES AND GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE The Rules and Government Committee of the Los Angeles City Council exercises jurisdiction with regard to the Election Division of the City Clerk, and the Ballot Simplification Committee, and the City Ethics Commission. The committee is responsible for scheduling and considering the following matters under its jurisdiction: the City Ethics Commission recommendations; ballot measures and other election matters; campaign practices; Charter amendments; conflicts of interest; City's lobbyist ordinance; Code of Ethics; fair political practices; Council district boundaries; Council rules and policies; election practices; voter registration and fraud. The committee is also charged with hearing official City positions with respect to legislation, rules, regulations or policies proposed to or pending before a local, state or federal governmental body or agency; Council's Legislative Advocacy; liaison with City's legislative offices in Sacramento and Washington, D.C.; liaison with national, state and local intergovernmental associations such as the National League of Cities, the League of California Cities and the Independent Cities Association; all activities with the Federal, State, County, and regional levels of Government, the Legislature, the Congress, and the Administration at all levels pursuant to the provisions of the Charter and Administrative Code; creation of joint powers agreements; protocol; all matters relating to Sister Cities; and other relationships with other governmental agencies outside the City except in matters related to housing, grants, trade or economic development, or other matters directly assigned elsewhere, such as transportation (Metropolitan Transportation Authority) and environmental quality (South Coast Air Quality Management District). The Rules and Government Committee meets the second and fourth Wednesdays of every month at 3:00 pm in Room 1070. Membership of the Rules and Government Committee consists of: Council President Eric Garcetti, Council District 13 Chair Councilmember Jack Weiss, Council District 5 Vice Chair Councilmember Dennis P. Zine, Council District 3 Staff to the Committee: Cecilia Cabello, Council District 13 (213) 473-7013 Kellee O’Rourke, Council District 5 (213) 473-7005 Christopher Olsen, Council District 3 (213) 473-7003 Patrice Lattimore, Legislative Assistant (213) 978-1074