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Commentary: How to reform Los Angeles City Hall to avoid future corruption and scandal

Los Angeles City Hall on Monday, Oct. 17, 2022, in Los Angeles, California.

The secretly recorded conversation from October 2021 involving three members of the Los Angeles City Council and a labor leader is yet another scandal that will further damage public trust in the city’s government.

Los Angeles has had plenty of corruption problems involving councilmembers centered on kickbacks, obstruction and conspiracies. The current scandal is somewhat different in its exposure of ugly racism and the use of redistricting to disempower certain racial groups and others. Still, there is a commonality with

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