COUNCIL DELAYS VOTE ON PLACING CHARTER REFORMS ON BALLOT.Byline: Rick Orlov Daily News Staff Writer The Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. on Friday delayed action Noun 1. delayed action - a mechanism that automatically delays the release of a camera shutter for a fixed period of time so that the photographer can appear in the picture until next
week on a series of charter reforms to submit to voters, with members
saying they needed more time to examine the proposed amendments.
Chief among these is a series of recommendations that would allow the Department of Water and Power to sell electricity outside city limits - which has been made possible by the state's deregulation Deregulation The reduction or elimination of government power in a particular industry, usually enacted to create more competition within the industry. Notes: Traditional areas that have been deregulated are the telephone and airline industries. of utilities. ``This is an urgent change for the DWP DWP Department of Work and Pensions (UK) DWP Drinking Water Program DWP Dynamic Weapon Pricing (gamin, Counter-Strike: Source) DWP Department of Water & Power DWP Drinking Water Protection if it is to be an effective competition in a totally new environment,'' Councilman Mike Feuer said. But members said they wanted to wait until Wednesday - the last day they can act to order the ballot language drafted for the Nov. 5 election - to get details on the myriad of other proposals suggested for voter approval. Many of the changes contained in the two charter amendments proposed to the council involve technical issues, editing revisions, or elimination of outdated sections of the charter. However, in addition to the new authority for the DWP, another change would reduce from 12 to 10 the number of votes needed to pass a city law immediately - a proposal opposed by Councilman Joel Wachs Joel Wachs served for several terms as Los Angeles City Councilman for the 2nd district. He was first elected by defeating incumbent James B. Potter. While in office, Wachs chaired the Public Works Committee and vice-chair of the Environmental Quality & Waste Management . Presently, the council can approve an ordinance A law, statute, or regulation enacted by a Municipal Corporation. An ordinance is a law passed by a municipal government. A municipality, such as a city, town, village, or borough, is a political subdivision of a state within which a municipal corporation has been with 12 votes if there is no opposition. Otherwise, it must be continued for one week, when eight members then can give it final approval. ``If we care about the democratic process, we shouldn't do this,'' Wachs said. ``The way it works now, if 12 members don't vote for a law, we have a week to analyze it. That gives us and the public time to study a measure. Reducing this to 10 would make it too easy to get things through.'' |
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