COUNCIL ORDERS ETHICS TRAINING : IN WAKE OF CONFLICT PROBE, CITY COMMISSIONERS MUST UNDERGO SESSIONS YEARLY.Byline: Patrick McGreevy Daily News Staff Writer Reacting to an LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. conflict of interest probe of the former Building and Safety Commission president, the City Council voted Friday to require all city commissioners to undergo annual ethics training. In addition, Councilman Nate Holden Nathaniel "Nate" R. Holden (1929-) served on the Los Angeles City Council from 1987 to 2002. He previously served a term on the California State Senate and was Assistant Chief Deputy to then Los Angeles County Supervisor Kenneth Hahn. introduced a motion that would ban city commissioners from soliciting campaign contributions for elected city officials. The training requirement was proposed by council members John Ferraro John Ferraro (May 14 1924—April 17 2001) served as a Los Angeles City Councilman from 1966 until his death. Early life Ferraro was born in the working class suburb of Cudahy, California, just south of Los Angeles. and Mike Feuer after the resignation of Building and Safety Commission President Scott Adler, who is facing an investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . into whether he had a conflict of interest in representing a Koreatown bar manager fighting building and safety fines. Adler has denied a conflict. Feuer, who heads the council's Rules and Elections Committee, said it is essential that city commissioners know what they can and cannot do. ``They have to be able to display the highest level of integrity and quality that the city has to offer,'' Feuer said. ``And to do that, they need to be fully informed about the rules. I think it's fundamental.'' The motion adopted by the council asks the city Ethics Commission In the United States, an Ethics Commission is a commission established by State law to discourage dishonest practices by their public employees and elected officials. Almost all American states have such a commission. to mandate that all commissioners go through annual training sessions on ethics and conflict of interest laws, including restrictions on political fund raising. The motion asks the Ethics Commission to provide annual reports to the council on which commissioners fail to fulfill the requirement. ``Right now, this is a volunteer program,'' Ferraro noted, adding that many commissioners skip the training sessions. Mayor Richard Riordan Richard J. Riordan (born May 1, 1930) is a Republican politician from California, U.S. who served as the California Secretary of Education from 2003–2005 and as Mayor of Los Angeles from 1993–2001. Riordan ran for Governor of California unsuccessfully in 2002. sent a letter to Ferraro, released Friday, in which he endorsed the requirement for ethics training for his commission appointees. ``Putting this requirement into law will strengthen the process and assure appropriate resources are provided the Ethics Commission for this purpose,'' Riordan said. In the same letter, Riordan offered qualified support for another Ferraro proposal, to take away city badges from most commissioners. Adler is also facing an LAPD investigation into allegations that he showed his city commission badge to a 17-year-old prostitute prostitute n. a person who receives payment for sexual intercourse or other sexual acts, generally as a regular occupation. Although usually a prostitute refers to a woman offering sexual favors to men, male prostitutes may perform homosexual acts for money or with whom he had sex, and implied he was a police officer. Adler denied that allegation The assertion, claim, declaration, or statement of a party to an action, setting out what he or she expects to prove. If the allegations in a plaintiff's complaint are insufficient to establish that the person's legal rights have been violated, the defendant can make a as well. Riordan said he has asked the Personnel Department to develop identification cards that can replace badges for most commissioners. ``Regarding badges, I agree that their distribution to all commissioners is not required,'' Riordan wrote, adding that police and fire commissioners should keep their badges. Riordan said his office has begun working with the Ethics Commission to develop guidelines guidelines, n.pl a set of standards, criteria, or specifications to be used or followed in the performance of certain tasks. for the use of badges. Councilman Holden also submitted a proposal to the council Friday that would prohibit all city commissioners from soliciting campaign contributions for elected city officials. The idea first was proposed earlier in the week by City Attorney James Hahn For the Iowa politician, see . James Kenneth "Jim" Hahn (born July 3, 1950) is an American politician from the Democratic Party. He was the Deputy City Attorney (1975-1979), City Controller (1981-1985), City Attorney (1985-2001) and Mayor of Los Angeles, California and is expected to be sent to a council committee for study. Without such a ban, Holden said, there is the implication that special interests will get special treatment from city commissioners for contributing to the commissioners' candidates. The Daily News reported May 27 that at least eight of the mayor's commission appointees have hosted fund-raisers for Riordan's re-election campaign, including Airport Commission President Dan Garcia, Building and Safety Commission President Mabel Chang and Harbor Commissioner Frank Sanchez. Mayoral spokeswoman Noelia Rodriguez said Riordan would have no comment on Holden's motion. |
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