Posted on 09/20/2024
Paul Krekorian assumed the Presidency of the Los Angeles City Council in In October 2022, at a time when Los Angeles and City Hall were convulsed by scandal and controversy. Over the next 23 months he restored stability and built consensus around an agenda of governance reform, while presiding over the most diverse Council in the City's history.
Among other achievements, in only 23 months, the Council...
- Placed Independent Redistricting and Ethics Reform on the November ballot
- Adopted Community Plans for Hollywood and Downtown L.A.
- Reduced unsheltered homelessness in the City by ten percent
- Streamlined the process for building affordable housing
- Enacted some of the strongest tenant protections in the country
- Adopted City budgets prioritizing public safety
- Added street safety measures to all City elementary schools
- Funded conversion of City buildings and vehicles to carbon-free power