To the editor: His editorial on the watered-down ethics reform package approved for the November vote by the Los Angeles City Council comments accurately on the council's recent actions regarding the Ethics Commission.
However, he fails to point out that the independent redistricting commission approved by the City Council is not actually true reform. It is important that the commission that draws Los Angeles City Council districts be truly independent and modeled after the state's redistricting commission.
A truly independent commission has a secure budget and its own legal advice. Otherwise, there is still the possibility that the City Council could indirectly interfere with redistricting by controlling the commission's budget and forcing it to rely on the city attorney for legal advice.
The City Council's current version of an independent redistricting commission does not meet the standards of true reform. The League of Women Voters of Greater Los Angeles is urging the council to improve this measure before voters decide on it in November.
Campo Mona, Los Angeles
The writer is president of the League of Women Voters of Greater Los Angeles.
