{"id":67665,"date":"2024-09-24T16:21:46","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T23:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=67665"},"modified":"2024-09-24T16:21:46","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T23:21:46","slug":"barger-issues-statement-on-keeping-ethics-reform-in-l-a-county-moving-forward-transparency-and-accountability-dont-need-to-wait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=67665","title":{"rendered":"Barger Issues Statement on Keeping Ethics Reform in L.A. County Moving Forward: \u201cTransparency and Accountability Don\u2019t Need to Wait\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\">Supervisor Kathryn Barger issued the following statement today, after the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors deliberated on whether to approve her\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lnks.gd\/l\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDEsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vZmlsZS5sYWNvdW50eS5nb3YvU0RTSW50ZXIvYm9zL3N1cGRvY3MvMTk1NTUzLnBkZj91dG1fY29udGVudD0mdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fbmFtZT0mdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1nb3ZkZWxpdmVyeSZ1dG1fdGVybT0iLCJidWxsZXRpbl9pZCI6IjIwMjQwOTI0Ljg5OTEwMSJ9.GlxRr3nJ2NQQhStXb0dld8VOSNud51ZKeJiywzMtn4k\/s\/1372357670\/br\/249714061092-l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/lnks.gd\/l\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDEsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vZmlsZS5sYWNvdW50eS5nb3YvU0RTSW50ZXIvYm9zL3N1cGRvY3MvMTk1NTUzLnBkZj91dG1fY29udGVudD0mdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fbmFtZT0mdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1nb3ZkZWxpdmVyeSZ1dG1fdGVybT0iLCJidWxsZXRpbl9pZCI6IjIwMjQwOTI0Ljg5OTEwMSJ9.GlxRr3nJ2NQQhStXb0dld8VOSNud51ZKeJiywzMtn4k\/s\/1372357670\/br\/249714061092-l&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1727301660782000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3_b2AUH7z79nAOTRFycRYx\">motion<\/a>\u00a0to move forward with ethics reform in Los Angeles County:<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><em>\u201cPublic distrust in government runs deep, so keeping ethics reform moving forward<\/em><em>\u00a0in Los Angeles County is crucial.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><em>Our County\u2019s legal team has done a commendable job confirming our Board of Supervisors indeed has the authority to establish an independent Ethics Commission, Ethics Compliance Office and Ethics Officer. That\u2019s an important first step as we dutifully evaluate our options.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><em>I was also pleased to hear during today\u2019s Board discussion a heightened focus on supporting a public input process. Crafting any type of reform needs to honor that fundamental step. I\u2019m committed to keeping our ethics reform work accessible for the public\u2019s review and commentary\u2013transparency and accountability don\u2019t need to wait.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-7560774298814465841gd_p\" align=\"left\">A copy of the final motion approved by the LA County Board of Supervisors, who voted 5-0 unanimously in support of Supervisor Barger\u2019s motion with some amendments, is available\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lnks.gd\/l\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDIsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vZHJpdmUuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS9maWxlL2QvMWxJSU1lVmdpX3RmU1RqdUE4dHFKSTRYdFV4VURoNnFEL3ZpZXc_dXNwPXNoYXJpbmcmdXRtX2NvbnRlbnQ9JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX25hbWU9JnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Z292ZGVsaXZlcnkmdXRtX3Rlcm09IiwiYnVsbGV0aW5faWQiOiIyMDI0MDkyNC44OTkxMDEifQ.J5KURHOVKwp18-b3CGAYDf1bZeXi2qFcE1Gql6i9G1I\/s\/1372357670\/br\/249714061092-l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/lnks.gd\/l\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDIsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vZHJpdmUuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS9maWxlL2QvMWxJSU1lVmdpX3RmU1RqdUE4dHFKSTRYdFV4VURoNnFEL3ZpZXc_dXNwPXNoYXJpbmcmdXRtX2NvbnRlbnQ9JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX25hbWU9JnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Z292ZGVsaXZlcnkmdXRtX3Rlcm09IiwiYnVsbGV0aW5faWQiOiIyMDI0MDkyNC44OTkxMDEifQ.J5KURHOVKwp18-b3CGAYDf1bZeXi2qFcE1Gql6i9G1I\/s\/1372357670\/br\/249714061092-l&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1727301660782000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2q3aDXORexqZJCmLA5j3GY\">here<\/a>.\u00a0 County Counsel will next provide a publicly accessible report within 30 days from today, outlining possible models, costs, and implementation timelines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supervisor Kathryn Barger issued the following&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ca-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=67665"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67666,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67665\/revisions\/67666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=67665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=67665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=67665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}