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LA City Council wants to meet less, do less — for the same salary

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The LA City Council voted 12-0 late last month to put a measure on the Nov. 3 ballot that could allow members to reduce council meetings to once per week.

The members of the council are among the highest-paid local legislators in America, with base salaries starting around $245,000. Those in leadership roles earn even more, plus lavish staffs and perks.

“Let the voters decide,” they say. Gut the City Charter’s requirement for at least three regular full council meeting days per week, and allow the council the option to meet as little as one day a week.

This is classic behavior from socialists and bureaucrats who love more pay for less work. 

While ordinary Angelenos struggle with sky-high costs, crime and government failure, these well-compensated officials want voters to bless a lighter public schedule so they can supposedly be “more efficient” in their districts or at home doing dishes. The hypocrisy is staggering.

LA is reeling from multiple self-inflicted disasters under years of progressive governance, yet the council’s priority is making their own jobs easier.

The Palisades Fire destroyed nearly 7,000 structures, killed a dozen people and displaced thousands. Eighteen months later, recovery remains painfully slow. 

Survivors face endless bureaucratic hurdles, with permitting backlogs delaying rebuilding despite federal interventions (like Small Business Administration guidance to bypass local red tape) and state streamlining attempts. 

Victims are still waiting while the city’s layers of approvals paralyze progress.

What should be straightforward rebuilding or basic operations gets buried in committees, reviews and approvals that no one........

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