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August 30th, 2017

VIA EMAIL ethics.policy@lacity.org

City Ethics Commission

200 N Spring St 2410
Los Angeles, CA 90012

RE: In support of proposed changes to the Los Angeles Municipal Lobbying Ordinance LAMC 48.08(B)(12)

Members of the City Ethics Commission,

My name is ___________________________ and I am a resident of Los Angeles. I respectfully ask that my

letter and its contents be included in this case file and also in the staff report for the October 17th hearing.
Please see my comments below.

I have been following the organizing efforts of Skid Row residents to form their own neighborhood council.
Shortly after their election on April 6th 2017, the blog michaelkohlhaas.org reported that several lobbyists
were hired by an anonymous Delaware-established LLC to influence members of the City Council to make
last-minute changes to their election for the purpose of suppressing mainly low-income and African
American voters Downtown.

Its quite plausible that a more timely disclosure of this information would have changed the outcome of the
election. - michaelkohlhaas.org August 19th, 2017

Therefore, I support the below changes to the Los Angeles Municipal Lobbying Ordinance:

Detailed reporting of contacts including names and titles of City officials influenced.
Bimonthly reporting of lobbying activity rather than quarterly.
Compensation-based requirement for registration rather than time-based.
Ten day deadline for reporting rather than the month thats now required.

Thank you for your consideration,

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