The proposed changes in Charter Amendment HH and Charter Amendment II were submitted by city departments and elected officials earlier this year as part of the City Council’s effort to enact charter reform. That effort includes appointing a charter reform commission to consider an array of sweeping proposals, such as expanding the size of the 15-member council, with the goal of putting those big-ticket items on the 2026 ballot.
Rob Quan, an organizer with the good government group Unrig L.A., told The Times that he views Amendment HH and Amendment II as doing “clean-up and maintenance” of the city charter. He believes that the council’s goal with these two ballot measures is to ease the work of the charter reform commission by asking voters to approve these items now.
Some of the proposed changes under Measure HH have been suggested for years. For instance, San Pedro and Wilmington residents have long argued that Board of Harbor Commissioners should have appointees who live in the neighborhood because of local complaints about truck traffic and diesel emissions produced by port operations.