(a) Establishment. A Commission on Civil Rights is hereby created, which shall have the powers, duties, and responsibilities set forth in this chapter and elsewhere in the City Charter, Los Angeles Municipal Code and Los Angeles Administrative Code. The Commission shall have seven members.
(b) Appointment. Members shall be appointed and may be removed in accordance with Charter Section 502.
(c) Terms of Office. A commissioner's term shall begin on July 1, and be five years, except that the original seven members shall have their respective terms commence on the member's respective date of approval by Council. Notwithstanding the foregoing, incumbent commissioners may continue to hold office beyond the expiration of their term until their successors' appointments have been approved. The term of two of the original seven members shall expire on the date of June 30 in the Commission's third year, with the terms of two additional original members expiring on the date of June 30 in the Commission's fourth year, and the terms of the remaining three original members expiring on the date of June 30 in the Commission's fifth year. The Mayor shall designate, in the appointment, which of the foregoing terms each of the original seven commissioners shall serve. An appointment to fill an unexpired term shall be for the period of the unexpired term.
(d) Qualifications. The Council shall strive to approve commissioners with experience in any of the following areas: law, education, civil rights, discrimination issues, equity, employment, housing, and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer rights, and the rights of any other minority or marginalized community. No person who is required by ordinance to be registered as a lobbyist shall be appointed to the Commission.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 186,134, Eff. 6-30-19.
Amended by: Title and Subsec. (a), Ord. No. 187,032, Eff. 6-14-21.