Marqueece Harris-Dawson secures enough support to become the next L.A. City Council president
LA TimesLos Angeles City Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson, pictured earlier this year. Marqueece Harris-Dawson has secured enough backing from his colleagues to become the next president of the Los Angeles City Council. Councilmembers Eunisses Hernandez, Heather Hutt, John Lee, Curren Price, Nithya Raman, Hugo Soto-Martínez and Katy Yaroslavsky signed the motion supporting Harris-Dawson, who has represented a South L.A. district for nearly nine years. As president, Harris-Dawson could place those members on the council’s powerful budget committee, giving them greater freedom to rework the mayor’s spending plan from the moment it is released. “It’s something that you hear from everybody,” he said, adding: “We need to build a work schedule that accommodates that.” Harris-Dawson also picked up support from Lee, who represents the northwest San Fernando Valley and is among the council’s most politically conservative members.
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