Tim McOsker, former political aide and LAPD union lobbyist, launches bid for City Council
LA TimesFormer mayoral aide and police union lobbyist Tim McOsker, shown in November, says he will run for Los Angeles City Council in the district that includes the Port of Los Angeles. More recently, he has worked as an attorney and registered city lobbyist, representing such clients as the hotel industry and the Los Angeles Police Protective League, the union that represents rank-and-file police officers. After the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis last year, activists across the city pressed council members to defund the Los Angeles Police Department and shift the money to programs that help the city’s neediest, while also denouncing the police union for having too much political clout. In a city dealing with police brutality and police misconduct, having a lawyer for the police union join the council is “the last thing we need,” said Odega, a volunteer organizer with Sunrise Movement Los Angeles, an environmental and social justice group.
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