Source: New York Post
Los Angeles’ ethics watchdog has quietly rewritten election rules just weeks before a June 2 primary – handing an electoral advantage to the official tasked with auditing how the city spends its billions. The Los Angeles City Ethics Commission scrapped a long-standing requirement that candidates must participate in public debates to unlock taxpayer-funded campaign cash – a move that will deliver City Controller Kenneth Mejia, a radical Green Party incumbent and the city’s top financial watchdog, access to $500,000. 3 Mejia is the city’s top financial watchdog, earning roughly $274,000 a year to audit how Los Angeles spends billions in taxpayer dollars.
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