Hahn says voters should pick supt.
City Councilwoman Janice Hahn called Wednesday for her colleagues to consider allowing voters to elect the superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District.
One day after school board members postponed a vote on Supt. David Brewer III, Hahn said she would introduce a motion to begin studying the possibility of a directly elected education executive.
Hahn, who represents such neighborhoods as San Pedro and Watts, said she is tired of the politics that surround the superintendent selection. Voters would need to amend the City Charter to put such a change into effect.
“I think there needs to be a real reorganization so that somebody could actually come in and be a real superintendent of that district,” she said. “Because right now, I think it’s an impossible task.”
-- David Zahniser
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