Bradley Replaces Aides on Coordinating Staffs

Mayor Tom Bradley last week replaced his Westside and Hollywood-Venice coordinators as part of an effort to inject new blood into his district coordinating staffs.

In all, the mayor replaced four of his area coordinators. Through spokesman Bill Chandler, Bradley denied that the moves constituted a shake-up based on dissatisfaction with his staff.

“Certainly the mayor is looking for the new coordinators to provide new blood and new energy to the areas of constituent services,” Chandler said.

Valerie Fields, the mayor’s longtime Westside coordinator, will be replaced by Lydia Shayne, 32, a Bradley press deputy who recently became a mayoral aide for special projects.

Shayne will serve West Los Angeles, although she said the boundaries are still being worked out, and will continue working on special projects. Fields will “continue organizing special projects in the arts and serving as a liaison to the Jewish community,” the mayor’s office said in a statement.

“I’m delighted,” Shayne said. “I can’t wait to work as hard as I can meeting the needs of the Westside community.”

Fields said: “I’m real excited about the new job. . . . There had been talk for a long time that changes were in the works.”

Lily Lee, 25, a member of the mayor’s staff since last year, will replace Lloyd Raikes as Bradley’s Hollywood and Venice coordinator.

Lee, a former staffer in Councilman Michael Woo’s district office, worked for the mayor as a research assistant in the areas of transportation and cultural affairs. Raikes will help implement the recommendations of the Task Force for the Rehabilitation of South-Central Los Angeles and will expand the city’s Model Neighborhood Program.

“In my office, I rely on my area coordinators to be my ‘eyes and ears’ every day in the community,” Bradley said in a statement. “I am confident these . . . staff members, who have proven themselves in other capacities on my staff, will take charge and quickly respond to the needs of the residents.”