SAN FERNANDO VALLEY : 5th District May Seek Yaroslavsky Replacement
San Fernando Valley community and business leaders will meet next week to discuss what support they can lend to a proposal to appoint an interim member to replace departing Councilman Zev Yaroslavsky.
The meeting is intended to gauge how strongly residents and business people feel about the issue. It will be Tuesday at the law offices of Reznick & Reznick in Sherman Oaks.
Yaroslavsky will leave office Dec. 4 to become a Los Angeles county supervisor, creating a council vacancy that will most likely last until July 1.
The City Council’s usual practice in such cases is to name the city’s chief legislative analyst to run the vacant council office. But Ron Deaton, the legislative analyst, would not have a vote. Among the names that have been mentioned as replacements are retiring Los Angeles County Supervisor Ed Edelman, former state Sen. Alan Sieroty and state Sen. David A. Roberti (D-Van Nuys).
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