Petition to Overhaul City Charter Submitted
Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan and his supporters submitted 300,000 signatures Wednesday to create an elected government reform panel.
The campaign needs 197,000 valid signatures to qualify a measure for the April ballot but Riordan and his backers submitted an additional 103,000 to compensate for invalid or duplicate signatures that were collected.
Riordan has argued that the city is governed by an outdated and inefficient government charter that was adopted in 1925.
The mayor also reiterated his long-standing complaint that the charter distributes authority in City Hall among the council and nearly 40 citizen commissions, making it difficult to hold anyone accountable.
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