Mayor Karen Bass’s first two appointments to the Los Angeles harbor commission, which she announced this week, have drawn mixed reactions in the city’s port communities, with folks particularly concerned about the potential panelists not being local.
But if Bass’s appoinments get confirmed, the only local commissioner remaining would be Diane Middleton, a San Pedro resident who served on the mayor’s transition team, though more nominees are anticipated to come. “I have a strong sense that there will be more appointments” to come, McOsker said in a Wednesday, March 29, phone interview, adding that he shares the community’s concerns about local representatives being important on the panel.
But currently, there are three, the same number as under Hahn’s administration and a ratio that outgoing Commissioner Anthony Pirozzi said has made a significant impact on port-community relations.“Let’s see what the end game looks like,” Pirozzi, who has served nearly 10 years on the panel, added. “There’s a new mayor and the mayor has the authority to put in place the folks she sees fit for what she wants to accomplish.
Muñoz, meanwhile, “is a community leader with an excellent grasp of environmental and quality of life issues related to the Port of Los Angeles,” Bass said, “specifically impacting the working class communities of Wilmington, Harbor City and Harbor Gateway.”“It’s very important, in my opinion, that people who live near the port and who experience first-hand living at the port, can bring a different perspective to the board,” she said in a phone interview.
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