The City Council on Tuesday began weighing a nepotism ordinance that would prevent councilmembers and staff with hiring power from appointing their family and business associates to boards, commissions, committees and task forces.
In a perfect world scenario, we have no corruption, but we're not there and this is the only opportunity we have to make sure that in the future we prevent as much of that from happening, Zepeda said.
Under the city charter, the mayor has authority to recommend board appointments, which then need council approval.
Former councilmembers have appointed family to decision-making bodies in the past and multiple current councilmembers have relatives serving on different commissions.
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