""It's just a family tradition of public service," said Doane Liu, executive director of the Tourism Department, who is a longtime friend and former colleague of Tim McOsker - and Emmett McOsker's boss."
""I wish there were more McOskers working at City Hall.""
""I don't mention it because I'm a staffer. I keep it professional at work," she said."
Multiple members of the McOsker family occupy influential roles connected to the Los Angeles Convention Center expansion. Tim McOsker, a City Councilmember, voted in favor of a $2.6-billion modernization plan. Nella McOsker, his daughter, leads the Central City Association and lobbied for the project while logging conversations with the Ethics Commission. Emmett McOsker, his nephew, works for the Tourism Department handling the Convention Center. Anissa Raja, another niece, serves as his legislative director and leads the Los Angeles County Young Democrats but says she keeps family ties out of her staff role. Lobbying close relatives is legal when no financial stake exists, and the expansion promises tourism benefits while posing fiscal concerns for the city.
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