Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has tapped two political and labor union veterans to succeed Lucia Moreno-Linares and Anthony Pirozzi on the city’s harbor commission — one of whom is fresh off a long tenure in Congress.
Letters for the appointments have gone out to former U.S. Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard, who has also served in the state Assembly, and Michael Muñoz, the research director for Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy who has worked as a union organizer and fought truck driver misclassification.
Both nominees require City Council confirmation.
Representatives from the mayor’s office and the office of Councilmember Tim McOsker, whose 15th District includes the Port of Los Angeles, could not be reached for comment.
Commissioners must be residents of the city of Los Angeles.
As the city’s new mayor, Bass has the prerogative to replace any or all of the five-member panel that oversees the Port of Los Angeles. So far, these are the only two appointments listed in City Council documents.
Roybal-Allard would take the place of Moreno-Linares, a Wilmington native and resident who has been active in the community for many years and advocated for the area during her six-year tenure on the harbor commission. Moreno-Linares’s term ends June 30, but would be removed from the commission on May 1, subject to Roybal-Allard being confirmed.
Muñoz would replace Pirozzi, a San Pedro resident who has served since 2013 and was one of the three Harbor Area residents — with Moreno-Linares and Diane Middleton — on the panel. Pirozzi’s term ends on June 30, 2025, but he would be removed May 5, pending Muñoz’s confirmation.
Appointments to the commission in recent years have focused on providing a strong local-area voice from those who are from the surrounding area.
Roybal-Allard lives in the central Los Angeles City Council district — District 14 — and served in the House of Representatives for three decades.
From from 2013 to Jan. 3 this year, she…
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