The city of Los Angeles will pay for legal services to fend off litigation filed by its own city councilmember against the LA Ethics Commission.
The LA City Council Wednesday approved the proposal to hire outside counsel after Councilmember John Lee sued the Ethics Commission, which had found Lee violated ethics law in December 2025 for accepting lavish gifts without reporting them.
The independent government agency had concluded that Lee, who was a chief of staff for the disgraced Councilman Mitch Englander, did not disclose when the pair went to Las Vegas in 2017, a trip paid for by businesspeople. Lee was also accused of accepting free food, drinks, club access and gambling perks without reporting them…