Garcetti reflects on ethics term

Former District Attorney Gil Garcetti knows firsthand what it takes to win political office and - after five years on the city Ethics Commission - says he has learned how the process can be corrupted. Daily News.

"Money. It is the biggest ethical challenge facing Los Angeles," Garcetti said in an interview last week after term limits forced him to step down from the ethics panel.

"The whole appearance of whether there is a conflict of interest by an elected official is based on money. We have the means to change that, but we have to make the case to the public."