The Ethics Commission on Tuesday announced the unanimous selection of David Tristan to serve as the next executive director.

Tristan succeeds Heather Holt, who was hired in 2006 and has served as the executive director since 2011.

His appointment will become effective January 18.

Per the Los Angeles City Charter, the Ethics Commission appoints and discharges its own executive director.

The term limit is 10 years.

Additionally, the executive director may not hold any other public office, be employed as a lobbyist and cannot participate or contribute to any city election campaign during their tenure.

The Los Angeles Ethics Commission has recommended multiple changes to the Municipal Lobbying Ordinance.

These changes include increasing the registration threshold from $2,000 to $5,000; expanding the 501(c)(3) organization exemption; amending and adding definitions regarding lobbying; expanding gift restrictions; revising registration statements, deadlines, and fees; creating a bimonthly reporting calendar instead of quarterly; and increasing civil penalties for violations of lobbying laws.

The next commission meeting is on October 17, and comments regarding the proposal can be emailed to ethics.policy@lacity.org.

The Los Angeles Ethics Commission announced the start of a comprehensive review of the lobbying ordinance. The review will focus on lobbyist registration requirements.

The commission is accepting feedback on the current registration requirements prior to June 26, 2017 to help guide the commission’s discussion of proposed changes at the August 15, 2017 meeting.

Comments can be e-mailed to ethics.policy@lacity.org.

Five City Council members recently asked the Los Angeles Ethics Commission to address the issue of real estate developers making political contributions.

Developers can appear to be benefiting when elected officials they’ve supported grant them land-use perks such as zoning exemptions.

This campaign finance reform initiative focuses on restricting donations specifically from developers, contractors, and subcontractors whose projects are being reviewed by the city.