"We think the mayor made a great choice," Gross said. He said everything he has heard about Dains has been "incredibly positive." Gross, in a call Thursday, confirmed the email but said that he doesn't recall having further communications about Dains with the mayor's office. Independent journalist Daniel Guss recently reported that Larry Gross, president of the Board of Animal Services Commissioners, sent an email to the mayor's team in March suggesting Dains for the job. "Connection is really, really important to me, so making sure that I am talking with people, meeting with people and really hearing and understanding what the challenges are - that's a critical piece of moving forward," Dains said. Two recent reports - one by former City Councilmember Paul Koretz, the other from City Controller Kenneth Mejia - detailed long-standing issues, including friction between staff and the volunteers that the department relies on to care for the animals.Īsked about such problems, Dains said that part of her job would be "relationship management." The Times has chronicled poor conditions at shelters, including a lack of dogwalking and inadequate food supplies for small animals. shelter to demand Bass pick someone to helm the troubled department. Interim General Manager Annette Ramirez has since served in the role.Ī small group of animal advocates upset about conditions at the city's animal shelters held a rally in March outside the city's West L.A. "But I'm absolutely confident that I'll be successful because of my decades of experience in this field."Īnimal Services has been without a permanent general manager since February 2022, when then-General Manager Dana Brown left the department. "I know that Animal Services is challenging and I know Los Angeles is facing their own unique set of challenges," Dains said in an interview.
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