As she darted out of the Ralphs parking lot, with an order for a vape in hand, Duffl racer Lucy McHenry experienced what all scooter-riding students in Westwood dread – she was hit by a car.

Public Democracy Los Angeles, held a virtual meeting Tuesday to address the importance of making citizens’ assemblies in the city.
A citizen’s assembly works to represent the multicultural city of LA through a lottery-selected deliberation where residents take up the ability to decide policy recommendations for city problems, said Micheal Draskovic, a co-host of the event from Public Democracy LA, during the meeting.