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By Phil Willon and Joel Rubin

A prominent attorney has been tapped to join the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners, filling out the depleted civilian panel at a pivotal time as it begins the search for a replacement for outgoing Police Chief William J. Bratton.

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced his nomination of former U.S. Atty. Debra Wong Yang, saying the decision came after a “long, exhaustive search.” Yang, 49, once served as a Superior Court judge.

Yang’s nomination must be voted on by the City Council when it returns from summer recess. She would fill a seat on the five-member panel vacated by former commission President Anthony Pacheco, who left to pursue his legal career.

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-- Phil Willon and Joel Rubin

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Phil Willon

Phil Willon is an assistant editor based in the Sacramento bureau of the Los Angeles Times and guides coverage of California politics and assists with state capital coverage.

Joel Rubin

Joel Rubin is deputy Business editor at the Los Angeles Times. He previously was an associate editor for New Initiatives and executive producer of L.A. Times Studios; an assistant editor in Metro, overseeing the criminal justice team; and as a reporter covered federal courts and agencies, the Los Angeles Police Department and the region’s public schools. A native of Maine, he moved to Los Angeles in 2003 to join the Los Angeles Times.

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