A City Council committee Tuesday advanced the nomination of Domenika Lynch to serve as the next general manager of the Department of El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument.

In a unanimous vote, the three-member Arts, Parks, Libraries and Community Enrichment Committee approved the nomination, which now heads to the full City Council for consideration. Mayor Karen Bass named Lynch as the next leader of the department in July, who is set to replace Arturo Chavez, who retired in February.

Edgar Garcia, assistant general manager, has been serving as the interim GM of the department.

If confirmed by the City Council, Lynch would become the first Latina to lead El Pueblo.

The department oversees El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument in downtown Los Angeles, an early pueblo or to

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