Council president Eric Garcetti released his new committee assignments this afternoon. They follow after the jump. Included are new chairs for the Housing, Community and Economic Development committee (it used to be Garcetti's, now Herb Wesson's) and Information Technology and General Services. Tony Cardenas gets that one after losing his chairmanship of the panel with oversight of the DWP. Cardenas is an ally of former council president Alex Padilla and had briefly flirted with challenging Garcetti for the post himself. In his release, Garcetti says:

I have appointed Tony Cardenas to chair the Information Technology and General Services committee because of his track record of taking on the council's most contentious issues-the LAX Master Plan, the renewable energy portfolio standard, and business tax reform. His background as an engineer, the depth of his legislative experience, and his inborn leadership make him perfect to take on the critical issues of cable refranchising and the tangled web of Los Angeles' real estate.

The DWP is now overseen by Energy and Environment (Jan Perry, chair); Airports and the Port of Los Angeles fall under Trade, Commerce and Tourism (Janice Hahn). Bill Rosendahl moves to chair of Public Works, while former chair Greig Smith moves to Intergovernmental Relations and Padilla takes Rosendahl's place at the head of Education and Neighborhoods. Cardenas also loses his seat on Planning and Land Use Management to newcomer Jose Huizar.

There's also a new ad hoc committee on homelessness that includes Perry as chair, plus Garcetti and Rosendahl. (It actually started under Padilla.)

In the full list that follows, the chair of each committee is listed first:

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2006-2007 CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

ARTS, PARKS, HEALTH & AGING LaBonge Perry Cardenas
AUDITS & GOVERNMENTAL EFFICIENCY Huizar Zine Greuel
BUDGET & FINANCE Parks Greuel Huizar Smith Rosendahl
EDUCATION & NEIGHBORHOODS Padilla Hahn Huizar
ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT Perry Garcetti Greuel LaBonge Padilla
HOUSING, COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Wesson Reyes Cardenas Garcetti Perry
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND GENERAL SERVICES Cardenas Parks Hahn
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS Smith Wesson Padilla
PERSONNEL Zine Cardenas Wesson
PLANNING & LAND USE MANAGEMENT Reyes Huizar Weiss
PUBLIC SAFETY Weiss Smith Parks Zine Reyes
PUBLIC WORKS Rosendahl LaBonge Smith
RULES & ELECTIONS Garcetti Padilla Zine
TRADE, COMMERCE & TOURISM Hahn Rosendahl Weiss
TRANSPORTATION Greuel Parks LaBonge Wesson Rosendahl

BOARD OF REFERRED POWERS Hahn (e.o.) Cardenas Parks (e.o.) Reyes (e.o.) Rosendahl
AD HOC COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS TAX REFORM Greuel Parks Smith
AD HOC COMMITTEE ON GANG VIOLENCE & YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
Cardenas Wesson Hahn Reyes Rosendahl
AD HOC COMMITTEE ON RECOVERING ENERGY, NATURAL
RESOURCES, AND ECONOMIC BENEFIT FROM WASTE FOR LA
(RENEW LA)
Smith Perry Parks Cardenas Padilla
AD HOC LA RIVER COMMITTEE Reyes Garcetti LaBonge Huizar Perry
AD HOC STADIUM COMMITTEE Parks Weiss Perry Garcetti Smith
AD HOC HOMELESS COMMITTEE Perry Garcetti Rosendahl

Committee grid in PDF form