Los Angeles County is moving from an appointed administrator who works for the Board of Supervisors to an independently elected County Executive with direct authority over most county operations. The idea is to separate executive from legislative functions and impose the checks and balances that characterize other levels of government. Crucial questions linger about how to parcel out authority.
San Diego County voters will consider a November ballot measure to create a new ethics commission and new county positions. It looks a lot like Los Angeles County's reforms. Or does it?
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The county has provided the Governance Reform Task Force with a false history, which threatens to produce unsound policy choices.
The January 2025 fires torched Mayor Karen Bass' political career, but left the Los Angeles County supervisors politically unsinged. Why?