The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is currently the county's governing body and has ultimate authority over all county operations except for duties assigned to the sheriff, the district attorney and the assessor. Those powers and duties will change under Measure G, which assigns the board to a legislative and oversight role and eliminates its executive powers. It remains unclear whether supervisors will retain executive powers in unincorporated county areas.
"Throughout much of its history, Los Angeles has seemed driverless. We tell ourselves we want to hold elected officials accountable, but we’re reluctant to give them much power, so there’s little we can hold them to answer for."
Measure G, the historic 2024 L.A. County governance reform, requires an independent county ethics commission to be in place this year.
Sept. 9: The Governance Reform Task Force discussed rules for three new county offices, including the independently elected county executive, the county legislative analyst (who will report to the Board of Supervisors) and the Office of Budget and Management (which will report to the executive).
Aug. 26: The Governance Reform Task Force sent recommendations on Measure G's agenda posting requirement to the Board of Supervisors, discussed the legislative analyst position and reviewed some successful, and unsuccessful, outreach efforts.
Aug. 21: Prof. Timothy Krebs briefed the Governance Reform Task Force about the importance of a chief legislative officer, to balance the power dominance of the county executive.
Aug. 17: The Task Force heard from community and city leaders who are anxious about losing the access to county government they currently have through the Board of Supervisors.
Aug. 12: The Governance Reform Task Force discusses Measure G's requirement to post agendas 120 hours in advance of board meetings
Aug. 7: The Los Angeles County Governance Reform Task Force discusses the elected executive and constituent services
The 13 appointees who are fine-tuning Los Angeles County’s governance overhaul have marched through five of seven lengthy
Los Angeles County's Governance Reform Task Force is marching through seven August sessions to prepare for a Sept. 9 vote on recommendations for the new elected County Executive office.
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