To the editor: After a long time of inhabitants progress and a number of other efforts to reform Los Angeles County authorities in response, voters passed Measure G, supporting historic reforms that can higher serve a inhabitants of some 10 million residents who make up the nation’s largest county.
The measure will divide legislative and govt features between a extra numerous nine-member Board of Supervisors (as a substitute of the present 5) and an elected county chief govt. There can be extra oversight with the institution of an ethics fee.
Bills for these adjustments may be discovered throughout the county’s current annual funds, which at the moment sits at round $49 billion. Staffs for the 5 present massive districts may be downsized for the smaller 9 districts. Different financial savings will also be discovered to allow these reforms.
Voters are to be counseled for recognizing the necessity to reform L.A. County authorities.
Jerry Gaines, San Pedro
The author is a former member of the Los Angeles Metropolis Constitution Reform Fee.
