COUNTY BALLOT ISSUES DEBATED; BIGGER BOARD IDEA GETS MIXED REVIEWS.Byline: Douglas Haberman Staff Writer Increasing the number of county supervisors from five to nine - a proposal that supervisors might put before Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County voters in November 2000 - seems unnecessary, some local officials said Wednesday. ``I think it's superfluous,'' said Glendale Mayor Ginger Bremberg. The five supervisors, each representing nearly 2 million constituents, are doing a good job for their districts, she said. Having more supervisors would trigger infighting in·fight·ing n. 1. Contentious rivalry or disagreement among members of a group or organization: infighting on the President's staff. 2. Fighting or boxing at close range. , Bremberg said, and each would represent more than a million people - about 1.1 million. ``I can't believe they'd accomplish much,'' she said about members of a nine-person board. Lancaster Mayor Frank Roberts Frank Roberts may refer to:
``I don't believe we have any complaints,'' he said, that there are too few supervisors.. The Board of Supervisors voted 3-1 Tuesday to ask county attorneys to come back within 45 days with two possible ballot measures: one for nine supervisors and the other to create a job for a county executive, with powers roughly comparable to those of a city's mayor. Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich Michael Dennis Antonovich (born 1939 in Los Angeles, California) is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors representing the Fifth District, which covers northern Los Angeles County, the Antelope, Santa Clarita, Pasadena, and parts of the San Fernando and San cast the lone negative vote while Supervisor Gloria Molina Gloria Molina is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, and the current chairwoman of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.[1] Molina grew up as one of ten children in the Los Angeles suburb of Pico Rivera, California, U.S. abstained. Both objected to the way the item was placed on the agenda. Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky Zev Yaroslavsky (born December 21, 1948) is a Los Angeles County politician. He served on the Los Angeles City Council from 1975 until 1994, when he was elected to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. He was preceded in both offices by Edmund D. Edelman. is pushing for the two ballot measures. He said more supervisors could better represent constituents, and he believes county government needs an executive branch. Representatives of Latino and Asian-Pacific groups have endorsed the idea of a larger board, saying it could give their communities better representation. State Sen. Richard Polanco Richard G. Polanco, is a former California State Senate Majority leader and member of the California State Assembly. He is known for his significant efforts in increasing Latino representation in the California Legislature. , D-Los Angeles, is pushing legislation to have voters statewide decide whether to expand the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is the five member governing board of Los Angeles County, California. Members of the board of supervisors are elected by district, the current members as of April 2006 are:
A spokesman for Polanco said the Democratic lawmaker felt pleased with the supervisors' decision. ``It's definitely a step in the right direction,'' said spokesman Bill Mabie, who said Polanco will suspend his efforts at forcing a statewide vote. Polanco preferred a county vote all along, and his measure was intended to prod the supervisors to act, Mabie said. He said the availability of more supervisors would improve public access to county government. There have been five supervisors at a time since Los Angeles County was formed in 1850 with 5,000 residents, and now there are 10 million residents, he pointed out. ``Something's got to budge,'' he said. |
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