In an unusually testy meeting, supervisors directed lawyers to draft a charter amendment that would nearly double the size of the five-member board and create an elected position to oversee day-to-day operations.
A plan to reshape Los Angeles County government inched closer to the November ballot Tuesday, despite concerns from a minority of supervisors that the overhaul was rushed and haphazard. In an unusually testy meeting, the supervisors voted 3 to 0 to direct county lawyers to draft an amendment to the county charter that would nearly double the size of the five-member Board of Supervisors and create an elected position to oversee day-to-day operations.
The problem there, she said at the meeting, was that the supervisors had “no will to make the tough decision” on what should replace it. Both Barger and Mitchell also critiqued the process of formulating the ballot measure, which burst into public view last week with a news conference. Barger said she felt her colleagues had excluded Mitchell, who had brought forward two plans early last year — one successful, one not — to improve county government structure.
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