Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
The Board of Supervisors consists entirely of women for the first time in the board’s history. In March 2002, Los Angeles County voters passed Measure B to limit the supervisors to three consecutive four-year terms. The CEO has returned to a facilitation and coordination role between departments.
About Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors in brief
On April 1, 1850 the citizens of Los Angeles elected a three-man Court of Sessions as their first governing body. In 1852, the Legislature dissolved the Court of Session and created a five-member Board of Supervisors. With the election of Holly Mitchell to the board in 2020, the board of supervisors consists entirely of women for the first time in the board’s history. The Board meets every Tuesday at 9: 30 a.m. at the Hearing Room of Administration in Downtown Los Angeles. Each supervisor represents more than two million people. In March 2002, Los Angeles County voters passed Measure B to limit the supervisors to three consecutive four-year terms. Based on an ordinance authored by Supervisors Knabe and Yaroslavsky that took effect in April 2007, the CEO directly oversees departments on behalf of the supervisors. The CEO has returned to a facilitation and coordination role between departments. Departments continue to submit recommendations and agenda items to the Board to be adopted and ratified, and the Board directly manages relations with the department heads instead of going through the CEO, as would be the case in a council-manager system prevalent in most of the county’s cities.
Until recently, the chief executive officer was the appointed individual heading the county but had little power as supervisors retained the right to fire and hire department heads and often directly admonished department heads in public. The Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Counsel and the Executive Officer attend each Board meeting, or their deputies attend each meeting, legally required for the purpose of conducting public hearings, and have their agenda items continued from a previous meeting. All items are automatically approved without discussion, unless a Supervisor or member of the public requests a specific item be continued from the previous meeting, unless the Supervisor or public member requests it be continued. The chair of the Board ofSupervisors serves a term of one year. Upon expiration of the term the duties of the chair are rotated among the board members by order of seniority. Supervisors must reside and be voters in the district they represent. Elections for the 1st and 3rd districts coincide with California’s gubernatorial elections, while those for the 2nd, 4th and 5th District coincide with the United States presidential election.
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