Public employee unions push back on plans for an elected L.A. County executive

Unions representing thousands of Los Angeles County workers are pushing back on a plan to create an elected county chief executive, warning that such a move would “politicize” the position.

The leaders of unions representing firefighters, paramedics, probation officers and sheriff’s deputies said Tuesday that county supervisors should drop the plan to have voters elect the chief executive, who would manage county operations and oversee the budget.

The proposal is one piece of a larger charter amendment planned for the Nov. 5 ballot, which would redesign county government by expanding the number of supervisors from five to nine, establishing a director of budget and management, creating a legislative analyst and forming a new ethics commission to combat corruption.

Derek Hsieh, executive director of the Assn. for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs, said the overall proposal — which surfaced in the last month — is being rushed to voters without an understanding of the potential costs and the effect on other county services.





https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-07-24/public-employee-unions-push-back-on-plans-for-an-elected-la-county-executive