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116
official family, a general manager, or merely someone the
mayor feels can help him in his quest for the right man for
the job.
As to his official family undoubtedly they wield great
influence in the matter of recommendations. A number of
instances can be cited where a person suggested by a staff
2
aide has been nominated and confirmed.
A number of past or present general managers were
asked, for purposes of this study, "Have you ever been consulted by the mayor on appointments to the board?" With
one exception they replied that, with varying frequency,
they had participated in the selection process at the request of the mayor. Contrary to popular belief they were
not universally happy with this situation. The reaction of
a veteran general manager was that "it should not be" since
it made him responsible if the appointment turned out to be
a "sour" one.
In Water and Power under Scattergood and Van Norman
the department controlled appointments to the board. The
situation is accurately described by Ostrom:
Shortly after Mayor Bowron was inducted into
office, Scattergood called upon him and presented
a list of names of those persons he wished to see
appointed to the Water and Power Commission.
Mayor Bowron pointed out that as he was mayor,
he would select the commissioners without any help
Interviews with Harold Story and Fletcher Bowron.
Interview with Harold Story.
Object Description
| Title | Legal research regarding the history of the Los Angeles charter, 1830-1966 (2b of 3) |
| Description | Marvin Abrahams. Functioning of boards and commissions in the Los Angeles city government. Los Angeles, California: University of California, Los Angeles (Ph.D., Political science), 1967. PART OF A SERIES: A critical component of the Commission's investigation centered on the idea that governance of the LAPD was shared between the Office of the Chief of Police, an administrative body, and the Board of Police Commissioners, a citizen body. To better understand the dynamic between these two entities, the staff of Heller, Ehrman, White, & McAuliffe researched the history of the Los Angeles City Charter, focusing primarily on its provisions regarding the distribution of power and the structure and organization of the LAPD. Included in the series are reproductions of reports, dissertations, article clippings, excerpts from city documents, and charter amendments related to the charter's conception and development over time. The series also includes several summaries of expert witness interviews regarding the effectiveness of this structure. |
| Geographic subject (city or populated place) | Los Angeles |
| Geographic subject (county) | Los Angeles |
| Geographic subject (state) | California |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA |
| Coverage date | 1830; 1835; 1844; 1850/1863; 1869; 1870/1890; 1898; 1900/1908; 1910/1934; 1937/1966 |
| Creator | Abrahams, Marvin |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California |
| Date issued | 1967 |
| Type | texts |
| Format | 146 p. |
| Format (aat) | doctoral dissertations |
| Format (imt) | application/pdf |
| Language | English |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Part of collection | Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department, 1991 |
| Series | Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe |
| File | Legal research regarding the history of the Los Angeles charter |
| Box and folder | box 21, folder 5, item 2 |
| Provenance | The collection was given to the University of Southern California on July 31, 1991. |
| Rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained. |
| Physical access | Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@dots.usc.edu |
| Repository name | USC Libraries Special Collections |
| Repository address | Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 |
| Repository email | specol@dots.usc.edu |
| Filename | indep-box21-05-02 |
Description
| Title | Functioning of boards & commissions in LA, p. 95 |
| Format (imt) | image/tiff |
| Physical access | Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@dots.usc.edu |
| Full text | 116 official family, a general manager, or merely someone the mayor feels can help him in his quest for the right man for the job. As to his official family undoubtedly they wield great influence in the matter of recommendations. A number of instances can be cited where a person suggested by a staff 2 aide has been nominated and confirmed. A number of past or present general managers were asked, for purposes of this study, "Have you ever been consulted by the mayor on appointments to the board?" With one exception they replied that, with varying frequency, they had participated in the selection process at the request of the mayor. Contrary to popular belief they were not universally happy with this situation. The reaction of a veteran general manager was that "it should not be" since it made him responsible if the appointment turned out to be a "sour" one. In Water and Power under Scattergood and Van Norman the department controlled appointments to the board. The situation is accurately described by Ostrom: Shortly after Mayor Bowron was inducted into office, Scattergood called upon him and presented a list of names of those persons he wished to see appointed to the Water and Power Commission. Mayor Bowron pointed out that as he was mayor, he would select the commissioners without any help Interviews with Harold Story and Fletcher Bowron. Interview with Harold Story. |
| Filename | indep-box21-05-02~095.tif |
| Archival file | Volume67/indep-box21-05-02~095.tif |
