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233
administration. In many instances the mayor will receive
the commissioner's resignation merely by informing the
latter of his desire that he leave the board. Thus both
avoid unfavorable or distasteful publicity.
Council also is a stumbling block in this operation.
The previous cited examples indicate that body's unwillingness to follow the mayor's wishes on past attempts at removal. In a recent instance, Poulson's threat to remove
fire commissioners who failed to act on the integration
program, the threatened men were reassured by both a former
fire commissioner publicly, and council members privately,
that the mayor did not have sufficient votes in the council
to bring about the action.
In recent years the practice has developed for all
commissioners, regardless of the remaining length of their
terms, to submit their resignations when a new mayor takes
office. This procedure had its origin in Mayor Porter's
demand that all commissioners submit their resignations to
2
him at the time he assumed office.
Elected on a reform platform, Bowron had promised a
complete removal of all Shaw appointees, and therefore
demanded the resignation of all commissioners. At the time
of Poulson's inauguration the concept of commissioner
Los Angeles Daily News, Oct. 8, 1954.
2
Ostrom, op. cit., p. 68.
3
Los Angeles Mirror-News, Jan. 24, 1958.
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 |
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| Title | Functioning of boards & commissions in LA, p. 112 |
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| Physical access | Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@dots.usc.edu |
| Full text | 233 administration. In many instances the mayor will receive the commissioner's resignation merely by informing the latter of his desire that he leave the board. Thus both avoid unfavorable or distasteful publicity. Council also is a stumbling block in this operation. The previous cited examples indicate that body's unwillingness to follow the mayor's wishes on past attempts at removal. In a recent instance, Poulson's threat to remove fire commissioners who failed to act on the integration program, the threatened men were reassured by both a former fire commissioner publicly, and council members privately, that the mayor did not have sufficient votes in the council to bring about the action. In recent years the practice has developed for all commissioners, regardless of the remaining length of their terms, to submit their resignations when a new mayor takes office. This procedure had its origin in Mayor Porter's demand that all commissioners submit their resignations to 2 him at the time he assumed office. Elected on a reform platform, Bowron had promised a complete removal of all Shaw appointees, and therefore demanded the resignation of all commissioners. At the time of Poulson's inauguration the concept of commissioner Los Angeles Daily News, Oct. 8, 1954. 2 Ostrom, op. cit., p. 68. 3 Los Angeles Mirror-News, Jan. 24, 1958. |
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