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265
As Councilmen See the Commissioners
In their dealings with commissioners, councilmen
naturally form an opinion that is worth analyzing. Most
commissioners appear to them to be inadequately prepared
for their work, having initially slight comprehension of
the duties they are expected to perform. To councilmen,
who have a general knowledge of most of the activities of
the city departments, it often seems a poor policy to place
department business in the hands of these individuals.
However, there was a general feeling that the proprietary
departments, Water and Power, Harbor, and Airports,
attracted men of greater ability than most other departments.
The general observation of the council was that commissioners improved with experience and often dispelled an
original unfavorable impression. Unfortunately, turnover
on the boards being rather rapid, much of this experience
and know-how is soon lost by the departure of the individual
from the board. Another observation of councilmen was
that commissioners were a poor source for suggestions on
improvements or changes in their departments. For such information the general manager was more helpful.
On the question of responsibility of commissioners
there was general agreement among councilmen that they did
not feel responsible to the legislative body. Some members
1See Chapter IV.
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. 124 |
| 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 | 265 As Councilmen See the Commissioners In their dealings with commissioners, councilmen naturally form an opinion that is worth analyzing. Most commissioners appear to them to be inadequately prepared for their work, having initially slight comprehension of the duties they are expected to perform. To councilmen, who have a general knowledge of most of the activities of the city departments, it often seems a poor policy to place department business in the hands of these individuals. However, there was a general feeling that the proprietary departments, Water and Power, Harbor, and Airports, attracted men of greater ability than most other departments. The general observation of the council was that commissioners improved with experience and often dispelled an original unfavorable impression. Unfortunately, turnover on the boards being rather rapid, much of this experience and know-how is soon lost by the departure of the individual from the board. Another observation of councilmen was that commissioners were a poor source for suggestions on improvements or changes in their departments. For such information the general manager was more helpful. On the question of responsibility of commissioners there was general agreement among councilmen that they did not feel responsible to the legislative body. Some members 1See Chapter IV. |
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| Archival file | Volume67/indep-box21-05-02~124.tif |
