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administrative officers of their departments, and given
power to run their departments under the control of the
board. The attempt here has been to establish a separation
policy and administration, the former coming from the
board, the latter by the manager and his staff.
In the area of appointment the most important one
made by the board is that of general manager. Several
managers are not under Civil Service and here the board can
choose within broad limits. Various other posts also are
filled by the board.
Legal requirements govern a number of board actions.
Meetings are not official unless a quorum is present, and
the action taken is not legal unless it is the joint action
of the board. A commissioner has no special status as an
individual. Boards must take care that all expenditures
meet the test of legal purpose lest they incur personal
liability.
Conflict of interest continues to be as vexing a
problem for the city as it is for the national and many
state governments. Commissioners, as part-time officials
with full-time private activities are more likely than most
public servants to encounter problems in this area. Contractual relationships are barred by both state law and
city ordinance.
For commissioners full-time interests can conflict
with their part-time city positions. An initial area may
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. 131 |
| 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 | 293 administrative officers of their departments, and given power to run their departments under the control of the board. The attempt here has been to establish a separation policy and administration, the former coming from the board, the latter by the manager and his staff. In the area of appointment the most important one made by the board is that of general manager. Several managers are not under Civil Service and here the board can choose within broad limits. Various other posts also are filled by the board. Legal requirements govern a number of board actions. Meetings are not official unless a quorum is present, and the action taken is not legal unless it is the joint action of the board. A commissioner has no special status as an individual. Boards must take care that all expenditures meet the test of legal purpose lest they incur personal liability. Conflict of interest continues to be as vexing a problem for the city as it is for the national and many state governments. Commissioners, as part-time officials with full-time private activities are more likely than most public servants to encounter problems in this area. Contractual relationships are barred by both state law and city ordinance. For commissioners full-time interests can conflict with their part-time city positions. An initial area may |
| Filename | indep-box21-05-02~131.tif |
| Archival file | Volume67/indep-box21-05-02~131.tif |
