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296
filled is unknown.
Appointments may be divided into several categories
with the understanding that no hard and fast line can be
drawn that will describe all appointments. Some may be
designated as political, others of a personal nature, and
still others from the industry, labor union, or interest
group concerned with that particular board's area of operations.
An interesting consideration is that of representation
for racial and religious minority groups. Formerly, this
figured little in making appointments, but in recent years,
as stated earlier by Poulson, it has come to be an important
item in judging suitability for the boards. Its growing
importance indicates the entrance of new criteria that
reflect the influence of changing times.
The value of council confirmation of board members is
debatable. Most of its advocates are to be found in the
City Council. They hold that it serves to keep incompetents or favorites off the boards. However, opponents of
it claim that many worthy candidates for board positions
are unwilling to take what is regarded as abuse from the
council in order to secure confirmation.
This latter category opens the door for a brief
survey of interest group activity on the boards. Not much
material tends to be available on such activity at the
board level. What can be found centers largely at the
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. 134 |
| 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 | 296 filled is unknown. Appointments may be divided into several categories with the understanding that no hard and fast line can be drawn that will describe all appointments. Some may be designated as political, others of a personal nature, and still others from the industry, labor union, or interest group concerned with that particular board's area of operations. An interesting consideration is that of representation for racial and religious minority groups. Formerly, this figured little in making appointments, but in recent years, as stated earlier by Poulson, it has come to be an important item in judging suitability for the boards. Its growing importance indicates the entrance of new criteria that reflect the influence of changing times. The value of council confirmation of board members is debatable. Most of its advocates are to be found in the City Council. They hold that it serves to keep incompetents or favorites off the boards. However, opponents of it claim that many worthy candidates for board positions are unwilling to take what is regarded as abuse from the council in order to secure confirmation. This latter category opens the door for a brief survey of interest group activity on the boards. Not much material tends to be available on such activity at the board level. What can be found centers largely at the |
| Filename | indep-box21-05-02~134.tif |
| Archival file | Volume67/indep-box21-05-02~134.tif |
