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· . AF £ 2 . !-tin , . t,, ~ . .. , ·
A ty Council C~ is expected to ·
e~e next year a charter revll1on . GeSllmt9G
piake t borough form of government le .
. ·The proposed charter c~ge was ref to ~·
~a and Administrative Code C ttee by the ·.
Cotmcil on a motion of We~t Valley cilman Tom ·
~ - · • Shepard's s~tibn is one several charter
~, moves which will ~- consi b the com• ·
. · _ nutt . .
;· If ap roved y the oom• ,
1nittee and the full city
:council, these c h a r t e r
. amendments could then be ·
'placed on the ballot m the
1965 city election.
The Rev. Bernard Hertel, .
president of the North and
East Vall~y A s s o c i a t e d
Cl1:ambers of Commerce,
said: "I think the borough
proposal rates a re~ . good
study • . ~North: and East
. Valley Associated Chambera
_: already has approved tmCh a
study along with proposed
: ch~· rter amendmients. Any
, thing thait might improve
· .our city should be looked at
ca ref u 11 y."
Idea Not New
The idea of the formation
of a bororngh government for
the Los Angeles area is not
new. It was seriously cons~
dered even before 1900. ~ - -· -.~
Efforts to promote consoll~
dation of San Pedro and
. Wilmington / with Los Ange.
les led to the adoption of an~
amendment to tJh.e city char­ter
in 1909, providing for the
establishment of boroughs la
territories annexed to the
cit .
Boreurh Pruldent1
Under -. that · 9Yefem .
· ough votetW elect barou , -
president. every four ·
They are full-time paid pu
lie officials. · ·,
Each borough president ·
responsible for wch municf
pal work in his borough • ,
construction and maint ·
ance of public buildi ... ~ ....
ma k l n g of tapograpbi .
maps; regulation of gradq
curbing and. gu:ttamg
idJI aets; paving and repMr
all .meet.; laying or ·repla
ment of wrfaee !'ail tracb in
all public streets; filling o
sunken lots alid fencing of
vacant lots; i ·s t! u a n c e . of
building permits; cor~ · ~~C!­
·tion of all bridges and
tunnels except those which
cross navigable streams; all
work relating .to public sew•
Pleaie. Turn ·to P1. S, C.L 1 ·
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" ~ ~·; G'. . · fl~\ 1~ · p ~ ·t', A... · ~~~;~ ~ · · . . · , · It. ·propoled · thi '~ nbli,:. · · ~ ~·
~: ;' ~ . ~ ~ ;.· . -· ~ . . ~ . . ........ . oughs ' •be formed ~;. s•n· p'•· . ;
. s t .
. nando, Pasadena. 1 Monrovia .•
tlnued from First Pare each have two votes, and th Whittier, Long Beach; San
~ .e and drafnage: placement other three borough pres- Pedro, Redondo, ;santa Mo-
¢all street name sign.S etc. idents each have one vote. ~ica and Los .Angeles. It
Each borough president In addition, New York sugg£Sted that t~1ere b~ a 1
occupies a seat on the Board City also accomplishes man · mayor who wou Jd preside
of Estimate and Apportion- br . ts th h over all borougbs, a city
' ·ment, \Vhich is the budget P.u tc pr?J~ :oug . spe.. attorney, city engineer, city
authority for the entire city. cial m.urucipal d 1 8 t r 1 <: ts treasurer, auditor;, clerk, as­The
board is composed of the formed for the purpose. sessor. ta.x co l l < ~tor and
mayor, the comptroller, the . In 1903 ~he Los Angeles she.Q'f . I
president ?f the city council City Council and. the Oounty . ~'ff ~~Q1A ~n 111
and the~ fve rough pres- Board of Superv1soi:s ~et up g J
idents · / tt 10-member comnusston to -. Each borough rould have
· ..,_.. study the borough form of a president, ele c t~ d by the
New York Syste111 government as it might be people in the bo · u gh, and a
Under the New York sys- applied here. The committee borough commission propor­tem
the three c~tywide offi- worked on the project for tionate in sizeto ·tl.Le borough
cials each ha\·e three votes three years ·and held many .' opulation. The :b\o ·rough
on matters before the board, pub lie hearings. In the end it . ommissions wou~d be · the
the borough presidents of unanimously approved for- legislative bodies ; for their
Manhattan and Queens (the ·mation of such • govern- areas and cont rol purely
most populo11 ·s borough ) merit. •local n1atters.