Fernando Guerra, LMU professor of political science and Chicana/o Latina/o studies and director of the Center for the Study of Los Angeles, explains how Los Angeles County voters will soon decide whether to elect a county executive, a shift from the current structure of having a CEO appointed by the Board of Supervisors. “I will say, the elected L.A. County CEO will be the most important, most powerful locally elected official in the entire country,” excluding the governor of California and the president of the United States, Guerra said. “This will be the top of the pyramid of power in local government in Los Angeles County and in the country.”
Source: Los Angeles Daily News