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The task force that was set up to guide Measure G’s implementation is holding the first in what is expected to be a series of cram sessions this month to tackle one of the more politically interesting changes that voters approved – which is to create what could be an immensely powerful elected figure rivaling the LA mayor. The elected county executive role that was created under Measure G will replace the County CEO role that’s now appointed. The elected version of this role has been compared to that of a mayor, but countywide, and given that tensions between the city of LA and the county can get heated, things could get interesting.
The meeting is set to start at 1 p.m., and will take place at downtown’s Hall of Administration, in Room 381B (Instructions to attend the meeting remotely is in the agenda). According to the agenda, the main entree appears to be a presentation from a subcommittee that had already been meeting to discuss the role. The presentation is billed as an “initial analysis of the potential structure and executive functions of the future Office of the Los Angeles County Executive.”
Right now, the appointed County CEO is more akin to LA city’s CAO. They serve a kind of city manager-style role that is nevertheless still quite powerful because they have their hands deeply in the county’s financial matters on a day to day basis, not only in terms of departmental budgets, but also in terms of real estate transactions. The CEO’s office is also the behind-the-scenes coordinator of municipal style services for unincorporated areas where residents don’t have their own city officials to reach out to, something that isn’t exactly widely known.
What just happened?
The South Coast AQMD hearing board approved an order of abatement to Lineage that contained more than 90 conditions that the company needs to follow strictly. Among them are orders for Lineage to move out at least 8.8 million pounds of food waste each week and to not let food waste sit around for any longer than 30 minutes while it is being moved. They also ordered Lineage to contain odors, such as enclosing “freezer 1” and to create a notification process to tell people about truck routes and anything else they need to know. The case documents can be found here.
Carol Adelkoff, the CEO of 1736 Family Crisis Center — a nonprofit that runs domestic violence shelters in Orange County and Los Angeles — was paid $1.6 million in salary and vacation over the last two years, according to tax filings, reports Audrey McGlinchy of the LA Times. Adelkorff also lives in Hawaii. McGlinchy also reports that the nonprofit has received at least $25 million from the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority since 2021, and 94% of its revenue comes from public dollars.
404 Media reports on a trend of cities switching to Axon, after dumping Flock, for technology that allows them to collect license plate data. Based on a recent report from the Office of the Inspector General, which is the official watchdog of the LAPD, the department collects “automated license plate reader” data through the Axon dash cams that are installed in the department’s 1,500 police cars. Axon’s storage system doesn’t actually provide the ability to search that data though, so they partnered with Flock to provide LAPD with the ability to do that. OIG said more info was needed on any agreement between Flock and Axon. But the 404 article does say that Axon and Flock are not actually on good terms, and appeared to have had a public falling out last year. And they outlet also reports that Axon has a different system than Flock does. While Flock’s system is nationwide, Axon does not put the data on a nationwide system, and so it’s much more closed. FYI, the LAPD uses Axon for its body cams, tasers and in-car cameras (which are the dash cams). The LAPD recently let their Flock contract expire, as they try to negotiate a new one, but police officials told the Board of Police Commissioners recently that those cameras are still recording.
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