Ethics Reform in Los Angeles
Thank you for the new columns appearing in The Times. I am enjoying Bill Boyarsky’s insights into local politics. “The Practical Side of L.A.’s Ethics Panel” (Metro, Nov. 25) indicates there is a powerful coalition of citizens in Los Angeles who want government to be honest, and will put up a fight, and lots of money, to pass their program. More power to them!
Earlier, Boyarsky indicated that the “Divide by Five” program of our L.A. County Board of Supervisors might be having trouble representing new ethnic interests, and the commission system might be little outdated.
I was a member of the Los Angeles County Grand Jury 25 years ago, in 1965. Pete Schabarum was our foreman. We all learned a lot and have been watching changes. The grand jury is really a group of 23 citizens chosen to spend a year to look into how the county government operates, “to investigate and report” and make suggestions from a citizen’s point of view. Perhaps the ethics panel could find some valid suggestions in recent grand jury reports.
PATRICIA HENRY YEOMANS
Los Angeles
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