LOS ANGELES COUNTY : Vote to Expand Board Delayed

A final vote on plans to expand the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors was postponed a week because two supervisors were ill Tuesday.

The proposals would let voters decide in November whether to create either seven or nine districts instead of the present five.

The proposals were approved by supervisors on a 3-2 vote two weeks ago, but require a second affirmative vote before they are final. They must also be reviewed by the U. S. Department of Justice before they can be placed on the ballot.

In maps of both expansions, the northeast San Fernando Valley would be severed from the remainder of the Valley and linked with communities as far south as Vernon and Maywood. That change would create a second Latino-dominated district in the county, where the U. S. Census estimates that four out of every 10 residents is Latino.