County Board Needs Separation of Powers

Re “Room on Board,” editorial, Feb. 16: Your editorial, which advocates expanding the L.A. County Board of Supervisors, points out two flaws in the structure of the Board of Supervisors: the power of the incumbents (true of all elected officials) and the large size of their districts (arguable, whatever the size).

The relatively unique and major flaw within county government is that the board exercises both legislative and executive powers. The structural change needed to make county government more manageable and more responsive to the people is to separate the legislative and executive powers.

George Wolkon

Pacific Palisades