County CEO, or merger with city?

Re “L.A.’s new CEO,” editorial, Feb. 11

I fully support the Board of Supervisors’ motion to establish a chief executive officer for Los Angeles County. The county now operates under the jurisdiction of five supervisors, each with separate and distinct agendas for his or her assigned district. On the surface, the role of the CEO would enhance accountability and strengthen the county as a whole.

Although this appears to be an effort in the right direction, the reality depends on what role the new executive would have and how the roles of the supervisors would change.

Perhaps to more effectively address the issues apparent to all 10 million people who live in the county, the districts should be further divided to include additional supervisors similar to the setup of the city of Los Angeles, which has one executive and 15 council members with their own districts.

PAT SCHENK

Azusa

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Your proposal would be an improvement over the comedy act that goes by the name “Board of Supervisors.” A much better arrangement would involve the consolidation of the city and county of Los Angeles with a strong mayoral form of government.

At least the consolidation would go a long way toward eliminating duplicative and overlapping functions that represent a wasteful drain on taxpayers who have been supporting two huge (ballooning) jurisdictions for years without benefit.

This kind of consolidation has been adopted to good effect in other parts of the country.

LEON COOPER

Malibu