“When five people are in charge, no one's in charge, and it makes the county system quite inefficient.”

L.A. County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath. She sponsored a ballot measure, narrowly approved by voters last month, which will expand the Board of Supervisors from five members to nine, while also creating an elected county executive. The county had not changed its governance structure for more than a century. (Governing – Dec. 9, 2024)