Public employee unions push back on plans for an elected L.A. County executive
LA TimesLos Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath, pictured in October, wants voters to expand the number of supervisors and establish a new elected countywide executive. Unions representing thousands of Los Angeles County workers are pushing back on a plan to create an elected county chief executive, warning that such a move would “politicize” the position. AFSCME Local 685, which represents 2,400 county workers, including probation officers, said that while it opposes an elected county chief executive, it has not taken a stance on the larger ballot measure. “We strongly oppose an elected countywide executive and have therefore not yet taken a position on the potential measure as a whole.” Dave Gillotte, president of Los Angeles County Firefighters Local 1014, urged the board on Tuesday to remove the plan for an elected countywide executive from the larger ballot proposal.
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