Forum (Forum & Focus)
Dec. 20, 2008
Charter Committee Never Intended for Controller to Audit Elected Officials
No one who had a part in creating the City Charter believed the controller's authority to conduct performance audits would apply to elected officials, writes George Kieffer. - Forum Column
FORUM COLUMN
By George Kieffer There is a disagreement between the Los Angeles city attorney and the city controller regarding the controller's authority to conduct performance audits of elected officials, in this case the workers' comp activities within the city attorney's office. The city attorney first rendered an opinion on the underlying issue in connection with a gang program to be run out of the mayor's office. The city attorney opined that...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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