Supervisor's Race: LA's Most Powerful Jobs Most People Have Never Heard of
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One of the rarest events in Los Angeles politics is an actual contest for a seat on the county board of supervisors. But Yvonne Burke's resignation has set the stage for a confrontation between state senator Mark Ridley-Thomas and LA City Councilman Bernard Parks. Tonight we'll hear about an office with extraordinary power and almost no accountability. Why has election to the board become a virtual lifetime job? Why are two African-Americans the leading candidates in a district that is predominantly Latino?
Banner image: Bernard Parks (L) and Mark Ridley Thomas (R)
Guests:
- Robert Greene: Editorial Writer, Los Angeles Times
- David Fleming: Attorney, member of the Metro Board of Directors, and Chairman of the Board of the Los Angeles County Business Federation
- Maria Elena Durazo: Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the LA County Federation of Labor
- Kerman Maddox: Political consultant
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Which Way L.A.? is made possible in part by the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, the Nathan Cummings Foundation, and the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation, which supports study and research into policy issues of the Los Angeles region.
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