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    Which Way, L.A.?

    Dysfunction within the LA County Board of Supervisors

    LA County got more confusing than ever yesterday, when three out of five supervisors voted to re-take control of two troubled departments that deal with children...

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    By Warren Olney • May 19, 2011 • 52m Listen

    LA County got more confusing than ever yesterday, when three out of five supervisors voted to re-take control of two troubled departments that deal with children. That was a public humiliation for Executive Officer William Fujioka. His job was created by the supervisors themselves just four years ago to make county government more coherent. What are county residents supposed to think now? We talk with Zev Yaroslavsky and Mark Ridley-Thomas, board members on different sides of the issue. Also, a surprise runoff in the race for California's 36th Congressional District. On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, Osama bin Laden is dead, but the way he was killed has led to a UN investigation, and the way he was found has renewed debate over torture.

    Banner image: LA County CEO William Fujioka with Supervisors Zev Yaroslavsky (L) and Mark Ridley-Thomas (R)

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    3 stories
    1. 0:00

      Race for California's 36th District Set for a Run-off

      Yesterday, a primary election was held to fill the South Bay congressional vacancy created by Democrat Jane Harman when she quit to work for a Washington think-tank early this year. There were 16 candidates and, under California's new election laws, the top two will be in a run-off, regardless of party.

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      8 min
    2. 7:39

      Will LA County Government Ever Make Sense?

      Los Angeles County government was established more than 120 years ago, with five co-equal supervisors to both make the laws and carry them out. That was long before it became the largest local government in the country, including a collection of gigantic bureaucracies with no single authority to coordinate management.

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      18 min
    3. 25:25

      Osama bin Laden: Targeted Killings and Torture

      The killing of Osama bin Laden was an act of finality, but international debate about its legality and morality has just begun, and the discovery of his hideout in Pakistan has renewed arguments in this country over what some call "enhanced interrogation" and others call "torture."

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      27 min
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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Andrea Brody

      Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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      Darrell Satzman

      Producer

      News

    In this episode

    3 stories
    1. 0:008 min

      Race for California's 36th District Set for a Run-off

    2. 7:3918 min

      Will LA County Government Ever Make Sense?

    3. 25:2527 min

      Osama bin Laden: Targeted Killings and Torture

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