>>ajb+(OP)
Yes, and they also are famously in silos. They each advocate for their own districts only, and so it's often a battle between districts for resources, etc. It's actually a pretty dysfunctional system from what I've seen attending local government meetings and trying to get basic simple things done in my community
>>ajb+(OP)
Over 95 percent of San Francisco's budget is directly controlled by the Mayor's office. The Mayor's office in San Francisco is incredibly powerful.
Supervisors mostly sit through the monthly televised Board Of Supervisors meeting, where concerned citizens and community activists along with the utterly deranged voice their concerns.
>>ajb+(OP)
Representation is surprisingly even worse in LA county. 5 supervisors for 10 million people. Californian government systems really weren’t designed for the populations they currently represent.