On November 5th, nearly 52% of the Los Angeles County residents voted for Measure G, which seeks to expand the County Board of Supervisors from five to nine members.

It also creates an elected county executive, an independent ethics commission, and a governance reform task force.

Those who supported the measures say that a larger board allows the county to better represent and respond to constituents.

The five-member board currently governs about 10 million residents from Long Beach and the South Bay, to the Santa Clarita and Antelope Valleys.

It also brings government closer to the people, especially from a government that people are really counting on in terms of delivering social safety net services and also municipal services for the unincorporated area.

LA County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath said an elected executive position would also separate executive authority from the board, which would keep its legislative authority and provide a check and balance to getting work done.

We have seen on issues from homelessness to criminal justice reform and so many issues where the institutional inertia takes over and good ideas that the Board of Supervisors bring forward to solve problems just get stuck.

Some have expressed concern over the cost of implementing Measure G. I also have been very public about my opposition to the measure for reasons that I have repeatedly stated, my concern about lack of specificity and our disagreement on whether the measure is truly cost-neutral.

The county's auditor-controller determined that it would cost about $8 million to implement.

Now that's not nothing, but out of a budget that's currently $49 billion, that's a very small price to pay in order to make government work better for the people.

According to LAist, the Independent Ethics Commission is expected to launch .. and the elected executive to be placed on the ballot in 2028.

The board expansion is expected to coincide with the redistricting process that happens every 10 years.

For CalMatters, I'm Robert Meeks.