* Editor’s note: For charter provisions on the board of supervisors, see Charter, Art. II and Art. III; for statutory provisions requiring local legislative bodies to establish the time of regular meetings, see Gov. Code § 54950.

For board powers as Industrial Development Authority, see Ch. 3.33 of this code.

There is hereby created a department of the county of Los Angeles, which shall be known as the “department of the board of supervisors,” which is referred to in this chapter as the “department.” (Ord. 7636 § 1 (part), 1959: Ord. 4099 Art. 5-A § 117, 1942.)

The department shall consist of the offices of the members of the board of supervisors and the office of the clerk of the board of supervisors. (Ord. 7636 § 1 (part), 1959: Ord. 4099 Art. 5-A § 117.1, 1942.)

There is in the department the office of the clerk of the board of supervisors, and as used in this chapter, “clerk of the board of supervisors” means the clerk of the board of supervisors provided for in Section 25100.5 of the Government Code. (Ord. 7636 § 1 (part), 1959: Ord. 4099 Art. 5-A § 117.2, 1942.)

The clerk of the board of supervisors shall perform those duties specified or permitted to be performed by him by the Charter of the county of Los Angeles and by state law. In addition thereto, the clerk of the board of supervisors shall perform the following duties:
A. He shall be the administrative head of the department.
B. He shall keep or cause to be kept books or accounts for all receipts and disbursements in the department.
C. He shall appoint all employees of the department and have direction and charge of all employees of the office of the clerk of the board of supervisors. The employees serving in the offices of the individual members of the board of supervisors shall be under the immediate supervision of the board member in whose office they are serving.
D. He shall process and keep or cause to be processed and kept all personnel and payroll records for all officers and employees in the department.
E. He shall, pursuant to the provisions of Ordinance 4099, and acting as the head of the department, file with the county auditor and chief administrative officer estimates of expenditures required by the department and estimates of revenue to be received by the department from sources other than taxation, together with such other fiscal information as either of such officers may require. (Ord. 7636 § 1 (part), 1959: Ord. 4099 Art. 5-A § 117.3, 1942.)

The clerk of the board, in his capacity ex officio as executive officer of the local agency formation commission, may incur necessary incidental expenses not to exceed $200.00 in any calendar month for and on behalf of the local agency formation commission for luncheon and dinner conferences and meetings and other related expenses incident to the performance of duty by such commission and executive officer. Reimbursement for such expenses incurred shall be made upon the filing of claims therefor, which claims shall be filed in the same manner as claims are filed for reimbursement of expenses incurred under Section 5.40.090 of this code. (Ord. 8766 § 1, 1965: Ord. 4099 Art. 5-A § 117.4, 1942.)

Sections 2.36.070 and 2.36.080 shall provide for the holding of regular meetings of the board of supervisors. (Ord. 4099 Art. 23 § 315, 1942.)

The regular meetings of the board of supervisors shall be held upon Tuesday of each and every week commencing at the hour of 9:30 a.m. thereof at the Hearing Room of the board of supervisors in Room 381b, Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration, 500 West Temple Street in the city of Los Angeles. If any regular meeting day falls upon a holiday, the regular meeting of the board of supervisors shall be held at the same place upon the first succeeding day which is not a holiday commencing at the same hour, in which event all hearings, applications, petitions and other matters before the board shall be deemed to be and are hereby automatically continued to the same hour of the next succeeding day which is not a holiday. When a holiday is observed on a Monday, the regularly scheduled Tuesday meeting of the board shall commence at the hour of 1:00 p.m. In even-numbered years when the regular Tuesday board meeting falls on a statewide primary or general election day, the meeting shall commence at 9:30 a.m. of the next succeeding day which is not a holiday. (Ord. 2008-0008 § 1, 2008: Ord. 2007-0115 § 1, 2007: Ord. 84-0069 § 1, 1984: Ord. 12309 § 1, 1981: Ord. 7963 § 1, 1961: Ord. 7872 § 1, 1960: Ord. 7122 § 1, 1957: Ord. 6123 § 1, 1953: Ord. 4099 Art. 23 § 316, 1942.)

The board may adjourn any regular, adjourned regular, special or adjourned special meeting to a time and place specified in the order of adjournment. Less than a quorum may so adjourn from time to time. If all members are absent from any regular or adjourned regular meeting, the executive officer-clerk may declare the meeting adjourned to a stated time and place in the manner provided by state law. When a regular or adjourned regular meeting is adjourned as provided in this section, the resulting adjourned regular meeting is a regular meeting for all purposes. Any hearing being held or noticed ordered to be held at any such meeting may be continued or recontinued to any subsequent meeting of the board in the manner provided by state law. (Ord. 10434 § 1, 1972: Ord. 4099 Art. 23 § 317, 1942.)

The chairman of the board of supervisors and the chairman pro tem elected pursuant to Section 9 of the County Charter shall be designated as the county mayor and the county mayor pro tem, respectively. All references in this code and any other applicable laws to the chairman of the board of supervisors shall be deemed to refer to the county mayor. (Ord. 96-0060 § 1, 1996.)