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of Office: Mangement Services
Management Services
Management Services is comprised of  administrative
analyst personnel who perform a wide variety of staff functions.
The primary function of Management Services is to fulfill certain
responsibilities mandated by the Political
Reform Act of 1974, the County's Lobbyist
Ordinance and to work on legislative issues affecting the
clerk of the board of supervisors operations.
In addition, the staff of this office provides a flexible team
of individuals who can assume responsibility for long- or short-term
projects in order to further the mission and goals of the Department.
The duties of Management Services include:
- Acting as the filing office for Statements
of Economic Interests, pursuant to the Political Reform
Act of 1974, for nearly 2,000 individuals in some 250 public
agencies.
- Providing staff to the Code Review Panel which is responsible
for reviewing conflict of interest codes that have been submitted
to the Board of Supervisors for approval by public agencies
within the County. These agencies include County departments,
school districts, water districts, joint powers authorities
and various commissions.
- Registering individual lobbyists and lobbyist employers pursuant
to the County's Lobbyist
Ordinance and functioning as the filing office for quarterly
lobbyist activity reports and for initiating investigations
of alleged violations of the ordinance.
- Coordinating the elections of the members of the Board of
Retirement and the Board of Investments of the Los Angeles County
Employees Retirement Association.
- Conducting the Board ordered outside employment survey of
County employees each year.
- Tracking, analyzing and preparing reports on State legislation
affecting any aspect of clerk of the board of supervisors operations
and acting as advocate, within Board of Supervisors guidelines,
on legislative and regulatory matters for clerks of the board.
- Supporting the Executive
Officer in her position as Co-Chair of the Legislative Committee
of the California Assoc. of Clerks & Election Officials and
communicating with the clerks of the board throughout California
regarding pending legislation and State regulations affecting
clerk operations.
- Promoting productivity and quality in the Department via the
County's Quality and Productivity
Managers' Network.
Assessment Appeals Public Education Program
In 1995, the Assessment Appeals Public
Education Program was created to provide taxpayers with seminars
and brochures on property tax appeals. The first of its kind in
California, this program conducts educational seminars throughout
the year at various locations within the County. In 1997-98, this
program won a California State Association of Counties "Challenge
Award" for excellence and a National Association of Counties "Best
of Category Award" for the best public information/civic education
program of the year.
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