The approval of a November ballot measure would amend the Los Angeles County Charter and alter the structure of the governmental body that oversees close to 10 million people. 

The proposal, introduced by county Supervisors Lindsey Horvath and Janice Hahn, is known as Measure G and would expand the number of supervisors from five to nine. It would also create an independent ethics commission. 

With less than five weeks until the Nov. 5 election, Horvath joined “Inside the Issues” host Amrit Singh to discuss the measure. 

“This will be the largest governance reform package to come to Los Angeles in more than 100 years,” said Horvath. “This is that once-in-a-more-than-a-generation opportunity for us as Angelenos to bring the kinds of reforms that make sense for the 21st century and have a government that finally works for us.”

Horvath also discussed another notable element of Measure G, which would create a county executive position that’s elected by voters. 

“What we’re trying to do is put the power back in the people’s hands,” Horvath said. “What we want to have happen is that the person who is drafting our now $46 billion budget is somebody that the people choose. They get to decide who authors that budget, who is able to, on a daily basis, be accountable in implementing the change that the Board of Supervisors has called for.” 

Horvath also gave insight to the Supervisors’ recent 3-1 vote to oppose Proposition 36, the statewide measure on the November ballot that would reform parts of Proposition 47, which was passed by California voters in 2014.