County cuts five commissions

Estimating the action will save taxpayers nearly $1.5 million, Los Angeles County supervisors voted Tuesday to eliminate five more advisory commissions.Troy Anderson in the Daily News.

The move followed a vote in June to eliminate 11 commissions, committees and boards that hadn't met for a long time or have had very low attendance by members.

"These recommendations will also result in less overlap among bodies and cost savings that will mitigate curtailments in critical county public services," Chief Executive Officer Bill Fujioka wrote in a memo to the supervisors.