Finding F1.6
“Meet and Confer” negotiations between the LASD and its unions, who cannot strike, are used to balance the influence of management. This often results in the inability of the COC to secure confidential deputy testimony required for oversight.
Jury report: The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department: Changing Culture and Increasing Transparency · PDF page 84
Permanent linkOfficial response
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors (consolidated County departmental response)
Acknowledges effects on testimony timing but disputes the characterization of bargaining; explains decision-versus-effects bargaining through Government Code Sections 3504 and 3505.
Read official response · PDF page 6Both accepted and disputed propositions are expressly separated. Specific bargaining reasons and named statutory provisions support the explanation without establishing its legal correctness. Report physical PDF page(s) 84; County response physical PDF page(s) 6–7. Claims remain attributed; adoption date is not a filing or receipt date.
This review evaluates the response document. Implementation claims have not been independently verified.