The City Commissioner, An Often Overlooked But Influential Force in Local Government
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Don’t count them out just yet.
As freshly-elected city councils take root across Orange County this month, many decisions will be made about who will serve on their local subcommittees and commissions.
Such panels are a standard feature for cities, composed of residents who are appointed by council members, and are largely advisory in nature on certain policies and legislative decisions.
Still, city commissioners can be some of the most influential forces in local government.
Consider Santa Ana, where the Planning Commission may have set future residents and their children on a different course pushing a vote on the city’s long term development and open space goals over the next few decades out of an outgoing City Council’s hands, and into the hands of a newer, younger City Council sworn in this month.