Supervisor wants to strip L.A. County Fire Department of hiring authority

Los Angeles Times | October 31, 2014 | 8:48 AM

A county supervisor is proposing to take hiring authority away from the Los Angeles County Fire Department following a Times investigation that found a disproportionate number of new firefighters have family ties within the department.
Supervisor Gloria Molina proposes putting the recruitment and hiring process in the hands of the county's human resources department.
"Leadership and a culture of nepotism have tainted the fire department's image," Molina wrote in a memo to the Board of Supervisors.
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