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1. A Kafkaesque role in city government.
Los Angeles City Hall, 2021. (Photo by AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)
“It's just one absurdity on top of another,” said reporter Robert Greene, describing the state of the Los Angeles City Health Commission — a commission that meets monthly, files meticulously detailed reports and prepares semiannual presentations, yet has no department or city health service to oversee, and no budget or paid staff. The City Council has never once put them on the agenda.
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