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It also urged the county to make the Office of Emergency Management, which operates as a subdepartment under the Chief Executive Office, its own department.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025

In others red tape is so thick that the head of a subdepartment must clear everything he does with his department chief.

From Time Magazine Archive