United States | Farewell to the five queens

Los Angeles decides it is sick of scandal

A county of 10m people conducts a civilised revolution

Los Angeles County supervisors Hilda L. Solis, Kathryn Barger, Holly J. Mitchell, Lindsey P. Horvath and Janice Hahn
The ancien regimePhotograph: Christina House/Los Angeles Times via Contour RA
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LESS NOTICED among recent political events, Los Angeles is reckoning with a small revolution. Los Angeles County is home to nearly 10m people, making it more populous than all but ten states. Its five supervisors wield a $50bn budget. What happens in this sprawling conglomeration of suburbs and highways affects a quarter of all Californians. And, as in the rest of the country, Angelenos voted for change.

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