commission
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A lack of quorum in some weeks was a factor in the commission canceling roughly a third of its meetings last year.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
The development commission has recommended reviving the Hood County data center moratorium proposal, but those efforts have so far been unsuccessful in being added to the commissioners’ agenda.
From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026
Time and time again, the commission has failed in its mission to be a voice for Angelenos, said Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martínez.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
Yet Nancy Altman, president of the advocacy group Social Security Works, described such a commission as “a waste of time.”
From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026
“Request permission,” it stated, “for Mary Rose to re-enter Portsmouth Harbor after a rather long commission of 437 years.”
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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