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"In today's workplaces, employees are very attuned to their supervisors' relationships with more senior leaders," Dr. Xu says.

And this week, the agency’s top officials joined Inyo County supervisors and residents for a committee meeting and tour of the Lower Owens River Project, a major river revitalization effort.

With a county executive in place, the supervisors’ jobs will change too.

They see their vast wealth as a vehicle to infuse local governance — including the mayor’s office, county boards of supervisors, city councils and school boards — with more centrist leanings.

The county currently has a chief executive appointed by the supervisors.