Section 4047 Of Article 1. Harbor Commission From California Harbors And Navigation Code >> Division 7. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 1.

. The commission may, with the approval of the board of supervisors, appoint and fix the compensation of a clerk, and his necessary office assistants, and it may also employ and appoint an engineer or engineers and other experts, and, if in its judgment it is necessary, employ an attorney. All employees and appointees shall hold office at the pleasure of the commission.