The Board of Supervisors this week voted to place on the November ballot an initiative that would repeal the county’s quarter-cent sales tax for homelessness-prevention measures and replace it with […]
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Board moves to explorecounty reparations plan
The Board of Supervisors has voted to explore additional efforts for making reparations to “historically disenfranchised” Black residents, including an offer of free admission for a day this month to […]
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Expand access to doula services across county
The Board of Supervisors has unanimously approved a motion authored by Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell, representing the Second District, to expand access to doula services across LA County and support […]
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Board votes to strengthen gun regulations in county
In response to the mass shooting in Monterey Park that took the lives of 11 people, the Board of Supervisors has unanimously approved a series of motions authored by Board […]
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Board boosts funding for homeless initiative
Following its Jan. 10 declaration of a countywide homeless emergency, the Board of Supervisors this week authorized its largest-ever annual budget allocation for the county’s Homeless Initiative—$609.7 million. “Budgets reflect […]
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Board votes to extend moratorium on rent pay
The Board of Supervisors has passed a motion that would extend a pandemic-era eviction moratorium until the end of March. Several protections for renters have been changed and extended by […]
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Supervisors move to curtail EBT ‘skimming’
Last year, an estimated $19 million in public benefits was stolen from people receiving social services and welfare funds in L.A. County through a process called “skimming,” prompting the Board […]
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Board approves assessment of county parks requirements
The L.A. County Board of Supervisors has unanimously adopted a countywide assessment of park needs identifying priority areas for development of recreational facilities, and calling for efforts to transform “degraded […]
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Lindsey Horvath, Hilda Solis sworn in on Board of Supervisors
Lindsey Horvath and Hilda Solis took their oaths of office for the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors with Horvath debuting on the county’s governing body as its youngest-ever elected […]
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Hahn ready to work with Bass on homelessness
This week, Chair of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Janice Hahn joined Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass in the city’s Emergency Operations Center as the mayor signed an […]