Category: Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors

Ferrer: LA County Not Ready to Lift Indoor Mask Mandate Feb. 15

As Los Angeles County will not follow the state’s guideline to lift the mask mandate for vaccinated individuals next week, the county’s Department of Public Health outlined the criteria to drop masks in the coming weeks, if not months.  On Feb. 7, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that vaccinated people don’t need to wear masks indoors starting Feb. 15…


LA County Extends Pandemic Eviction Protections Through End of the Year

LOS ANGELES—Despite vehement opposition from one of its members, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted on Jan. 25 to extend eviction protections for many pandemic-impacted tenants in unincorporated areas through the end of the year. Supervisor Sheila Kuehl championed the extension of the eviction protection and associated freeze on rent hikes, insisting that…


La Verne Residents Oppose Youth Facility at City’s Juvenile Camps

LOS ANGELES—More than a dozen La Verne residents pleaded on Jan. 11 with the Board of Supervisors not to choose either of two local juvenile camps to permanently house offenders who were once in state youth prisons. This is the second board meeting at which a significant number of residents turned out—virtually—to attempt to persuade…


LA County to Investigate Sewage Spill as Residents Call for Better Infrastructure, Leadership

CARSON, Calif.—Los Angeles County will investigate the cause of the 8.5-million-gallon sewage spill in Carson, as well as evaluate the condition of the county’s sewer systems amid residents’ calls for better leadership and infrastructure in the city. On Jan. 11, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a motion (pdf) introduced by Supervisors Holly J….


LA County Offers Rewards in Antelope Valley Shootings, Says Board Must ‘Send a Message’ to Criminals

LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles County is offering a $10,000 reward for information about the Lancaster shooter who shot a man while driving and hunted down the same man at a gas station to shoot him again. The Los Angeles Board of Supervisors approved the reward in a motion during a Dec. 21 board meeting. Supervisor Kathryn…


LA County Looking to Hire 200 More Nurses Amid Nursing Shortage

LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles County will add about 200 registered nurses (RN) to the Department of Health Services to achieve staffing standards as California struggles with a nursing shortage. The Los Angeles Board of Supervisors voted Dec. 21 to approve a motion to help hospitals within the county reach the state’s “nurse-to-patient ratio”—at least one nurse…


State Senator Henry Stern Announces Candidacy for LA Board of Supervisors

SHERMAN OAKS, Calif.—State Sen. Henry Stern today officially announced his candidacy for the Third District seat on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors being vacated by Sheila Kuehl. Standing at the corner of Ventura Boulevard and Stern Avenue in Sherman Oaks—with the Stern Avenue street sign serving as a backdrop—the lawmaker announced on Zoom,…


California Redistricting Commission Considers Moving Several Cities Into Other Counties

The citizen-led California congressional and legislative redistricting commission is considering maps that could move several Southern California cities into other counties. During an Oct. 27 meeting of the California Citizens’ Redistricting Commission (CCRC), which draws the state’s legislative and congressional districts every ten years based on census data, proposed maps during its Oct. 27 meeting placing…


LA County Eyeing Guaranteed Income Pilot Program for 150 Youths Age 18-24

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will vote July 27 on a three-year pilot program to provide $1,204 per month to 150 county residents aged 18-24. The money would go to youth who are currently receiving general relief benefits and participating in the Departments of Public Social Services’ TAYportunity program. The vote…


LA County Approves More Than $500 Million in Homeless Spending

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on July 13 approved $527.1 million in funding for strategies to battle homelessness in fiscal year 2021-22, while expressing frustration over the rising numbers of people living on the street. Despite the massive inflow of cash from Measure H and dozens of carefully crafted initiatives that…