by Leah Cohen | Sep 28, 2022 | News, Press Releases
Today, the Board of Supervisors, building upon lessons learned during the pandemic, adopted two rent protection motions to help keep low-income families in their homes and to reduce the inflow of people into homelessness. The first motion, authored by Supervisors...
by Nik Swiatek | May 5, 2022 | News, Press Releases
Supervisor Sheila Kuehl issued the following statement in response to the LA County Board of Supervisors vote to approve a motion today that will add a new layer of bureaucracy to the region’s already complicated homeless system, and divert critical time, resources,...
by Nik Swiatek | May 5, 2022 | News, Press Releases
For more than two decades, elected officials and community leaders concerned about the impact on the health of hundreds of thousands of County residents, have advocated for a full cleanup of the highly contaminated toxic chemical and radioactive waste site located at...
by Leah Cohen | Apr 5, 2022 | News, Press Releases
The LA County Supervisors voted to develop a strengthened enforcement code to apply to the more than 100,000 rental units in unincorporated LA County. The new enforcement process will increase compliance with existing health, safety, and welfare codes and provide...
by Leah Cohen | Mar 2, 2022 | News, Press Releases
Today the LA County Supervisors took another step to fulfill its Care First, Jails Last vision by bringing many of the needed services and programs under a single roof. Two years ago, the Board of Supervisors adopted a Care First approach which aims to reduce the...
by Leah Cohen | Oct 20, 2021 | News, Press Releases
The Board of Supervisors approved a motion to prioritize and implement the recommendations of a recent report asking the County to set a goal of seriously reducing the incarceration of women, lesbian-gay-bisexual and transgender people. The report by the Gender...