At the direction of Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis, the Board of Supervisors today voted to restore $20.7 million in funding for the Youth@Work program and allocated $5 million in long-term funding to ensure up to 10,000 young adults can continue getting work experiences that lead to entry-level jobs. “As former U.S. [...]
Supervisor Hilda L. Solis issued the following statement after the Board of Supervisors passed the 2020-21 Supplemental Budget, which brought the County’s total budget to $37.6 billion: “In March, in response to the global pandemic, the County Health Officer issued the Safer at Home Order, which upended our lives. “Initially, many thought COVID-19 was an [...]
The 2020 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count found nearly 66,436 people experiencing homelessness in the County of Los Angeles, which is a 12.7 percent increase over last year’s point-in-time count and well before the COVID-19 pandemic impacted individuals and families. The effects of the pandemic are far reaching, exacerbating the homelessness crisis and disproportionately affecting [...]
Just under one-third of the 60,000 people experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles County are women — a 15 percent increase over 2019, according to the 2020 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count. The Homeless Count, however, does not reveal how many of these women are single, rendering them invisible. To address this, the Board of Supervisors [...]
Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis released the following statement after the Board of Supervisors unanimously approved her motion directing LA County to support the I Am Vanessa Guillén Act of 2020, which would reform how the military addresses sexual assault, sexual harassment and missing service members: “Twenty-two year old U.S. Army Specialist Vanessa [...]
Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis released the following statement after the Board of Supervisors today approved her motion to create a pilot community land trust partnership program to provide more affordable housing units: “As businesses shuttered to adhere to our County Safer at Home Order, families already on the edge of economic [...]
Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis issued the following statement after the Board of Supervisors approved her motion to recognize Oct. 12 as Indigenous Peoples' Day: “Since at least 1970, Native Americans have celebrated Indigenous Peoples' Day on the second Monday of October as a day of remembrance of our ancestors, as a means [...]
Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis on Wednesday announced the launch of a new $15 million Countywide program that will provide child care vouchers to 5,000 essential workers and low-income working parents through Dec. 30. “Child care is the backbone of our economy and parents seeking child care are facing financial hardships as the [...]
Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis on Sept. 21 joined the nonprofit Baby2Baby to distribute backpacks, school supplies, diapers, baby wipes, teddy bears, and ice cream to students at Shirpser Elementary School, an El Monte campus where all children come from households that are under the federal poverty line. The event was sponsored by [...]
In an effort to get more people to vote in the Presidential General Election, Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis has teamed up with More Than A Vote and the Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk to observe Tuesday as National Voter Registration Day. “National Voter Registration Day is an opportunity to get civically involved to strengthen our [...]
