LOS ANGELES, CA - Today, Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis announced she will provide $100,000 in discretionary funding to boost law enforcement patrol in unincorporated Azusa. Her announcement comes as the community of Azusa is experiencing an increase in gun violence. “The rise in gun violence we are seeing in Azusa is truly heartbreaking,” said Supervisor [...]
LOS ANGELES, CA - Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis released the following statement after her motion was approved to negotiate a Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) with the Laborers’ International Union (LIUNA) of North America Local 777 for a one-time non-pensionable payment of $1,000 and a three-year Cost of Living Adjustment to 233 of their represented employees that work for the Los [...]
LOS ANGELES, CA - Today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion authored by Supervisor Hilda L. Solis and Supervisor Kathryn Barger to adopt the Los Angeles Countywide Parks Needs Assessment (PNA+). The PNA+ builds on the groundbreaking 2016 Los Angeles Countywide Parks and Recreation Needs Assessment (PNA) which focused on park and recreational [...]
LOS ANGELES, CA - Today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved two motions authored by Supervisor Hilda L. Solis and co-authored by Supervisor Lindsey P. Horvath to expand housing for youth people formerly in foster care. Collectively, the motions will create more housing, allow providers to build services to meet tailored needs of [...]
LOS ANGELES, CA - Today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion authored by Supervisor Hilda L. Solis and Supervisor Janice Hahn to proclaim November 2022 as Diabetes Awareness Month in Los Angeles County and to expand access to healthy and nutritious food for residents most in-need. For low-income communities in LA County, [...]
LOS ANGELES, CA - Today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion authored by Supervisor Hilda L. Solis and Supervisor Sheila Kuehl to implement a Gender Impact Assessment (GIA) for County departments. "Achieving gender equity is a multi-year effort, requiring us to question assumptions that our services affect everyone in the same [...]
LOS ANGELES, CA - Today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion authored by Supervisor Hilda L. Solis and Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell to support residents with student loan debt relief. Since 1980, the cost of college has almost tripled ─ leaving more than 40 million Americans in debt for their education. This accounts [...]
LOS ANGELES, CA - Today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion authored by Supervisor Hilda L. Solis to investigate safe maximum indoor temperature thresholds to assist heat-vulnerable tenants and workers in high-risk workplaces. The negative health impacts of climate change are already being felt in the County as heat-related emergency department visits have more [...]
LOS ANGELES, CA - Today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion authored by Supervisor Hilda L. Solis and Supervisor Janice Hahn to adopt a formal land acknowledgment. A land acknowledgment is a statement that recognizes an area’s original inhabitants who have been forcibly dispossessed of their homelands and is a [...]
LOS ANGELES, CA - Today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion authored by Supervisor Hilda L. Solis and Supervisor Janice Hahn to support Proposition 1: Constitutional Right to Reproductive Freedom. "The Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson decision will lead to increased deaths of women, particularly women of color, and it [...]