LOS ANGELES – Today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a motion authored by Chair Hilda L. Solis, Supervisor to the First District and co-authored by Supervisor Sheila Kuehl to support urban water conservation in Los Angeles County. "Given the latest Executive Order by Governor Gavin Newsom asking Californians to voluntarily reduce their water [...]
LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a motion authored by Chair Hilda L. Solis, Supervisor to the First District, to establish an interim ordinance regulating automobile service stations and drive-through establishments in East Los Angeles. "New automobile service stations and drive-through establishments in East Los Angeles pose an immediate threat to the [...]
LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Chair Hilda L. Solis, Vice Chair to the Metro Board, released the following statement after the Metro Board approved her motion to immediately suspend further work to advance the current 710 South Corridor Project EIR/EIS. “Communities in Southeast Los Angeles which I proudly represent have been subject [...]
LOS ANGELES - Today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a motion authored by Chair Hilda L. Solis, Supervisor to the First District, and co-authored by Supervisor Hahn that will ensure the continuation of legal representation and due process services for immigrants under the Los Angeles Justice Fund Pilot Program. “From our most [...]
LOS ANGELES – Today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the appointment of Drew Ready, Senior Project Manager at Council for Watershed Health (CWH), to the Watershed Area Steering Committee Community - Upper San Gabriel River. “Everyone deserves access to safe, clean water, and many of the underserved communities I represent have unique [...]
LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Chair Hilda L. Solis released the following statement after Governor Gavin Newsom announced a $454 million dollar budget proposal to address environmental injustices caused by Exide. "The allocation of $454.4 million to address the Exide clean-up is an unprecedented action in our fight against Exide Technologies (Exide) [...]
LOS ANGELES, CA – Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Chair Hilda L. Solis released the following statement after the Board voted in favor of her motion to direct Los Angeles County’s legislative advocates in Sacramento to support SB 289, which would expand convenient battery recycling options for County Residents while reducing the risk of fires [...]
LOS ANGELES, CA – Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Chair Hilda L. Solis, Supervisor to the First District, released the following statement after the Board of Supervisors approved her motion directing the County’s Legislative Advocates in Sacramento to support Assembly Bill (AB) 1, introduced by Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia, which includes necessary reforms to improve and increase [...]
LOS ANGELES, CA – Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis released the following statement after providing testimony at an oversight hearing, convened by the State of California’s Joint Legislative Audit Committee and the Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee, regarding the recent audit report of the Department of Toxic Substances Control’s (DTSC) progress to clean [...]
Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis released the following statement after the U.S. Bankruptcy Court District of Delaware ruled that Exide Technologies may abandon its shuttered battery recycling facility in Vernon, leaving California taxpayers to pay for the massive cleanup of lead and other toxic pollutants at the site and in surrounding East and [...]
