LOS ANGELES, CA - Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis today issued the following statement after President Joseph R. Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law. “Once again, President Biden has displayed remarkable leadership in passing landmark legislation to address the climate crisis and expand cleaner and renewable energies, while bringing down healthcare costs for [...]
LOS ANGELES, CA - Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis, First District, released the following statement after the Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to certify and approve the Final Environmental Impact Report and Green Zones Program, which amends Title 22 of the Los Angeles County Code and the Los Angeles County General Plan to improve the public [...]
LOS ANGELES, CA - 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 on Supporting the California Plastic Waste Reduction Regulations Initiative (2022). “Our communities are counting on us, now more than ever, to realize the goals [...]
Los Angeles, CA - In 1970, the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts (Sanitation Districts) purchased over 1,200 acres of land in the Puente Hills canyons of the San Gabriel Valley to create a new, regional landfill known today as the Puente Hills Landfill. Under conditions laid out in a 1987 Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) entered into [...]
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) [...]
