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 [...]
Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis released the following statement after the Board of Supervisors approved her motion directing the Board to proclaim the week of October 25-31, 2020 as National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week and highlighting Exide’s lead contamination of East and Southeast Los Angeles communities: “There is no safe level of lead [...]
Supervisor Hilda L. Solis issued the following statement on the proposed Exide bankruptcy settlement/Consent Decree proceedings: “The proposed settlement/Consent Decree between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the former Exide battery recycling facility in Vernon, California, is an insult to the Exide-affected communities and an environmental injustice. It fails to hold Exide and its predecessors [...]
Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis released the following statement after the Board of Supervisors unanimously approved her motion directing the Office of Emergency Management (OEM) to create a Heat Emergency Response Plan and report back within 90 days: “In extreme heat, LA County has been working diligently to protect our most vulnerable residents: [...]
Between 2013 and 2017, over 3,400 people lost their lives in traffic accidents on roads throughout Los Angeles County. Of these deaths, 383 occurred in unincorporated areas of the County. During this same time, traffic fatalities on unincorporated County roadways increased by nearly 28 percent. In an effort to enhance safety on local streets, today [...]
Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis issued the following statement in response to a COVID-19 outbreak at Los Angeles Apparel: “‘Made in America’ does not always translate into fair and safe workplace conditions. During my time as U.S. Secretary of Labor, I witnessed and addressed the exploitation of garment workers across the country, including [...]
Although the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) launched an investigation on the day a Delta jetliner released nearly 10,000 pounds of fuel over a wide swath of Southeast Los Angeles County, the federal probe of this incident is still not complete. The residents of Cudahy, South Gate, Pico Rivera and other cities deserve to know why [...]
Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis released the following statement after Metro staff approved a contract to conduct a technical feasibility study of the Los Angeles River/Rio Hondo Confluence in the City of South Gate as part of Metro’s West Santa Ana Branch (WSAB) Transit Corridor project: "The cities surrounding the Confluence of the [...]
Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis released the following statement in response to a commercial jetliner releasing engine fuel over residential communities in southeast Los Angeles County: “I am distraught to learn that an airplane returning to LAX has dropped engine fuel on children at schools, including Park Avenue Elementary School in the City [...]
Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis released the following statement after the Board of Supervisors approved her motion to support the reimbursement of approximately $41 million from the State of California to the Los Angeles County Flood Control District for the Los Angeles County Drainage Area project, with these funds to be prioritized for [...]
