LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved two proposals by Supervisor Hilda L. Solis, one co-authored by Supervisor Lindsey Horvath and the other co-authored by Chair Janice Hahn, in support of the LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, or another diverse gender identity) community by expanding access to [...]
LOS ANGELES, Calif. Today, LA County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis released the following statement after the Board of Supervisors approved her motion to support efforts to expand eligibility for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and Medicaid plans for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) recipients, also known as Dreamers. On April 13, 2023, the Biden-Harris administration announced a [...]
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis and First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom today joined parents and children for the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the Los Angeles County Child Development Center. The new 6,000-square-foot facility replaces the existing LAC+USC Children's Center located on Mission Road. Supervisor Solis is working to transform LAC+USC Medical Center, Los Angeles County's flagship [...]
LOS ANGELES, CA - Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis released the following statement after the Board of Supervisors unanimously approved her motion to advance two projects at LAC+USC Medical Center that will provide 10 permanent acute adolescent psychiatric beds and 24 permanent acute adult psychiatric beds, as well as 24 behavioral health medical surgical [...]
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 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 [...]
LOS ANGELES, CA - Today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion authored by Supervisor Hilda L. Solis to empower schools and youth to respond to the drug overdose epidemic in Los Angeles County. "Los Angeles County is experiencing the worst overdose epidemic in local history, and it is having devastating [...]
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 explore options on providing supplemental paid sick leave for monkeypox and COVID-19. “While I’m glad to see that our COVID-19 cases continue to gradually decline and that new [...]
LOS ANGELES, CA – Today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion authored by Supervisor Hilda L. Solis opposing U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham’s recent legislation, S.4840 (Protecting Pain-Capable Unborn Children from Late-Term Abortions Act), which would prohibit the performance of abortion at 15 weeks nationwide. “Senator Graham is completely wrong. After the devastating [...]
