LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Chair, Hilda L. Solis, released the following statement regarding the County’s final budget deliberations: “I am pleased to share that following a difficult year and a half from a once-in-a-century pandemic, that the County is heading into the new fiscal year both stronger and bolder than ever. [...]
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 Holly J. Mitchell to oppose AB 958, unless amended to include language on cliques and gangs who identify themselves by a name and may be associated with [...]
LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Chair Hilda L. Solis released the following statement after Governor Gavin Newsom announced his revised budget proposal. “As we emerge from a global pandemic that disproportionately impacted our most vulnerable communities, particularly communities of color, we are now transitioning into a long-anticipated recovery from this virus. The [...]
LOS ANGELES – Today, LA County’s report exploring how the County might close Men’s Central Jail was released. The report, developed by a workgroup led by the County’s Office of Diversion and Reentry (ODR) and the LA County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) in partnership with community and County stakeholders, indicates that building out the community-based system of [...]
Supervisor Hilda L. Solis issued the following statement after the Board of Supervisors passed the 2020-21 Supplemental Budget, which brought the County’s total budget to $37.6 billion: “In March, in response to the global pandemic, the County Health Officer issued the Safer at Home Order, which upended our lives. “Initially, many thought COVID-19 was an [...]
With recent wildfires and heatwaves, LA County residents have endured rolling blackouts due to excessive heat driving up electricity use. While power outages tend to affect everyone, energy shutoffs disproportionately impact our Black and Latinx communities who often live in hotter areas. In response, today the Board of Supervisors passed a motion authored by Los [...]
Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis released the following statement after the Board of Supervisors approved her motion to use the Pomona Fairplex to support the County’s expanded vote-by-mail operations: “On March 10, 2020, the Board of Supervisors approved a motion directing the County's Registrar Recorder/County Clerk to develop a plan to expand [...]
In a significant step towards a ‘care first, jail last’ approach to community health and public safety, today the Board of Supervisors approved two separate, but related Board motions, both authored by Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis, that would initiate a plan to close Men’s Central Jail within the year and fast track [...]
Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis released the following statement after the County of Los Angeles held its public hearing on the 2020-21 recommended budget and revisions: “Normally, at this point in the budget process, the County of Los Angeles is refining budget numbers for adoption in June. However, due to the unprecedented COVID-19 [...]
Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis issued the following statement after the Board of Supervisors approved the 2020-2021 Recommended Budget, which estimates the County’s total budget to be approximately $35.5 billion: “Facing the unprecedented COVID-19 public health crisis, and its unfolding economic and fiscal impacts for the coming year, the Los Angeles County Board [...]
