LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Today, the LA County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion authored by Supervisor Hilda L. Solis and coauthored by Chair Janice Hahn to further align with President Joe Biden's Executive Order on reducing gun violence. The United States continues to lead the world in mass shootings resulting in firearms as the number [...]
Los Angeles, Calif. Today, the LA County Board of Supervisors voted to pass two motions by Supervisor Hilda L. Solis and Chair Janice Hahn on supporting three Assembly Bills (AB) by California State Assemblymember Mike Fong in response to the Monterey Park mass shooting that took the lives of 11 residents and injured another nine. The [...]
LOS ANGELES, Calif. Today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted on a motion by Supervisor Hilda L. Solis and Chair Janice Hahn to expand secure mental health beds and facilities to decrease the population of people with mental health needs in the jails. The County is subject to numerous consent decrees and settlement agreements, including [...]
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis released the following statement on agenda item 22 to "Depopulate and Decarcerate Los Angeles County Jails," which was scheduled for the Board of Supervisors meeting tomorrow, April 4, 2023. "Los Angeles County is subject to numerous federal consent decrees and settlement agreements, including those regarding the [...]
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on a motion by Supervisor Hilda L. Solis and Chair Janice Hahn to support President Joe Biden's new Executive Order on Reducing Gun Violence and Making Our Communities Safer. Last week, Supervisor Solis joined President Joe Biden in the City of Monterey Park, [...]
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis released the following statement after the Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to pass her motion on supporting the Sheriff Civilian Oversight Commission’s (COC) 27 recommendations to eradicate deputy gangs in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. "Deputy gangs are indeed a cancer within the Sheriff’s Department. They are thriving [...]
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - In response to the mass shooting in the City of Monterey Park that took the lives of 11 people, today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a series of motions authored by Chair Janice Hahn, Supervisor Hilda L. Solis, and Supervisor Lindsey P. Horvath to strengthen gun regulations in Los Angeles [...]
LOS ANGELES, CA - Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis released the following statement after the Board of Supervisors unanimously approved her urgency motion, co-authored by Chair Janice Hahn, to declare gun violence a public health crisis, to establish protocols and procedures to respond to any future mass violent events, emphasizing the need for culturally [...]
LOS ANGELES, CA - Today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion authored by Supervisor Hilda L. Solis and co-authored by Supervisor Lindsey P. Horvath affirming its ban of Oleoresin Capsicum (OC) spray, commonly known as "pepper spray," and phasing it out at Central Juvenile Hall. In February 2019, the Board of Supervisors [...]
LOS ANGELES, CA - Today, Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis announced she will provide $100,000 in discretionary funding to boost law enforcement patrol in unincorporated Azusa. Her announcement comes as the community of Azusa is experiencing an increase in gun violence. “The rise in gun violence we are seeing in Azusa is truly heartbreaking,” said Supervisor [...]