Supervisor Solis’ Statement on the U.S. Bankruptcy Court Allowing Exide to Abandon Toxic Battery Recycling Facility in Vernon
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 [...]
Supervisor Solis’ Statement on Supreme Court Allowing the Trump Administration to Halt Census Count
Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis released the following statement after the Supreme Court of the United States allowed the Trump administration's request to halt the census count while an appeal plays out: "I am [...]
Los Angeles County to Address the Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Through Action by Supervisor Solis
Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis released the following statement after the Board of Supervisors approved her motion directing the Department of Public Health, in collaboration with the Department of Health Services and the [...]
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to Oppose Proposition 22 Through Action by Supervisor Hilda L. Solis
Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis released the following statement after the Board of Supervisors approved her motion directing the Board to take an official position to oppose Proposition 22 (Prop 22), which will [...]
Supervisor Solis’ Statement on Proclaiming the Week of October 25-31, 2020 as National Lead Poising Prevention Week and Exide’s Lead Contamination of East and Southeast Los Angeles Communities
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 [...]
Supervisor Hilda L. Solis’ Statement on the Proposed Exide Bankruptcy Settlement/Consent Decree Proceedings
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, [...]
LA County to Restore Funding for Youth@Work at Supervisor Solis’ Direction
At the direction of Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis, the Board of Supervisors today voted to restore $20.7 million in funding for the Youth@Work program and allocated $5 million in long-term funding to [...]