Tag: Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors

LA County Supervisors Moves to Put Sheriff Removal Measure on November Ballot

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors July 26 approved the first reading of an ordinance that would allow county voters to decide whether the board should have the power to remove a county sheriff from office under certain conditions. The ordinance, introduced by Board Chair Holly Mitchell and Supervisor Hilda Solis, received a 4–1…


LA County Supervisors Looking to Enhance School Safety

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved July 12 a motion instructing county departments to collaborate with the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) and other school districts on increasing campus safety. The motion was a response to violence in local schools and the recent national spate of school shootings. Specifically mentioned was…


LA County Supervisors Approve Proposal Enabling Removal of Sheriff

LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, which has repeatedly clashed with Sheriff Alex Villanueva on a variety of topics, directed its attorneys on July 12 to draft a proposed ballot measure that would give the panel power to remove an elected sheriff from office for cause. The issue will still need to return…


Villanueva Fires Back After LA Supervisors Eye Power to Remove Sheriff

LOS ANGELES—One day after the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors made public a proposal that could give them the power to remove an elected sheriff from office for cause, Sheriff Alex Villanueva’s re-election campaign fired back on July 8—saying the supervisors have “no business” seeking such authority. “The people of Los Angeles would be…


LA County Supervisors Consider Seeking Power to Remove Sheriff

LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on July 12 will consider a proposal that would ask voters in November to give the panel power to remove an elected sheriff from office for cause. The motion by Board Chair Holly Mitchell and Supervisor Hilda Solis would direct county attorneys to draft the required documents…


LA County Buys $750K Worth of Baby Formula to Fight Shortage

LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles County has purchased $750,000 worth of baby formula to fight the current shortage, Supervisor Hilda L. Solis announced. “I know many parents and caregivers have been worried and anxious due to the shortage of baby formula,” Solis said in a statement on Friday, May 27. “As the county government, it is our…


LA County Supervisors Support ‘Safe Haven’ for Abortion Seekers, Regardless of Residency

LOS ANGELES—Amid news the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to overturn the landmark abortion decision Roe v. Wade, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on May 3 threw its support behind a proposed pilot project aimed at making the county a “safe haven” for women seeking abortions, regardless of residency. The county Board of…


LA County Board Adopts Proposals for Changing Oversight of Homeless Programs

LOS ANGELES—A divided Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors adopted a series of recommendations Tuesday aimed at streamlining and improving the response to homelessness, with a majority calling the move a step in the right direction, but two others questioning whether the proposals will have any real impact. Supervisors Kathryn Barger, Janice Hahn, and Hilda…


LA County Bans Single-Use Plastics in Food Service

LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors gave final approval on April 19 to an ordinance requiring that all food-service containers, cups, dishes, and cutlery be distributed by restaurants and food facilities in unincorporated areas of the county be recyclable or compostable. The ordinance, which will be phased in starting in May 2023, will…


LA Sheriff: County’s 2022–23 Budget Is ‘Defunding the Police’

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva criticized the county’s recommended $38.6 billion budget for the 2022-23 fiscal year, claiming its Board of Supervisors is “defunding the police” by re-allocating the sheriff department’s funds to alternative incarceration programs. In a press conference on April 20, Villaneuva said he decided to host his own press conference because…