Board of Supervisors

Though all California voters will receive a vote-by-mail ballot, Los Angeles County officials Tuesday stressed that hundreds of voting centers will still be needed and urged school districts and cities to help identify locations. A high-tech voting system and a global pandemic mean that voting centers this year have a whole new set of requirements. Gone are the days when…

Worker-led health councils would be set up to monitor business compliance with public health orders under a plan being considered Tuesday by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. Supervisors Sheila Kuehl and Mark Ridley-Thomas co-authored a motion recommending that the county reach out to labor leaders and business representatives and quickly come up with effective ways to monitor compliance…

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to buy and give away three million cloth face masks in the next 90 days. Supervisors Sheila Kuehl and Hilda Solis co-authored the motion as part of county efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19. “It’s a proven strategy, along with (social) distancing … and washing our hands and washing our…

County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said the move was political in nature. Eric Leonard reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, March 31, 2020.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously today to eliminate many county-imposed criminal justice fees and forgive related debt. Supervisors Hilda Solis and Sheila Kuehl co-authored a motion recommending an end to all administrative fees the board controls as well as support for Senate Bill 144, which would eliminate many similar state fees. “The fees … are not…

Los Angeles County paid out $91.5 million to satisfy judgments and settle lawsuits in fiscal year 2018-19, nearly one-quarter more than it spent the previous year, according to an analysis made available Tuesday. That total doesn’t include another $57 million in legal fees and expenses related to those lawsuits. The Litigation Cost Report was included on the Board of Supervisors…

Massage businesses in unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County will soon be required to pay for a public health permit and comply with new regulations designed to combat human trafficking, under action taken Tuesday by the Board of Supervisors. Supervisor Janice Hahn championed the changes, saying many of the businesses had “become a safe haven for human trafficking” for sex…

Pointing to “sobering” statistics showing that the number of homeless people dying in Los Angeles County nearly doubled from 2013 to 2018, the Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to deploy health care workers to encampments and shelters to assess health needs among the homeless.

Riverside County supervisors approved a local emergency proclamation Thursday connected to last week’s deadly blaze in Calimesa, as well as three other wind-driven brush fires, enabling the county and victims to obtain assistance from state and federal sources.

A Monrovia man pleaded not guilty Thursday to a capital murder charge that alleges he killed his girlfriend, who disappeared in late July and whose body has not been found.

San Francisco’s mayor has told department heads they cannot investigate the possible ties of city contractors to the National Rifle Association, prompting the gun-rights group to declare victory in its ongoing fight with the city.

San Diego County leaders on Monday called for a ban on the sale of vaping devices and flavored tobacco products in unincorporated areas as lung-related illnesses rise across the nation.

The Board of Supervisors approved on Tuesday a $900,000 contract spanning five years with an SPCA-linked nonprofit to provide clinical services for the Riverside County animal shelter in Thousand Palms.

The Los Angeles City Council agreed Friday to examine the purchase of 3D printers that can be used to produce materials to build homes for the homeless.

The Board of Supervisors Tuesday scheduled an Oct. 22 public hearing to consider a range of regulations that would prohibit sidewalk and mobile food truck vendors from operating during certain hours and within defined distances of schools, fire hydrants and other objects in unincorporated areas of Riverside County.

Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas announced Thursday that “dramatic” improvements have been made to a water system that serves 6,800 customers in Willowbrook and Compton.

The Board of Supervisors unanimously voted Tuesday to move forward on a permanent rent control ordinance for unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County.

More than a dozen more Los Angeles County Sheriff Department Mental Evaluation teams, or MET teams, hit the streets of the county this week.

A team of deputies and social workers is credited with dropping the number of uses of force involving law enforcement and those with mental health illnesses in Los Angeles County. Lolita Lopez reports for the NBC4 News on Monday, Sept. 9, 2019.