.
>> sup. Lindsey horvath,
chair: good morning everyone.
I want to welcome you to our
regularly scheduled meeting of
the los angeles county board
of supervisors.
>> sup. Hilda solis: today is
tuesday, AUGUST 11, 2026.
And we note that sooup barger
will be absent from today's
meeting.
We take note that a quorum of
the board is present, the
chief executive officer,
county council, executive
officer and sgt at arms are
here to assist us.
We will start with the
county's land acknowledgement.
The county of los angeles
recognizes that we occupy land
coriginally and still
inhabited
and cared for by the tongva,
tataviam, serrano, kizh, and
chumash peoples.
We honor and pay respect to
their elders and descendants
past, present, and emerging as
they continue their
stewardship
of these lands and waters we
acknowledge that settler
colonization resulted in land
seizure, disease, subjugation,
slavery, relocation, broken
promises, genocide, and
multigenerational trauma.
This acknowledgment
demonstrates
our responsibility and
commitment to truth, healing,
and reconciliation and to
elevating the stories,
culture,
and community of the original
inhabitants of los angeles
county.
We are grateful to have the
opportunity to live and work
on
these ancestral lands.
We are dedicated to growing
and
sustaining relationships with
native peoples and local
tribal
governments, including (In no
particular order) The
fernande}o
tataviam band of mission
indians
gabrielino tongva indians of
california tribal council
gabrieleno/tongva san gabriel
band of mission indians
gabriele}o band of mission
indians kizh nation san manuel
yahaviatan of san manuel
nation,
band of mission indians san
fernando band of mission
indians.
To learn more about the first
peoples of los angeles county
please visit our website.
City, county, native american
indian commission website at
lanaic.Lacounty.Gov.
Hrth very good, thank you.
The invocation will be led by
rabbi howard from sigh nay
temple of the third district
followed by the pledge of
allegiance, led by georgina,
representing the fourth
district from the U.S. Army.
Please join us and stand.
>> speaker:
>> sooups solis, mitchell,
hahn distinguished guests it
is an honor to deliver this
invocation on bee-of sinai
temple.
This week begins a significant
time on the jewish calendar,
as we enter the 40-day period
leading up to the holiest day
of yom can I purchase,
contrition, stock taking and
amends-making, atonement,
forgiveness and reconciliation
and ultimate with GOD.
It is a time for prayer when
tradition says the lord is in
the field ready to be
encountered.
While there are few fields in
downtown L.A., though chavez
ra fine is close and GOD is a
dodger fan, certainly, the
sentiment still stands.
GOD's presence is near to
those whose eyes, ears, and
hearts are open.
So in lieu of a ritual ram's
horn to summon our soul's
attention, I officer these
words.
MAY you have the wisdom to
know when to lead and when to
be led.
MAY you have the compassion to
bear the pain of others
alongside your own.
MAY you have the humility to
hold two truths in one heart.
MAY you heed the charm of the
psalmist.
Be strong and of good courage.
And put hope in GOD.
Let us say together, amen.
>> amen.
>> speaker: good morning.
Please face the flag.
Place your right-hand over
your heart.
I pledge allegiance to the
flag of the united states of
america.
And to the republic for which
it stands one nation, under
GOD, indivisible, with liberty
and justice for all.
>> sup. Hilda solis: sooup
horvath?
>> sup. Lindsey horvath,
chair: thank you.
Please join me in thanking
rabbi howard for providing the
involunteer keepcation today.
He joins us from sinai temple
in westwood, first established
in 1906 and moved to westwood
in 1956.
The temple is a for spiritual
seekers who love tradition,
embrace mopped yearnity and
animated by the jewish mission
of improving the world.
Rabbi howard is a many
generational angelino,
completed studies at ucla and
taught middle and high school
math in westwood.
He's served as a bible teacher
at bible beth hah dome,
student chaplain at see tar
sinai medical center and of
the masar institute.
He will complete his
ordination in 2027.
We wish you all the best in
that.
We are proud to have you in
the third district.
Thank you.
This is for you.
Mississippi sooup hahn?
>> sup. Janice hahn: thank
you.
I would like to welcome george
jean a, peer support
specialist with veterans stand
together, an organization
based out of the south gate
community.
Her work encompasses veterans
goals and needs as well as
empowering them to success.
She earned the korea defense
service medal.
Thank you for your service and
for the work you continue to
do for your fellow get ran and
community.
Thank you for being with us.
We have a token of
appreciation signed by the
members of the board of
supervisors.
[Applause]
>> sup hilda solis, chair:
please call the agenda.
>> executive officer: good
morning MADAM Chair, members
of the board, today's agenda
begins on page 2, consent
calendar, board of supervisors
items 1 through 12.
Item 1, this includes a
revision as indicated on the
supplemental agenda.
Item 5, this includes a
revision as indicated on the
supplemental agenda.
Item 6, sooup mitchell
requests this be held.
Item 9, sooup horvath requests
that this item be held.
Item 10, sooup hahn requests
that this item be held.
Also this include as revision
as indicated on the
supplemental agenda.
Item 11, sooup horvath
requests this item be held.
Page 12, administrative
matters, items 13 through 6
on.
Item 23, sooup solis is
recusing herself because she
received a contribution or
contributions of more than
$500 within the past 12
months.
Item 33, supervisor barger
requests this item be
continued to SEPTEMBER 1, 2026
as indicated on the
supplemental agenda.
Page 36, this includes
miscellaneous additions to the
agenda posted more than 72
hours in advance of the
meeting as indicated on the
supplemental agenda.
Items 58a and b.
Page 37, ordinance for
introduction, 61, page 38
separate matter, item 62, item
62 the board will take a
separate vote on this matter.
Page 39, special district
agenda, this is the agenda for
the meeting of the los angeles
county development authority,
1d and 2d.
Item 2d supervisor horvath
requests this item be held.
On this item the board is
acting -- as the board of
supervisors and the board of
commissioners of the
los angeles county
development.
Though item 2d is an addition
as indicated on the
supplemental agenda.
Page 40, notices of closed
session items, cs1 and cs2, on
cs1, county counsel requests
this item be continued to
SEPTEMBER 1, 2026 as indicated
on the posted agenda.
The requests for referback and
continuances through cs2 are
before you.
That completes the reading of
the agenda MADAM Chair.
>> sup hilda solis, chair:
thank you, moved by supervisor
hahn, seconded by supervisor
horvath, that will be the
order.
Executive officer play the
code of conduct.
>> executive officer: ladies
and gentlemen MAY I please
have your attention.
The meeting of the los angeles
county board of supervisors is
about to commence.
A code of conduct will now be
read and we request that you
comply with it to ensure the
efficient administration of
the meeting.
Members of the public, it is
your right to participate in
today's board hearing and the
board encourages jump
participation.
However, the right of the
public to address the board
must be balanceted with the
need to ensure that public
comment doesn't interfere with
the orderly course of the
board's business.
All are reminded to abide by
the following rules.
Speakers must cease speaking
immediately when their time
has ended.
Public comment on agenda items
must relate -- not include the
right to engage in a dialogue
with board members, or staff.
Please remain respectful of
the forum and refrain from
uttering, writing or
displaying profane, personal,
threatening, derogatory,
demeaning or other abusive
statements toward the board,
any member thereof, staff, or
any other person.
Members of the audience should
be respectful of the views
expressed by speakers, staff,
and board members and MAY not
clap, cheer, whistle, or
otherwise disrupt the orderly
conduct of the meeting.
Any person engaging in conduct
that disrupts the meeting is
subject to being removed from
the board meeting.
And finally, if you with it
conduct or behavior by other
members of the public that
disrupts your ability to
remain engaged or participate
in this meeting, please notify
the sgt at arms or other
county staff.
Thank you for your
cooperation.
>> sup hilda solis, chair:
thank you.
Today's meeting order will be
the following.
Public comment on items not
held for discussion by the
board including the closed
session matters.
Followed by item 6 and 9, then
10, 11 and 2d, followed by
general public comment,
finishing up with closed
session.
Before we begin, executive
officer, please read the
call-in information and
explain the speaking rules.
.
>> executive officer: good
morning members of the public.
If you wish to participate in
public comment, you MAY do so
in person or remotely.
To participate remotely visit
the website at
www.Bos.Lacounty.Gov to
register and join the meeting
or you MAY call 213-306-3065
and use access code
25320268973 and meeting
password 2672026.
You will have the opportunity
to address the board
throughout the meeting.
For items not held by the
board you will receive one
minute for one item and up to
two minutes for two or more
items.
Items held by supervisors, you
will have one minute to
address the board and one
minute on general public
comment.
Clearly state your name and
indicate the agenda item
numbers you will be
addressing.
Please note once your time has
expired we will immediately
move to the next speaker.
When it is your turn to speak
if registered on a computer or
device you will hear a beep
and your name called.
Or on the telephone you will
hear "your line is unmuted
request the "your area code
and last two digits of the
phone number called.
To agenda sure, we will
alternate between the two
speaking queues.
Members in attendance whether
you hear or see your name on
the screen please come down to
the front of the board room
and staff will assist you.
Do not approach the podium
until directed to do so.
Also, for members of the
public in attendance, we have
a constituent assistance team,
including representsive from
mental health, public health,
health services, public
soeshlg services, children and
family services, homeless
services and housing and parks
and recreation in the audience
should you need assistance
from them.
At this time we will hear from
members of the public wishing
to address all items not held
for discussion by supervisors
including closed session
matters.
The consent items will be
accounted on with one motion.
Members of the public joining
us remotely, to comment on
these items use the raise hand
feature or press star 3 on the
telephone.
Please indicate the agenda
item numbers that you wish to
address in the beginning of
your comment for us to
allocate the appropriate
amount of time.
>> we will call in person
speakers, while they come
forward we will take remote
speakers.
Will the following individual
please comforted and staff
will assist you.
Shawn patrick patterson.
Tl there are no remote
speakers.
We will go to the in
experience speaker.
Please begin.
>> sup hilda solis, chair:
hold on a second, start the
clock over.
>> in-person speaker: I am
here for a proposal with the
attachment, it provides
immediate employment through
the recycling program, allows
pathways to permanent housing,
through path.
Congressman gomez has
expressed interest in the
recycling attachment.
And the program director path
can resolve the need for home
stewardship for a home
stewardship program.
I am trying to curry a vote in
favor of supporting the
proposal for permanent
housing.
>> executive officer: we have
one speaker.
>> telephone speaker: the
monitoring person cuts me off,
when it is for public speaker.
But we know you for what you
are.
>> executive officer: that
concludes the time for public
comment.
>> sup hilda solis, chair: we
will go to item 62.
There is --
>> executive officer: we have
recuse always on item 23 so
we'll need to do the drawing
of the votes --
>> sup hilda solis, chair: we
have to do drawings.
>> executive officer: we
didn't prepare for that.
>> sup hilda solis, chair:
we'll come back to it.
Executive officer --
>> executive officer: MADAM
Chair, I could -- we'll do the
right on 62 then move on to
the rest of the held items.
>> sup hilda solis, chair:
moved by sooip horvath,
seconded by myself to approve
the item, executive officer
call the roll.
>> executive officer:
supervisor mitchell.
>> sup. Holly j. Mitchell:
into aye.
>> executive officer:
supervisor horvath.
Sup. Lindsey horvath: aye.
>> executive officer:
supervisor hahn.
>> sup. Janice hahn: aye.
>> executive officer:
supervisor solis.
>> sup hilda solis, chair:
aye.
>> executive officer: motion
passes.
We will now move on to item 6,
centering multi disciplinary
subject matter expert
leadership and jail closure
planning, carceral footprint
reduction, held by supervisor
mitchell.
For members of the public
joining remotely to comment on
this item use the race hand
feature online or press star 3
on the telephone.
DR. Lisa one, director of
mental health, judge is here,
maggie carter chief doj
compliance officer, chief
executive office, mental
health services department of
mental health services are
available.
For the departmental speakers,
staurnl and title for the
record when you address the
record.
>> sup hilda solis, chair:
thank you.
Supervisor mitchell how would
you like to proceed?
>> sup. Holly j. Mitchell: if
I can make an opening
statement and invite the panel
to join us at the table, that
would be great.
>> sup hilda solis, chair:
please come forward and have a
seat.
>> sup. Holly j. Mitchell:
there appears to be hesitancy.
We don't bite on the tuesday
before summer break.
This is the best tuesday to be
here.
Thank you very much.
Let me thank our partners that
are here today, to talk about
this item.
I look forward to the
conversation.
I want to acknowledge the work
that the jail closure
implementation team, jcit, has
provided thus far.
We have a set of required
action s
actions that will help us
reduce our incarcerated
population.
So we also know that the
group, the required actions
that jcit present d
ed, it's not
the final blueprint for jail
closure.
It was a point in time.
So I'm clear about that.
That's why I brought today's
motion forward.
This underscores the urgency
and necessity of advancing
coordinated action to reduce
harm, reduce the population,
and safely get to us a point
where we can close mcj.
We are clearly working very
hard to change a system, and
that requires us to strengthen
the planning framework, and
ensure that this work is
guided by a comprehensive
systemwide approach, informed
by the expertise of our county
and the community who know our
jail population best.
A systemswide approach ensures
that behavior health, health
services operations and all
other programs and services
with a nexus to jail closure
are indeed coordinated and at
the table.
I think both literally and
figuratively.
In conversations that we have
had with jcit, ceo office and
departments we have come to a
collective understanding that
there is still much that we as
a county can do to depopulate
our jails with greater
co-lesion, engagement and
alignment.
All to meet the needs of
family members and community
members within the facilities.
That's why this item will
direct the ceo's office
through jcit and in
coordination with the
departments to do the
following: coordinate the
closure process through a
miltie disprincipally lens.
Set departmental goals and
related benchmarks to ensure
accountability.
Incorporate budgetary
considerations and program
outcomes.
And complete a requested
reportback on this matter.
I have heard as I've tried to
talk to a variety of
departments
departments, as well as to the
sheriff's department that
there's a difference of
opinion about who should drive
this process, if it's care
first, for my perspective, it
shouldn't be driven by the
sheriff.
It was suggested that perhaps
a motion was necessary to
express the desire to have all
of the departments at the
table.
So that's how we got here
today.
Again, this is not a about
building a replacement jail
for mcj.
From my perspective this is
not about building a
replacement jail for mcj, it's
about finding solutions that
will get us to jail closure.
Ensuring that all efforts
ahead are guided by the
expertise of our health and
care departments to ensure
that all decisions have been
informed from that length,
health and care.
That requires a holistic view
of justice reform.
I think we have treated jail
closure primarily as a justice
systems challenge with health
departments supporting the
work.
I think we need flip that
script and shift the thinking.
There's so many people in our
jails with complex needs
including behavior health,
substance use abuse, and
housing needs.
Departments with the nexus to
these needs must be mayne
supporting -- must be more
than supporting actors and
jail closure, they are
essential to the collusion.
I want to see that reflected
in the level of initiative,
creativity and ownership that
they bring to the effort as
well.
It's my expectations that
departments are at the table
with the ceo and jcit to speak
to what is possible, what is
most care-centered, and what
is needed to continue to move
jail closure forward while
centering the health of those
in mcj.
I look forward to the
conversation, at this point I
have a couple of questions.
>> sup hilda solis, chair:
sure.
>> sup. Holly j. Mitchell: to
get the conversation started.
And I welcome hearing from my
colleagues as well.
To the departments of mental
health, correctional health
services and dhs/odr.
Jcit has identified where we
need additional strategies and
expertise.
From our don't's perspective
where do you see your
responsibility for driving
solutions for jail closure?
Mental health, correctional
health, odr?
>> department speaker: I can
speak for correctional health.
Ds the current care at the
jail and for years we've been
doing this under the umbrella
of department of health
services.
Too understand the patient
population and special needs.
One of our biggest roles as
correctional health is helping
people understand who is in
the jail, what their
healthcare concerns are, what
their mental health concerns
are, and assisting in
identifying ways that they
could potentially no longer be
incarcerated or a path out of
the jail.
We welcome all of our partners
regularly into the jail.
We share data.
That's a big role that we have
in correctional health is
putting together and help ing
ing
understand not just the
specific patients that we deal
with, but the aggregate of our
population.
Again if we're looking to
close a jail, we're looking to
remove thousands of people
from our care.
Correctional health's role is
to help understand what that
population looks like.
>> sup. Holly j. Mitchell: so
you don't see that your
department has any specific
role or responsibility to high
pressure drive solutions to
closure?
>> department speaker:
providing that information and
that data is the first step to
driving the solutions to
closure.
We have to identify who is
there, and that drives -- that
does drive closure.
We have over 100 individuals
on a daily basis working with
our county partners and our
contracted county partners to
identify where individuals go.
Is that has been going on for
years, regardless of whether
or not we were trying to close
the jail.
That's a huge role that we
play in correctional health in
providing that reentry
planning services, that relief
planning service as well.
>> sup. Holly j. Mitchell: do
you play any role in helping
to support buildout, provide
data to those external
entities, and placements?
Is any role you play in
supporting them?
Or expanding their capacity or
numbers?
>> department speaker: sure, I
know DR. Hong will speak about
this with odr, we provide odr
a good amount of data.
Because they are one of the
main done you a its for our
patients upon release, or in
order to be released.
We play a large role there and
building out, advocating for
expansion of community
programs.
>> department speaker: I'm
clemens heinz, office of
reentry, thank you for having
us.
I will add one piece to the
correctional health services,
we worked in whole-person care
and the subsequent waiver to
really get into place medicaid
funding for rerelease
services.
California was the first state
in the country to sign this
waiver with the federal
government to provide services
prerelease, what some call the
inmate exemption.
This took a while for us to
get into place.
That launched in the jails.
Tim can speak on that, he
launched it in JULY in phase
1.
But it is a critical piece and
he spoke about the 100 case
managers.
This is a piece that would
likely grow if the waiver is
expended.
We're in that period renewing
our waivers.
To stabilize people as much as
possible.
Once they are ready to go to
the community we're doing a
warm handoff to people in the
community, I especially mental
health providers, substance
abuse providers, primary care,
enhanced care managers that
can connect people to housing
that are critical for people
to re-enter safely and remain
in the community.
Not go through the continuous
psych that will lands them
incarcerated.
Often due to health conditions
and other things that play a
role.
Independent of odr, it's work
we've been involved in, the
state level work and trying to
get this on the ground.
It just started in JULY with
the p2 population, intensive
outpatient level of care and
will expand from there.
>> sup. Holly j. Mitchell:
this is a waiver that the
state is lead on and has
already applied to be reupped
if you will?
>> department speaker: yes, I
don't know how many are
enrolled but the first state
in the country to sign it
about 4 years ago I believe.
They've been rolling it out
across the state to implement
across all counties including
l.A. County, starting in JULY
of this year.
It needs to be renewed.
Part of the 1115 waiver
construct, needs to be
renewed.
>> sup. Holly j. Mitchell: I
appreciate you piggybacking on
health services.
Can you talk from odr
perspective what your
responsibility is for driving
solutions for jail closure.
>> department speaker: happy
to do so.
Odr, I'll talk about three
programs briefly.
The first is what we call a
community diversion program.
I think really critical part,
as was said, reducing inflow.
There's two critical ways to
reduce inflow.
Reside reside vism.
The second is avoid them being
arrested and put in jam in the
first place.
Lead is a community diversion
program where we partner with
law enforcement and also take
community referrals.
For people who have just
frequent arrests, frequent
touches with the justice
system.
What we try to do is try to
engage them in the community,
give them housing and
integrated care management and
link them to healthcare.
By doing so, we try to
stabilize them in the
community.
Avert the arrest at the front
door.
They don't even hit the front
door.
This program is like one data
point, reduce felony arrest by
five-fold.
people compared to comparison
group.
That's one program where we
reduce the infly into the
jails.
The other -- inflow.
The other are jail based
diversion program, felony
incompetent evens program, we
partner with the state.
Department of state hospitals
funds this program.
We take individuals that would
have gone to the department of
state hospitals and we do
something called community
based restoration or
diversion.
Instead of sending them to the
state hospitals where they
will be restored to competency
and come back to their trials
or be released sometimes to
the community without the
types of connections that odr
provides, this enables is to
get them out right away.
They get the type of housing,
integrated mental health
treatment, substance abuse
treatment, that odr provides
in these settings.
In the house, provide care in
the house, have care managers
to keep them housed.
That model had -- has been
successful.
A model for the rest of the
state.
People who enter this program,
the fist program, 70% don't go
back.
For whoa who go to the state
hospital, 70% go back.
Odr is having removing this
population that's incompetent
to stand trial.
When they start, we remove
them from the jail pathway for
a period of two years.
then get them permanently
housed and we do some of that.
The third program that is
critical and program is the
odr housing program.
This is a program that was
started here, has been
immensely successful in
diverting individuals with
serious mental illness
experiencing homelessness.
This is at risk for shrinking.
In OCTOBER of this year, if we
are eye not able to expand
funding to the program, this
is funding that was put
forward in unmet needs.
Is a little outside of the
scope of what was approved by
the board two weeks ago.
The odr housing program will
start to reduce the number
we're able to serve from 120
per month to about 60 per
month.
However if we're able to
maintain it at the 120 a
month, we remove about 2,500
peep am year with -- people a
year who are spencing
homelessness and some of the
sickest in the jails.
P3 and p4 populations.
People come in the sickest,
remove them to the community.
When we do that, 54% never go
to jail.
Multiple years.
This is a population with 10
incarcerations before odr
starts working with them.
We're changing the trajectory.
We have done analysis looking
at two years prior.
Times that they spent in jail
compared to the two years
prior.
So if you think about closure
of jail beds, removing people
who are really in the
population, gifl them housing,
getting them into care and
removing them from that
pathway to the tune of 380,000
fewer days.
Just that two-year time
period.
When you extrapolate that
forward we don't know what the
impact could be in terms of
completely removing peep from
that structure.
It is a hugely impactful
program.
These are the types of
programs that operate that
help to remove, and we're
seeing the growing population
with serious mental illness in
the jails.
But odr can move them to the
community and serve them,
probably the biggest role to
play in the closure of men's
central jail.
We serve people outside of dmh
who can do this.
We're a program that's doing
this in partnership with the
courts.
>> sup. Holly j. Mitchell: I
appreciate that and just want
to make sure I heard you.
Based on your current funding
level, you extrapolated that
you remove about 2,500
annually and about half that
number, I think you said 54%,
don't return.
>> department speaker: they
don't go back at all.
With an average of 10 prior to
coming to odr.
>> sup. Holly j. Mitchell:
through the unmet needs letter
in the budget on process, if
your needs aren't met you will
have to half of who you serve
now.
You're serving 120, drops to
around 60?
>> department speaker: 60 per
year and that's leveraging
existing beds across the
programs.
>> sup hilda solis, chair: can
I ask a question?
>> sup. Holly j. Mitchell:
sure.
>> sup hilda solis, chair: to
follow up, this is intriguing.
Where does your funding come
for this program?
>> department speaker: odr
housing is funded through
ab109 dollars, care first
community involvement funds.
That's currently how it is
funded through state and local
funds.
>> sup hilda solis, chair: but
we haven't seen any cutback in
ab-109, correct?
>> department speaker: we
haven't.
The program currently with the
number of beds that we have
and the number of slots is
sustained.
We don't have a fiscal cliff
where we have to close the
beds without changes in the
direction of that.
Where we face the trouble is
we need to continue to expand
the beds to continue to serve
more and more people.
What functionally happens --
no longer removed from the
jails.
We can use the existing beds,
people graduate, they move on
to family.
And there's some turnover.
We can use those beds to
continue to move 60 people
out.
But we lose the capacity to --
the growth that's needed to
serve the other 60.
>> sup hilda solis, chair:
maybe the question is for our
ceo, can you help us figure
out why this gap exists and
give us some background.
I'm hearing some good figures
here if they are correct.
Seems to me we're going in the
wrong direction.
I want to know more background
on why the unmet needs went
down that trail.
>> ceo: acknowledging the odr,
odr figures prominently into
jcit required seven actions,
occupying 3 or 4 of those.
We have invested a lot in odr.
Unfortunately because of the
cost of the program it is
costly, we have done some --
we have invested someone-time
money that didn't facilitate
ongoing expansion, we have
been creative in leveraging
funding sources.
MISS Carter and I had a recent
conversation about my
consternation over the cost of
the program and how we can get
to a sustainable funding model
on odr.
I'd ask MS. Carter to expand
on what is invested and what
we look for for the future.
>> department speaker: good
morning, maggie carter, chief
of strategic initiatives for
ceo and chief compliance
officer.
As our ceo mentioned, odr is
critically important program
for jail closure and doj
compliance, as DR. Hong
explained, odr is really very
focused on serving some of our
sickest individuals in the
jail at scale.
Because it is a high cost,
high touch program that really
carries people through for
quite a long time, to follow
them on their journey to
stability and to provide
different levels of support
over time there's not a lot of
turnover in the program.
That is the issue with why the
program needs to stay
constant, how many new
individuals come out of the
jail.
We're deeply engaged with
DR. Hong to both look at every
possible source of funding for
the program to try and draw
down more medicaid dollars for
the program, and there's been
a lot of progress made just
recently between dhs and dmh
on how to do some of that
billing that's very exciting.
I think the result of a lot
of -- a long time of those two
departments working together
to try to achieve that.
And also, odr is looking very
carefully at the program to
understand are there places
where we can cut costs.
To the program without
sacrificing the trust that
they have built in part
because it is a high touch
program.
>> sup hilda solis, chair: I
guess that makes sense, the
funding.
I have heard over the years
that people tend to stay
longer than we can maybe
actually afford it.
But then the handoff from that
program needs to be extended,
I think, to some of our other
support systems that we are
now popping up and have been
over the last three years,
like jcod.
Curious, you know, what
connection if there exists one
between you and jcod.
How are you exercising on that
issue?
Maybe, you know --
>> chief executive officer: we
serve different populations as
one answer.
We serve a very sick
population that has a high
level of clinical needs.
Not that jcod doesn't serve
those folks.
However there is a little bit
of a -- I would say like maybe
how would you put it.
We serve a different
population the services that
we leverage in the
partnerships.
With dmh are a little
different.
However we've been long at the
table together, the dollars
and collaborations where we
could.
I would start there.
>> sup hilda solis, chair:
yes, judge armstead?
>> judge armstead: thank you,
I agree with some of that.
We do serve a small number of
p1, p2 folks.
Not so many people in the p3
and p4 area.
I would say that jcod's focus
is for those folks that we can
stabilize and make fully
independent.
We are able to get a person
housed, employed, medicated,
stable so they can support
themselves.
Some of the pop you alation
that odr is dealing with are
folks who can't become
independent in the same
timeframe.
That's one of the differences.
Then also an individual can
move in and out of stability,
they can be stable and need
supports later.
That's when we lean on each
other.
With dmh also to tackle those
things.
Once a person is able to be
stable then we're more than
happy to get a person employed
and housed and moved forward.
When a person needs more
supports and services and we
lean on other health partners.
>> sup hilda solis, chair:
there's a missing link for me
from what I'm hearing, there
has to be more effort placed
once they are capable or able
to leave you, then find
another set of services at
mental health, department of
health.
The costs are high.
But these people need sub
specialized, maybe stepdown
after though leave you.
Where is that target?
I guess maybe that's the
question.
>> sup. Holly j. Mitchell:
MADAM Chair, I would pose
perhaps a more global, broader
question to jcod, where do you
see your role and
opportunities to do more
across the board around jail
closure, not just the
population that ocr manages
but the entire jail
population, what role do you
play?
>> judge armstead: thank you.
I would say that since we've
launched we've been steadily
building and a bunch of
different areas, our outcomes
pretty strong.
The people that we have served
if you look at just sort of
our pretrial services, we see
that 91% of them return to
court.
80% or more stay arrest-free.
>> sup. Holly j. Mitchell:
80%?
>> judge armstead: yes, stay
arrest-free.
As was mentioned earlier --
>> sup. Holly j. Mitchell: to
stay arrest-free means I'm not
in jail?
>> judge armstead: yes.
Recidivism as was mentioned
earlier, there's two ways to
keep a person out of jail.
One is not go there in the
first place, the other is to
keep them from growing back.
Our focus is keeping them from
going back and pulling them
out as soon as possible.
We are continuing -- for
instance our courthouse
navigation program is only at
three courts.
At airport, compton, and
lancaster.
We're plating people,
transporting people, don't we
don't have the resources to
expand.
I would say our rdp program is
working well as well, in eight
courthouses.
We don't have the capacity to
expand.
We have our transportation is
one of the things that the
courts love, that's the number
one way that people pick up
bench parks.
We are getting folks to court,
providing wrap-around services
for them.
We don't have the capacity to
expand.
Then also our stock program is
being used both for the courts
and by the jails as well.
Those numbers have been pretty
well as well, of the 60 people
the jail has placed in the
program since they have
started it, only 4 have
absconded.
People are staying in the
program.
But we don't have the
capacity.
Into.
>> sup. Holly j. Mitchell: I
am clear, that no one has the
capacity to do all that you
want to do, that's a given.
The point of today's
conversation this motion is
to, if you have the
opportunity, to think
creatively.
And I'm clear about jcod's
pretrial role and it is
important to stem the tide of
people entering the system.
Do you see, put resources to
the side for a moment, that
there is a role jcod can play
beyond the pretrial services?
Is there an appropriate role
for jcod to stem the tide but
play a role in reduction,
those that are already
incarcerated?
>> judge armstead: yes, I see
it in three places.
One of the places that we
could do more work is in the
jail in reach place, starting
with folks in custody, getting
stable, developing
relationships, starting the
case management to move them
through.
So we already have that
relationship built with them.
I don't think we do a good job
in serving women to be honest.
I think the women's jail, we
know about the levels of
trauma that exist there.
That's a place I would like us
to do better and to do more
work.
Then I think the other thing,
the number one way that people
forget to get a person from
going back to the system is
employment and purpose.
We have seen really, really
good outcomes when we help a
person to be able to have the
supports they need and work
and to have a trade, a job,
education, something that
actually reminds them that
they have a purpose and things
to do well.
We have pretty good outcomes
but we can do more.
>> sup. Holly j. Mitchell: I
appreciate that.
That might be the kind of
connection you were talking
about, MADAM Chair, even
though it might not be
directly with the unique
population that odr houses but
what role jcod plays.
If I can circle back to mental
health on my initial question,
in terms of where do you see
your responsibility for
driving solutions for jail
closure.
Good morning.
>> department speaker: good
morning, thank you for that
question.
I think that we have looked at
our efforts in being in four
areas.
One is looking at how we can
reduce inflow.
The next is really looking at
increasing opportunities for
diversion and places to go so
that diversion becomes a
realistic opportunity for
folks.
The third is increase
community capacity for post
release.
The fourth is to keep our eye
on legislation.
We know that as there are
legislative changes, our
population changes and our
needs change.
>> sup. Holly j. Mitchell:
yes.
With your third in terms of
supporting and expanding the
community capacity, how are we
doing there?
>> department speaker: one of
the things we have worked hard
on is increasing our treatment
bed capacity.
As you know, we have had
certain requirements for a
number of treatment beds that
we have to come up with.
Dmh is actually ahead of
schedule, and a little bit
above the number that we had
been committed to of the by
the end of this year we will
have brought on about 2,000
additional treatment beds.
Close to 2,000.
>> sup. Holly j. Mitchell:
that is across as you showed
us in the charts, that's
across the spectrum across
levels.
>> department speaker: across
levels.
That is treatment beds.
I think another really
exciting thing that we're
working on is we're expanding
the clubhouse international
model in the department of
mental health.
This is a model that is now
medi-cal benefit, a new
medi-cal benefit we can opt in
for, support our ability to
build
with years of practice.
And we have seen some really,
really promising impact
they've been able to make.
I think besides having
treatment beds, I think that
is a v. Necessary first step
for people to access the most
appropriate level of care.
Beyond that, people need to
have a place where they can
feel like they belong and
connect, find meaningful
activity and purpose.
We're building out sort of our
entire continuum to support
that, so that post release
people have high acuity beds
to go to.
We have an expansion of full
service partnerships so that
for those folks for whom
outpatientist is not intensive
enough, we have programs that
we have expanded, we will have
about 14,000 slots all
together.
Of course, you know many of
those are occupied now.
We are building out more
robust outpatient programs.
We believe if we invest in
outpatient we can hopefully
avoid people needing higher
acuity.
Then of course we're building
out our fountain house
inspired clubhouse models as
well.
>> sup. Holly j. Mitchell: two
quick followups.
Going back to the 2,000 beds,
as I think about seeing those
when you present, are any of
those reserved or designated
for incarcerated people?
Or you built out 2,000 beds
across the spectrum?
>> DR. One: a little bit --
one: a little over 2,000 beds,
across the spectrum.
But we have beds focused on
people who are justice
involved.
The new L.A. General campus
coming online, the majority of
beds are funded with justice
involved funding dollars.
>> sup. Holly j. Mitchell: if
the point of today's
conversation is depopulation
of mcj, give me a sense of how
many of the 2,000 beds would
be used to help toward
depopulation.
>> DR. Wong: when they are
appropriate.
If somebody is on a temporary
conservativeship or need the
level of care they will access
the beds.
We have done a massive chart
review with jcit.
Out of 1250 total cases, we're
at over 1,000 we have
reviewed.
It appears that the vast
majority of the chats charts
that we reviewed are
appropriate for lowest levels
of care and not highest
acuity.
A little surprising given a
lot of what we've been told.
The data is going to be very
important to look at.
We will do a summary once we
have completed the chart
review and share that with all
of your offices and jcit.
But I think for us to have
really good response to people
who are being released and to
try to get people out, we have
to treat the target.
We have to get people where
they really need to be.
>> sup. Holly j. Mitchell:
exactly.
You said that it is a medi-cal
reimbursable program.
Was that still funded through
the state this year through
medi-cal funding?
>> DR. Wong: it is continued,
a new benefit.
It is proper bely too new to
cut.
>> sup. Holly j. Mitchell:
well -- okay.
>> DR. Wong: but we are taking
in nonmedi-cal there as well.
>> sup. Holly j. Mitchell:
appreciate that.
MISS Carter, my goal, as is
the goal of my colleagues, to
get us closer to jail closure.
I have a kind of joke in my
office
office, my goal is if we can
get something done without a
motion great.
When you look at the elements
of the motion today and the
direction I'm attempting to go
in in terms of bringing the
groups to the table do you
think this gets us closer to
jail closure?
>> department speaker: the way
that I see this motion,
supervisor, getting us closer
to jail closure in a couple of
ways.
It is helpful, it affirms the
board's desire to close mcj
and look at all options for
doing so.
The board has said many times.
But we have new information
and new challenges.
The difficulty of the task,
and the challenges that we
face is helpful.
I also think that the motion
acknowledges the importance of
aligning facilities to reduce
our reliance on mcj and
ultimately close it.
Emphasizes that all solutions
should be, including
facilities, should be informed
by a multi disciplinary
process that draws on the
focus departments.
Subject matter experts,
justice system partners and
community stakeholders.
That's informed by budget on
roo e a little, best
practices.
I think that's helpful.
We have talked a lot about the
population reduction
strategies.
But if we are trying to
maximize and align the use of
other facilities, I think it
is helpful to have that lens
of that multi disciplinary
approach.
And certainly the departments
have tried to bring that to
even small renovation projects
and alignment projects in the
jail.
Like the new mental health
treatment area in the irc for
folks coming in and presenting
in the jail.
That was just opened this
year.
Chs was instrumental in that
process.
Also, some of the work now
that's happening design phase
for the renovation and
alignment for the detention
center south for those who
need moderate observation
housing.
I think those projects would
not be the same without the
insight and expertise of the
health departments and really
aligning for the care that
needs to happen in our jail
facilities as well as get
people out of the jail
facilities as fast as
possible.
The third thing that is
helpful about this motion is
it gives the ceo and county
departments clear direction
that closing mcj must remain a
goal notwithstanding budget
pressures.
When we invest in new programs
we should do so with an eye to
maximize the impact on closing
the jail.
County departments have
already --
>> sup. Holly j. Mitchell: joe
nikita
nikita, you have a tough job.
From your perspective, how
should the county align
services, department
priorities, budget decision s
s
with depopulation strategies
to ultimately get us to
closure?
>> chief executive officer:
it is quite the puzzle.
The way I conceive of it and
the way we talk about it, all
tools are on the table.
Programs, case processing
reforms don't cost as much.
There's a lot of opportunity
to reduce people's time in
jail.
Talking about facilities
alignment.
Those are the big things we
see as part of the puzzle.
We ever conversations with
MR. Pinkney about what comes
raft the directive.
Number one is we have to have
a planned foreclosure.
Everything is critical.
We have to scale it to the
budget realities.
It's not feasible to say we're
going to implement something
that we just can't afford
budgetarily.
We need to be strategic where
we make the investments early
on.
We need to think through what
we invest in now versus what
we invest in later.
For a better understanding of
the outcomes and metrics.
If we invest $28 million in
year one 69 program what will
that buy us.
We should track it.
Programs, facilities, case
processing, scale to budget
possibility.
One of the things was the
ability to start to close
floors at mcj.
There shall challenges on the
operating side for law
enforcement.
I don't want to speak for the
sheriff but if we hold
ourselves to the outcome we
can see progress.
That is the next step what do
we present to the board in a
way to finance it or fund it.
What metrics are we expecting
to achieve and hold ourselves
accountable.
>> sup hilda solis, chair:
supervisor horvath?
Sup. Lindsey horvath: I know
when people say we need a
motion to get clarity, I know
what that feels like.
I fully support you and
keeping the county focused on
pathways towards the closure
of mcj.
I agree it is important to
emphasize a multi disciplinary
approach and especially the
role of our health
departments.
I am frequently reminded of
the high number of individuals
that are facing charges under
prop. 36.
If they can be diverted when
they have capacity.
I'm a strong proponent of
departmental goals, benchmarks
and tying jcit to the work of
the departments.
Of course our county uj budget
which you clearly outlined.
>> sup hilda solis, chair:
supervisor hahn moved
momentarily, but I want to
thank all of you for the work
you are doing the when I
authored the motion to create
jcit, it has taken us some
time and I get it a lot of
different factors.
Different powerful interests
that move us in different
directions from the original
goal.
The board repeats itself, we
have to have that as a
continued goal that men's
central jail should be closed.
The reports are useful that we
have to keep our foot on the
pedal.
I don't have a lot of time
here on this board.
Thee are big priority for the
public and family members in
our jails.
Given the circumstances
financially with our own
budget, the state, and the
federal government we are
going to have to perhaps in
the future work with less.
But that doesn't mean you lose
creativity.
And a different partnership.
Maybe looking at how we did
things, 10, 15 years isn't
relevant.
Give it flexibility, how we
address more capacity to serve
people in need.
My agenda when I got here was
don't rebuild men's central
jail.
we don't need it.
We can go to other off paths.
And get the help and treatment
that people need.
It takes a long time.
I know in my district we used
property.
We didn't have to buy
property, we used the county
resources to build
recuperative beds, sub acute
beds, now we open up this
coming week or so more beds.
To address people with mental
health and substance abuse.
Restorative care village.
Would have to up our game.
The time it takes to build the
beds is incredible.
There are good people on the
staff, public works,
contractors, people from the
state that helped us with some
of these grants to help build
the beds.
Sum staining it and expanding
it.
Doing it in concert with
community.
Where sometimes we get lost.
That is a criticism I have
heard, from people who say why
do you have to build anything
on county property.
I'm trying to make a point.
This is needed.
Knows are not locked
facilities but at the level
that have made a dent.
I bet if we put our heads
together and see the progress
continue we can make the
difference so that we do
depopulate the jails.
More flexibility and the
formulas that fund the
projects.
Especially the imd effort.
I continue to have faith in
you.
there has to be urgency.
Thank you supervisor mitchell
for bringing this forward and
reminding us why we started
this venture.
It has to continue.
Members of the board will
carry the baton as I look back
on you, 3,000 miles away, I
hope.
Hope to come here and see that
there is more progress being
made.
I know there will be.
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>> sup hilda solis, chair: be
nice.
>> sup hilda solis, chair:
supervisor hahn?
>> sup. Janice hahn: be nice,
right.
I had a lot of questions but a
lot were answered.
We have run the gamut of the
departments, what you can do,
what you see yourself doing in
this role.
I remain not as optimistic as
you, MADAM Chair.
I am really frustrated at this
process.
We were chatting, we thought
it was going in the right
direction.
Nothing against motions how we
operate, but seems like we are
motioning this jail closure
week by week by week by week.
In my view, joe is at the
helm, will is the quarterback,
this is the team and this
motion seeks to center the
multi disciplinary subject
matter experts.
In conversation is used at
different points in the
motion.
How does this actually work?
Does this team that I see
before me have conversations
except in a board meeting in
front of the board of
supervisors as response to the
motion?
Do you meet regularly?
Will do you call them
together?
Are they offering you their
expertise or -- how is this
going to work.
If it's not going to happen in
your supervisorial lifetime,
MADAM Chair, probably not mine
either.
I have 2 1/2 years left.
The torch keeps getting
passed.
I'm frustrated, it seems like
when we're all together
there's great suggestions,
great expertise, you are the
smartest people in the room
all the time.
Yet when we go away I wonder
how does it continue.
Will, maybe give me some sort
of confidence that these
conversations, as we'ring
them, are happening.
Are you taking their ideas,
giving them ideas.
How is this going to work.
>> department speaker: thank
you, great question.
As we talked about in the
back, I understand the
frustration.
I think when I first spoke
before the board in APRIL last
year, I said I understand the
urgency, frustration of
people.
Long before my time here.
We do talk.
We have meetings every 4 to 6
weeks, where we all come
together.
Sort of the decisionmakers.
My team works with all of
their teams.
i joked one of the lust are
meetings on a regular basis
probably to the point of
annoyance.
But a good annoyance, we
challenge each other.
They are critical to the
production of our quarterly
reports in terms of the
information.
My goal as the quarterback, I
see and my team working with
the departments is to look at
what is happening and to
supervisor solis's pointed not
just focus on this is the way
we've always done it.
But to promote innovation.
I think, and I feel there has
been innovation.
I'll let my colleagues speak
for themselves.
We meet regularly, I'm on the
phone with all of them during
the month at some point.
We just met with our
colleagues in dmh yesterday.
Clemens, speak to all the
time.
Trying to help them identify
funding opportunities.
We are constantly engaged.
I do understand when we're not
here, to your point, if you
don't see things it seems like
things aren't happening.
But I would say that's not
accurate.
I understand why people feel
that way.
Three things are important to
the urgency of the work.
There isn't people are
frustrated, there is an
urgency, we can't wait until
everything is fully baked.
We need to try things in
realtime.
Pilot programs, other things
people are doichblgt as long
as they do it on their own.
Metrics how are we doing.
I think we need to give time,
sometimes, that this type of
work and the judge can speak
to this, she does a lot of
this.
We don't give enough time as
we do other work.
We should be critical, ask
questions but give things time
to happen and take root.
>> sup. Janice hahn: we have
given you -- everyone, we're
all responsible.
You are really responsible.
We have given you that
responsibility.
>> department speaker:
definitely.
>> sup. Janice hahn: when
we're together I think you
will hear from me and my
colleagues, we want to know
we're grilling our department
heads, what we are can you do.
Are you asking DR. Wong what
more can you do internals of
mental health, either for
helping us to keep folks from
being in jail in the first
place, once they're in there
how do we successfully get --
are you asking those
questions.
I can't speak for my
colleagues, though sometimes I
try.
But we must be feeling you
aren't doing enough or we
wouldn't ask that question.
Each of you could do more or
we wouldn't keep asking that.
>> department speaker: yes,
yes.
Generally around the work what
more we can do.
I do ask that question.
That's how we got to the
required questions.
we ask the questions that are
feasible.
DR. Wong, DR. Clemens,
around -- and I know DR. Sai
isn't there, DR. Hurley took
over.
What are innovative things we
can do whether court ordered
release or released generally
to look at what judges are
confident in.
What can we create.
We're about to reconvene that
conversation now that we have
gotten past a lot of the heavy
work of the required actions.
Ski those questions, that's an
example of that.
I led violence prevention
work, and was like a key
spokesman to your point, being
charged with it.
Every time someone died I felt
responsible.
It wasn't my responsibility
but I felt responsible.
I bring that same work, I feel
responsible, of course.
I know it drives my colleagues
but we think about those
things.
>> sup. Janice hahn: I
appreciate that.
No question that this board,
this current bakeup of this
board has been committed to
closing men's central trail
for over five years.
You saw us appropriate that
$28 million.
You have seen us put our money
where our mouth is.
I want to feel like we don't
motion every aspect.
Although I don't know what we
would do if we could motion
everything.
>> department speaker: my
colleagues don't want anymore
motions either.
but I agree.
>> sup. Janice hahn: we want
the reportbacks, and where we
close it.
By motions or asking for
reportbacks, I hope we don't
take time away --
>> department speaker: you do,
but --
>> sup. Janice hahn: it is a
constant conflict.
You're not doing something
else, we know.
I thank you to all of the
departments we are rowing in
the same direction.
Feels like it's not happening
fast enough.
>> department speaker: thank
you.
>> sup hilda solis, chair:
thank you for that.
Seeing no other questions from
my colleagues, let's go to
public comment.
I'll ask the panelists to sit
tight in case you need to hear
from the audience.
>> asst. Executive officer:
will the following individual
please step forward.
Caller with phone number 818
last two digits 95, your line
is open.
State your name and begin.
Caller with phone number 818
last two digits 95 your line
is open, please begin.
We'll go to the next caller.
Roy humphreys your line is
open, please begin.
>> telephone speaker: yes,
2026 still talking this to
death.
The true criminals deserving
of alcatraz are the four
democrats on this board and
sheila kuell with lesbian and
transgender guards.
You come pound the problems by
cutting the funding of the
system and failure to e panned
the system is perverse.
County board members and their
staff should adopt a jail
inmate to show their
dedication to the cause.
You can always go to the
chinese for consultation and
they can take scare of this
problem overnight.
Thank you.
>> asst. Executive officer:
thank you.
Janet assante your line is
open.
Please begin.
>> telephone speaker: yes, I'm
janet assante, dignity and
power now and justice L.A.
Coalition.
This motion was necessary and
I thank supervisor mitchell
for bringing it forward.
Very clear joseph and maggie
have received their promotions
but there's something really
nefarious about the
conversation about expanding
facilities.
Expanding the facilities costs
billions of dollars.
Ml46789 housing and odr costs
a quarter the price.
When I hear them examining how
you need to buy it, what is $4
million buying us?
There's a press conference
tomorrow, representing 14 of
the families whose loved ones
have died in custody.
$4 billion to lasu buys us
settlement after settlement.
We've never been in compliance
with doj lawsuit.
I hope we explore additional
options.
>> asst. Executive officer:
thank you.
818, last two digits 95,
please begin.
>> telephone speaker: good
afternoon, I'm eleanor
hernandez, L.A. City council
member representing L.A.
I'm co-author of measure j.
La county aci, fighting for
the closure of men's central
jail.
I'm here in support of
supervisor mitchell's motion
that would sen per multi
disciplinary subject matter
leadership and jail closure.
This is a moment to center the
experts that have been doing
this work.
You need to fully commit to
new jails and not replace,
other than thousands of multi
disciplinary beds.
Please and finally build --
>> telephone speaker: thank
you, I'm calling to say thank
you supervisor mitchell for
raising this motion.
It is a shame we have to keep
raising motions to get this
jail closed.
It's been over 5 years.
Odr is a program that is
proven to work.
It is a shame that they only
have 2,000 beds.
I just visited odr
transitional house and had a
meeting with the folks in that
house.
They have proven that they
work.
It is crazy to know the bos
doesn't know how jcit works.
Everyone kicking the can down
the road while everyone get
paid for the work they
supposed to be doing.
But our community members is
dying in the jail.
Will said that he takes it
personal by this happening.
everybody should be taking it
personal.
One way or another.
We know that the jail is out
of compliance.
We know that it need to be
closed.
We know that we all should
feel compelled -- clique thank
you.
Anthony robles, please begin.
>> telephone speaker: I'm
anthony robles, resident of
district 1, dcn in justice
L.A.
The motion and stuff, to get
the health department more
involved in the leadership of
closing the jail.
We also heard that odr is
looking for funding for one of
their programs.
That falls on the board.
I know we keep hearing on the
budget on substance, the
federal and state things.
You know, somebody who never
struggles to find funding is
the sheriff's department.
Health department has to fight
for any extra funding.
They are so essential for the
health department as they step
up to leadership.
We know with all of the cases
that we brought up earlier,
there's more cases heard in
the courts.
Not enough public defense.
>> asst. Executive officer:
thank you.
Kaitlin, your line is open.
Kaitlin player?
>> telephone speaker: I'm
kaitlin player, interim for
law defensia.
I'm speaking in strong support
of item number 6.
True footprint reduction
requires shifting away from
punitive systems and centering
community based care bringing
multi disciplinary subject
matter expeshdz into the
leadership jail closure
planning is critical to
ensuring that L.A. County's
care first jails last vision
moves from policy to real
world implementation.
Utilizing experts in public
health, supportive housing
diversion and lived experience
the county can safety scale
down the jail population
building out the necessary
community resources.
I urge the board to vote yes
on item 6 to keep jail closure
efforts forward, moving
effectively.
Thank you.
>> asst. Executive officer:
thank you.
Moore, please begin.
Your line is open.
Please begin.
>> telephone speaker: anthony
aren as, life long resident of
supervisorial district 3,
dignity and power now as long
as L.A. Justice coalition.
Speaking alongside 140 people
that assisted since just
yesterday writing your office.
140 other people, your
constituents, took time out of
their way to write the board
speaks to the urgency and
importance of jail closure for
your constituents.
Supervisor mitchell, thank you
for taking actionable steps to
implement a true care first
jails never L.A. County.
The community will stand
alongside you in this effort
to make true what you and
other board members committed
to doing, closing men's
central jail.
The community would be better
served by fully funding all 7
initial jail closure
implementation team
recommendations.
Standing firm with their
recommendations are you
demonstrating your dignity and
power.
Now is the time to divert
funding away from the
sheriff's department.
>> asst. Executive officer:
thank you.
James tack a mat sue, your
line is open, james takamatsu.
>> telephone speaker: hello,
dignity and power now and
justice L.A. Coalition and
care first california.
I want to thank supervisor
mitchell and her office for
taking direct action to get
this jail closed.
I had other things to
this is insane.
The responsibility of closing
the jail falls on the
supervisors, don't think
because jcit is here, leading
the plan, puts that
responsibility on them, it is
on you.
Don't take a back seat and try
to put it on will and jcit's
team, it's on you.
It is obvious that the
leadership in the ceo office
is in lock step with rochman
and lieu -- hochman and lieu
in a --
>> asst. Executive officer:
thank you, zina moreno, please
begin.
>> telephone speaker: hello,
I'm with la defenseia.
I support this measure, I
support the county holding
itself to its word and closing
mcj.
I want to thank supervisor
mitchell for this motion for
centering mull tin pli
expertise.
However -- multi disciplinary
expertise.
What amounts to pennies
compared to the sheriff
department is nonproductive.
Thor shidentify department
asks for $35 million for item
33 even they we already spend
millions at the end of every
single board meeting in
settlements for the people
that they kill, they harm, and
that they sexually abuse.
Fund odr, close mcj, do so
without spending billions to
replacement by funding all
7jcit recommendations.
>> asst. Executive officer:
there are no other remote
speakers to address the board,
remote participation is
concluded for item 6.
We will go to in person
speaker, please begin.
>> in-person speaker: hi, good
morning, so I was trying to
get MR. Guillermo vieira rosa,
that should be added to this
panel.
First and foremost if you want
to shut off men's central jail
you would have done it a long
time ago.
There's no oversight
especially dmh, MS. Wong, saw
DR. Jan is and sharon, it
reminded me fighters for
directors of dmh and people
who sit there.
There are a lot of
misappropriation of funding,
because there's no oversight.
One of the things I want to
address is the behaviors of
the probation officers.
they have a big stake in how
somebody rehabilitates when
they go in there and how they
come out.
You don't need more beds, you
need mental health training
with the off serbs.
Not blaming everyone, some
people have more mental health
issues than the people
incarcerated.
You are not doing oversight
enough to really see that.
As ply son has been through
the system, I can tell you
it's not catered to black and
brown.
Everybody do your job, close
men's central jail.
>> asst. Executive officer:
thank you.
That concludes the time for
public comment on item 6.
>> executive officer: item 6
is before you.
>> sup hilda solis, chair:
thank you, moved by supervisor
mitchell, I will second.
To approve the item executive
officer please call the roll.
>> executive officer:
supervisor mitchell.
>> sup. Holly j. Mitchell:
into aye.
>> executive officer:
supervisor horvath.
Sup. Lindsey horvath: aye.
>> executive officer:
supervisor hahn.
>> sup. Janice hahn: aye.
>> executive officer:
supervisor solis.
>> sup hilda solis, chair:
aye.
>> executive officer: motion
passes.
MADAM Chair we're going to
return back to consent items
and then we will take a vote
and move over to item 9 next.
on the consent calendar items,
the items to approve, we're
going to exclude item 23 due
to the inability to obtain a
quorum of qualified members.
This item is going to be
administratively carried over
by the executive office.
Paired with the absence of
barger.
So the executive officer will
be administratively continuing
this item to the meeting of
SEPTEMBER --
>> sup. Janice hahn: can we
get a clarification.
It's not being continued, it
is being -- are you going to
make it happen
administratively?
>> executive officer: correct.
My office is moving it to
SEPTEMBER 1.
>> sup. Janice hahn: that's
legal?
>> it's being continued
administratively to SEPTEMBER
1.
>> sup. Janice hahn: I get
that, I understand.
It is coming back to the
board.
>> yes.
>> executive officer: yes, as
opposed to voting for it and
having it continued.
I'm moving it.
>> sup. Janice hahn: right.
>> sup hilda solis, chair:
proceed.
>> executive officer: items to
approve are going to be items
1 through 5, 7 and 8, 12
through 22, 24 and 25, 27
through 32, 34 through 57, 58a
and b, 61, 1d, these items are
before you.
>> sup hilda solis, chair:
thank you.
Moved by supervisor mitchell,
seconded by supervisor horvath
to approve these items.
With the exemptions noted by
executive officer, executive
officer call the roll.
>> executive officer:
supervisor mitchell.
>> sup. Holly j. Mitchell:
aye.
>> executive officer:
supervisor horvath.
Sup. Lindsey horvath: aye.
>> executive officer:
supervisor hahn.
>> sup. Janice hahn: aye.
>> executive officer:
supervisor solis.
>> sup hilda solis, chair:
aye.
>> executive officer: motion
carries.
We will now move on to item 9
which is establishing a -- to
comment on this item use the
raise hand fee tire if you are
online or press star 3 on the
telephone. Please use great to explore the
feasibility of a county office
of gender equity.
As we know a gap in this space
since the sunset of women and
girls in 2024 and spent time
what next phase of work should
look like.
Earlier this year gender
assessment program was honored
with 2026 city's globe
leadership award by the U.N.
I was honored to be part of the
team that accepted this award on
behalf of the county and had
part to speak with our leaders
in this space from across the
country and around the world.
Inspired more thinking of how we
can and should do more
especially in a time that women,
transgender and gender expansive
and nonconforming continue to
face attack on our rights,
health care and safety.
Los angeles county is one of the
largest local governments in the
world.
The decisions we make affect
millions of people but inspire
billions more.
That gives us both an enormous
responsibility and enormous
opportunity to lead, this
program has given us a strong
foundation but for too long the
gender work is siloed.
And without equity responsible
for coordinating and advancing
this work, that makes it harder
to collaborate strategically and
leverage resources and build on
what is working.
An office of gender equity would
help change that.
Work across all of our county
departments bringing subject
matter expertise and helping
align existing programs and
services and initiatives around
gender equity.
Most importantly make this a
sustained part of how los
angeles county operates, not a
short-term effort, this work
requires sustained leadership
and long-term investment and the
courage to redesign systems so
they work for everyone.
I heard from advocates and
community members throughout the
county who believe that this
office is needed and that the
work matters.
I agree with them.
And thank the advocates and
program staff and everyone
across the county that have
championed this work for years.
I see your efforts.
I am incredibly grateful for
your leadership and I am excited
what we can continue to build
together, thank you.
>> sup. Hilda solis, chair:
thank you supervisor mitchell.
>> sup. Holly j. Mitchell: thank
you very much MADAM Chair and
thank you to my colleague for
elevating this issue.
I was proud in 2021 to co-author
the county ordinance on cda, and
felt appropriate given the
composition of this board itself
that we step up to the plate.
I do want to elevate an issue
and bring forward an amendment
and hoping that the author will
be open to it.
This is really important work
that goes without saying.
At the same time I have concerns
about potentially establishing a
new county office given the
current fiscal health or lack
thereof and financial challenges
facing the county as a whole as
well as the department of public
health.
Which was named as one of the
lead departments for the report
back.
Last year alone the department
of public health faced more, and
I think this is a conservative
number, $60 million of
extraordinary fiscal challenges
due to federal reductions and
labor costs and disaster and
disease and outbreak expenses.
I know they are proposing to tap
into the emergency funding this
board passed to make available
to that department.
So as resources become strained,
I think we need to be thoughtful
about what additional
responsibilities we're asking
departments to take on when they
are having to leave some of
their current work kind of on
the table.
And so before we move towards
establishing a new office i
would like for us to first have
a clear understanding of what
already exists across the
county, included in the report
back, but also be really clear
if we're going to create a new
office, ask a department to fund
it with existing resources.
We need to be clear what work
they are currently doing that
they will have to stop in order
to do the new work we're asking
of them.
It was my understanding that
based on the recommendation from
the former commission that a
number of departments across the
county are doing some of the
work.
They are doing some gender
equity work, there MAY be
opportunities to better
coordinate those efforts,
address gaps and leverage
infrastructure before creating a
new office.
For that reason I would like to
introduce an amendment and as f
in frank that says that the
report back should include
comprehensive assessment of
county departments, initiatives
and staff engaged in gender
equity efforts in order to
identify and document existing
work and gaps across the county.
That would be my proposed
amendment.
Just asking that we pause,
understand what is happening,
identify the gaps.
That would help clarify for us
what work needs to be done to
determine if an office needs to
be established.
And also to figure out where the
resources coming from and
potentially what work would end
in order to fund that work.
That would be my ask of the
board.
>> sup. Hilda solis, chair:
thank you supervisor mitchell,
this work was assigned by cpo
davent port, removed from the
ceo's office and staff and
resources asteined dph why we
were directing them to continue
that work.
And spoken with cw akitta of how
we see this work advancing and
looking to them to steward the
report back to us and he had
questions along the same line
you did.
And what you are be asking is
intended by the motion, and if
spelling it out does help
receptive of to that.
>> sup. Holly j. Mitchell: I
want to be sure that work is
done before the office
established, appreciate you
accepting the amendment.
Thank you MADAM Chair.
>> sup. Hilda solis, chair: I
support the motion before us and
it's very important and I worked
years to establish the women and
girl's initiatives and something
that sheila and I worked on.
No more questions from the
board, go to public comment.
>> moderator: the following
individuals come, roy humphreys
your line is open, please begin.
>> telephone speaker: absurd
that you waste our time and
energy and this los angeles
department, look at numbers, you
are broken, you are bankrupt in
more things called ethics and
morality.
If you want to find out what
equity, you use this word equity
and I would never suggest that
anybody is stupid.
But this goes in line with this
democrat
democrat garbage that we are all
subjected to and abused by and
you are abusing the people of
this county and the resources,
so limited resources that we
have, to say that you are
disgusting that is giving you
too much credit.
You should be removed.
The four democrats should resign
immediately.
>> moderator: thank you, MADAM
Chair no more remote speakers,
go to in-person speakers, please
begin.
>> in-person speaker: good
morning claudia, dpsdwc, I have
to say something brief about
this I am a formalize person at
the center and we have a high
number of individuals identify
as gender and I work along with
them.
As staff.
And I understand a lot of the
struggles that gender identity
people go through.
I think it is necessary to make
an assessment what is working
and what is not working.
So that you would be able to
appropriately put the resources
in place for that, I do believe
there is a need to have support
into you know a feel that you
are part of a community.
>> moderator: next speaker
please.
>> in-person speaker: DR. Truth,
I am a policy analyst for the
U.N., this is very important and
proud of this agenda as a woman.
Attending the commission of the
status of women this past MARCH,
you talked about the violence
against women and not only this
country but globally.
I am really proud that you
bring, and supervisor horvath
bringing this to light, what is
needed.
anyone that identifies as a
woman, whatever the case MAY be,
that they are protected by all
costs.
A lot of women in skid row, a
lot of them live in tents and
removed or subject to rape every
night.
This is a major issue and we
issue asking for this board that
this agency created and address
and women that suffering through
domestic violence to be
protected.
Bravo to this agenda and look
forward to see it through its
fruition.
Great job --
>> moderator: thank you that
concludes item 9.
>> department speaker: item 9
before you.
>> sup. Hilda solis, chair:
advised by horvath and I second.
Call the roll.
>>>> sup. Holly j. Mitchell:
aye.
>>>> sup. Lindsey horvath:.
>> aye.
>>>> sup. Hilda solis, chair:.
>> aye.
That item passes.
And item 10, for members of the
public to join remotely, no
departmental speakers requested
for this item.
>> sup. Hilda solis, chair:
supervisor horvath.
>> sup. Holly j. Mitchell: I
think it's mine --
>> sup. Hilda solis, chair: I'm
sorry.
I'm sorry, apologize.
>> sup. Janice hahn: thank you
MADAM Chair, horvath is my co-.
Over the past years we have
built hard to build up L.A.
County system and mental health
respond to crisis rather than
relying on armed law
enforcement.
And we have expanded the mental
response teams and have 71 teams
operating around the clock seven
days a week.
And the data shows it's working
and at the same that calls to
988, that have gone up, calls to
law enforcement that relate to
mental health issues have gone
down and arrests have dropped by
almost 25%.
This is encouraging data about
our mental health crisis team
still takes too long to respond
to the calls.
One.
Of the reasons that our response
time is so high that our teams
spend 1,000 hours every month
responding to local emergency
rooms where they authorize 51-50
holds, 51-50 holds is one
experiencing a mental health
crisis is to be at danger to
themselves and others and placed
on a 72-hour hold.
And doctors have been authorized
to 51-50 to their patients and
private hospitals across the
county where the doctors are not
authorized.
This means that one of the 35
hospitals has a patient in
danger to themselves or others
they call our county response
teams.
To initiate the 51-50 hold.
This has been a huge drain on
our resources.
It would benefit everyone if
more of these noncounty
hospitals were authorized to
conduct psychiatric holds
themselves.
Our crisis teams could focus on
what they were designed to do,
respond to crisis out of the
communities and er patients
evaluated more quickly by
hospital staff right then and
there.
And thanks to a new state law
this is now possible.
Emergency room officials are now
eligible to be trained by our
department of mental health to
conduct those 51-50 holds.
That's what this will do,
imelement a pilot with top er's
to train physicians at these
hospitals to conduct 51-50 holds
by the end of this year.
For everyone's information the
top hospitals are paloma,
providence st. John's in santa
monica, uci health in lakewood.
And mary medical center in
torrance and ucla west valley
medical center.
And the motion asked for a plan
to expand the pilot beyond the
five highest utilizers and by
2027, all noncounty,
nonauthorized hospitals in los
angeles county can have er
physicians trained to conduct
51-50 holds.
I have high hopes for the
program and free up our county
response team to focus on
emergencies on the streets or in
people's homes where people are
more vulnerable and at risk of
harming themselves or others.
Im looking forward to see the
outcome of this pilot program
and expansion of eligible
hospitals so that our county
teams can focus on responding
quickly to community crisis.
Because we know many times
minutes is what matters when
someone is having a mental
health crisis and emergency room
patients can have the support
they need.
Thank you supervisor horvath for
being co-author.
>> sup. Lindsey horvath: thank
you supervisor hanh and you are
passionate in this topic and
expect my strong support for
ab416 and what it can mean for
people experiencing behavioral
health crisis across the county.
And every day people
experiencing mental health
crises arrive at emergency rooms
and the physician standing at
the patient bedside has
evaluated the individual and
understands their medical
condition.
And understands what is next,
but MAY not be aware of
landerman-petris-short act
necessary to a voluntary hold.
Ab460 gives an opportunity to
change that, we can empower
appropriately trained physicians
already at the patient's bedside
to act when someone meets the
legal criteria for involuntary
evaluation and treatment.
Our emergency departments face
tremendous pressures and when
someone is experiencing a crisis
unnecessary delays affect
everyone.
The patient.
Their family.
Hospital staff.
First responders and other
patients waiting for emergency
car.
Ab416 can help reduce those
delays and improve coordination
of hospitals and make better use
of highly trained medical
professionals who are already
caring for those patients.
And also reduce unnecessary
reliance on psychiatric mobile
response teams.
When an individual is already
safely inside of an emergency
department and being evaluated
by a qualified physician, we
shouldn't need to take a
psychiatric mobile response team
away to bring them back into the
hospitals because of a gap in
lps designation authority.
This is where government gets in
its own way and we have a common
sense solution before us.
However the goal of ab416 should
not be more holds and
involuntarily detention involves
civil liberties.
The goal is better and more
timely made by professionals
that understand the need of
patients and the legal
implementation of
landerman-petris-short act,
implementation matters.
Expanding eligibility must be
accompanied by county training
and clear standards and
appropriate oversight and
documentation and an is strong
patient to patient rights.
I look forward to the report
back from the department of
mental health that will outline
these important trainings and
protocols.
Ultimately when someone reaches
an emergency department in
crisis, our systems should be
prepared to respond immediately
with compassion, clinical
expertise and respect for that
individuals' rights and dignity.
Ab416 is an opportunity to
improve how our entire system
responds to people in crisis,
thank you.
>> sup. Hilda solis, chair:
thank you supervisor mitchell.
>> sup. Holly j. Mitchell: thank
you MADAM Chair and thank cloeg
colleagues to bring this
forward, it's a practical fix
that cuts wait time for patients
in crisis.
It's not a new idea, the county
piloted this in 2016 with our
martin luther king safety
hospital in south L.A. And since
then has continued the work and
on a shift, six patients a day
on 51-50 psychiatric hold, I
look to see more hospitals in
the second district as well as
county wide onboarded in the
next phase, looking forward to
support the motion.
>> sup. Hilda solis, chair:
great I too want to join my
colleagues and thank you
supervisor hahn I know how close
issue for you and has been and
for supervisor horvath.
I want to say I too am very
supportive.
I think treatment by trained
professionals is obviously
always very helpful and knowing
that this program will expand to
areas like paloma hospital that
is in dire need of support in
many ways can be a solution.
I look forward to supporting the
motion.
Seeing no other colleagues on
this item, go to public comment.
>> moderator: will the following
individuals come forward and
staff assist you.
[Calling names]
Roy humphreys your line is open,
please begin.
>> telephone speaker: you have
to look for the choke point,
where is the choke point.
And the most ideal conditions
you have all of these physicians
making these judgments and if
er's have the capacity to handle
the load of any given moment and
time, how fast can you get those
persons out of the emergency
rooms and into a facility.
That is the choke point.
And it needs to be resolved but
you took on this task so it's in
your court.
thank you.
>> moderator: thank you, MADAM
Chair no other remote speakers
to address the board, the remote
participation for item 10 is
concluded, in-person speakers,
please begin.
>> in-person speaker: good
morning chair and supervisors
and on behalf of nomi, thank you
supervisors hahn and horvath for
these evaluations in
nondesignated lps hospitals we
can help those in crisis get the
help they need, reduce delays
and improve patient cares and
outcomes and a chance at
recovery.
As this pilot moves forward we
encourage strong training,
oversight and collaboration with
families, community
organizations and people with
lived experiences.
To ensure that every evaluation
is conducted with dignity and
compassion.
This is a practical step towards
strengthening mental health care
and improving crisis response
across L.A. County.
We encourage a yes vote on this
motion.
>> moderator: thank you, next
speaker.
>> in-person speaker: I have to
say that physicians already do
that.
51-50.
I believe you are going to
implement a new sort of
emergency pilot I have some
experiences for that and that is
totally private for me.
I can say that physicians
already do it.
And I would look forward to see
how the implementation of it can
change.
I have some recommendations on
that, just because I have
experienced some items but I
know that the medical system
does work.
Cause I have been in hospitals
and I have recovered.
And I have been cured.
So I can see that.
>> moderator: thank you, next
speaker please.
>> in-person speaker: DR. Truth
gay, analyst, I am clutching my
pearls now I thought this is
implemented in hospitals as far
as 51-50 holds.
The lps short act should be
implemented in downtown L.A.,
hospital presbyterian.
The motion is self-explanatory,
definitely needed.
How long will it take for this
pilot program to launch, is the
question.
I thought this was a county wide
initiative already implemented
but the fact that you have it on
the agenda today says a lot.
We can expedite the help, any
type of compassionate care
towards 51-50 holds is much
needed.
Never enough and always
welcomed.
I look forward to see the report
back and thank you horvath and
hahn for putting this item on.
>> moderator: thank you that
concludes the time for public
comment on this item.
>> executive officer: MADAM
Chair item 10 before you.
>> sup. Hilda solis, chair: hahn
moves and second by horvath.
Call the roll.
>> sup. Holly j. Mitchell: aye.
>> sup. Lindsey horvath: aye.
>> sup. Janice hahn: aye.
>> sup. Hilda solis, chair: aye.
>> motion passes.
We will now move on to item 11,
board policy on water
conservation and sustainable
landscaping held by supervisor
horvath.
For members of the public
joining remotely use the raised
hand feature.
Rita kampalath and rebecca
ferdman are available for
questions, please state your
name and title addressing the
board.
>> sup. Hilda solis, chair:
thank you, supervisor horvath.
>> sup. Lindsey horvath: thank
you chair, I know this is your
report and thank you for the
work you have done.
Los angeles county sits in a
globally recognized biodiversity
hot spot and home of 4,000
animals and indigenous
ecosystems found in few other
places but this biodiversity is
under pressure from
urbanization, climate change,
wildfires and trump magazine.
Protecting native habitates is
vital to communities.
Healthy ecosystems provide clean
air and water, and buffer
extreme heat and flooding, and
connect people to nature.
Today L.A. County has an
opportunity to model
biodiversity and model people
and nature.
The water conservation and
landscaping policy will require
california landscaping at 4500
county facilities and enhancing
water applying to new buildings
and new landscaped areas and
existing properties undergoing
renovations.
I have been proud to champion
several strategies to enhance
biodiversity across los angeles
county including our community
force management plan to improve
the urban forest, the blue
ribbon panel on nature based
solutions to ensure that our
water investments and expand
access to green space.
The pest unit to control gold
spotted oak bore and to have
living biodiversity.
And where possible acquiring
land to support wildlife
connectivity and access to
nature.
Los angeles county has joined
the global diversity alliance
and become a formal observer the
tout united nations convention
on biodiversity.
These help us to learn from best
practices around the world and
strengthen our stewardship.
I look forward to see what will
be learned in armenia later this
year and thank the chief
stability office and all
following the board's passage of
my motion last year.
You don't have to take my word
for it, I will ask a couple of
questions of chief
sustainability team, first of
all what are the challenges
associated with this.
>> department speaker: thank you
I am rita kampalath, chief
sustainability officer, we see
this policy as a critical step
to overall county biodiversity
goals.
The purpose is to first of all
to establish a water
conservation and landscaping
standard for county departments.
We want to ensure efficient
water use and use those
opportunities to promote
biodiversity and long-term
stewardship through california
native plants.
And compared to the previous
version, this updated version
addresses the use of native
plants as well as best practices
to support implementation.
The native plants portion of the
policy is the most significant
change.
And over the previous version as
now requires the use of 70%
native plants at county
facilities.
>> sup. Lindsey horvath: why is
it not enough just to have
drought tolerant plants?
>> department speaker: yes,
native plants are climate
adjusted to the region.
First of all, you noted that
many are drought tolerant and a
great strategy for water
conservation.
But they also include many other
benefits, provide many other
benefits.
Support local biodiversity and
habitat for insects and support
birds and other wildlife as you
mentioned we are dealing with a
nationwide biodiversity crisis.
And resilient to climate
conditions and adapt well across
ecosystemses.
Wile they can reduce water
consumption and reduce other
types and fewer soil and less
maintenance once established.
>> sup. Lindsey horvath: how do
you expect county departments to
prepare successfully to
implement this policy?
Do you anticipate challenges
they face and how support them
in that work.
>> department speaker: thank you
for that and I want to express
gratitude to county departments
so great partners in doing this
revision.
Very open and supportive of
everything.
The policy contains two
requirements aimed at successful
implementation, we want to
address that, and update
contract requirements and
training requirements for staff.
Where the county relies on
contractors we want to make sure
that the contractors that we're
working with can demonstrate
that they can handle native
plants.
Want to be sure they survive
once put in the resources.
At the facilities where county
staff maintain the landscapes
and make sure that the staff
have appropriate training that
they can succeed in supporting
our native plants.
So our office has some specific
plans to support that, we will
be continuing to work on
implementation after hopefully
this policy is adopted by your
board.
Some of the work that we will be
doing is identifying local
capacity in nurseries and making
sure that is available and
working with external partners.
And help departments to create
contract being language.
And accessing training to
identify existing resources that
is available to pull together
for county departments to access
as well.
>> sup. Lindsey horvath: just to
reiterate you are offering
support to departments in this
process.
I know sometimes when we adopt
requirements it can feel like
additional layers that people
have to navigate.
But I would say from what I
heard you identify not only is
this important when it comes to
our conservation efforts.
But it's also important for when
it comes to our safety and
especially when we are thinking
about wildfire prevention.
Sometimes our best intentions in
bringing plants into our county
spaces back fire.
Because we are choosing species
that contribute to wildfires.
And contribute to other
challenges that actually
increase safety challenges.
So if people don't get behind
your work because they believe
in conservation, because they're
not convinced about our changing
es
ing
climate.
Hopefully they can understand
from a safety perspective that
these policies are done with
that intentions in mind.
Not making it harder to green
our county but to make it
smarter of how we green our
county, thank you for that.
>> sup. Hilda solis, chair:
thank you supervisor horvath, I
want to too thank you and chief
sustainability office for
bringing forward this request.
In the last part of my term I
have seen so many changes in
terms of landscaping uses.
Whether it's our parks.
Whether it's recreational areas
and whether helping to sustain
facilities like health care
facilities and interim housing.
All of these things play an
important role and especially
with the climate change
occurring at such a vast speed.
What we are expecting with el
ni}o upon us already, today, we
have been feeling it even more
increasingly in the last month
or so.
And I just want to point out
that I really would like to see
more happening in terms of work
with youth.
So that they also are trained
and given opportunities.
So I know we do a good job with
some of our groups now.
The conservation corp, and
others.
But what about in-housing some
resources that we give out
through the youth at work,
through deo.
I know there are opportunities
for youth at risk and those
needing to have a job.
To learn about a new way of
life.
And they can take those skills
home.
I have seen it demonstrated in
one of our parks, a group that
actually brings and nurtures in
students and young people.
But it's an experience of a
lifetime for our young people,
great to see something like that
expanded throughout the entire
county.
I wanted to say that.
And with water conservation on
our minds, I want us to think of
what we do in the future in
terms of data centers.
They are popping up whether we
like it or not, in the county of
los angeles and incorporated
cities.
I keep continually hearing
people's concern about water
conservation and use and how
valuable our practices need to
be to protect that.
I hope as we move forward that
is something that will be a
focus for you as well.
So with that, thank you very
much.
Seeing no further questions,
let's go to public comment.
Executive office.
>> moderator: will the following
individuals come forward and
staff assist you.
Andy trainer, your line is open,
please begin.
>> telephone speaker: hello,
it's andy, I was one of the
initiators of then council
member paul kratz and
biodiversity alliance.
I ask for your support on this
motion.
Los angeles sits in a
biodiversity hot spot and for
decades our landscape and
development has fractured
critical habitats.
And when we launched our vision
was clear, subnational
leadership must lead with
government lags.
This motion translates vision
into concrete scalable actions.
Updating the county's policy to
recognize california native
plants and knowledge, honors the
deep wisdom of governments and
restores our ecosystems and soil
health and water resilience.
>> moderator: thank you, jeremy
wolf your line is open, please
begin.
>> telephone speaker: my name is
jeremy wolf, I am the mayor of
city of agora hills and thank
the supervisors for the work
they do on behalf of residents
of los angeles county.
And calling in for strong
support for item 11, as
mentioned by the speakers, it
checks so many boxes from
improving local biodiversity and
air pollinators and wildlife and
capturing stormwater and creates
healthier communities.
A huge thank you to supervisor
horvath for biodiversity
champion and her staff, I
respectfully urge the board to
support this.
>> moderator: justin your line
is open.
>> telephone speaker: good
morning I am calling in on
behalf of tree people and strong
support for this item.
We applaud the county for
advancing this motion to
recognize the stunning beauty
and critical importance of
california native ecosystems.
In this motion the county is
establishing a model that
reflects the nature of our
challenges and solutions.
Those challenges importantly
moves away from just responding
to the hazards around water
resource management and to
identify the positive futures
that we want to pursue.
And looking to the future, we
know that a nature-based
solutions are most cost
effective investments that
governments can make to address
the growing impact of climate
change and improving public
life.
>> moderator: thank you, rosy,
your line is open.
Please begin.
>> telephone speaker: thank you,
I am here today to encourage the
approval of and adoption of this
amazing effort to integrate and
institutionalize and prioritize
native plants.
It's a great step forward to
trying to rewild our entire
county.
Having examples on county
property of beautiful natives
and trees and other plants.
Not only increases biodiversity
it also provides inspiration to
private property owners to think
of how they could incorporate
these into their landscapes in
their own hometowns and their
own home places.
DR. Doug has shown that having
native plants in a moacic
throughout an urban system is
critical to supporting native
insects and birds, primarily.
But it also does a great amount
of good just in terms --
>> moderator: thank you, roy
humphreys your line is open.
>> telephone speaker: thank you,
just stymied by this situation
and called a lawyer and fell off
his chair.
What in the heck that western
united states is in a huge
drought and I sent the board of
supervisors multiple articleses
on the situation.
And then we have the data center
situation, where in the heck do
we have archleta to come up and
what the heck, you are behind
the hour curve on this water
situation and data centers.
You are an embarrassment to
governance, why we can't get rid
of you fast enough, you are
disgusting I would say more but
don't want to lose it.
>> moderator: thank you, caller
your line is open, please begin.
Particular
>> telephone speaker: I would
like to speak on aspect of water
conservation.
During the pandemic I watched my
new program, looking out the
window and water pouring from
the skies and looking down water
rising from the ground.
Due to the ignorance of
automatic landscaping sprinklers
this -- this issue came up.
I'm hoping that the county will
move forward in terms of having
all public and private
landscaping water sprinklers be
outlawed.
cause there is nothing worse in
a drought to watch people
ignorantly have water during a
rainstorm, thank you for your
consideration.
>> moderator: thank you, MADAM
Chair no other remote speakers
to address the board, remote
participation is concluded,
in-person.
>> in-person speaker: hello I am
rita watts, and in suburban
areas 70% of our water goes to
non
nonfunctional turf and can
reduce this number to half over
night.
This is survival issue and from
humming birds to bobcats and mon
monarch butterflies and they
need habitat and putting this in
the garden you are creating a
place to live and thrive.
Thank you supervisor horvath and
the entire board of supervisors
to care about the nonhuman
beings with who we share L.A.
County, appreciate you.
>> moderator: thank you, next
speaker.
>> in-person speaker: native
plants are our identity and our
connection with our environment.
Since resources are scarce, we
must have restraint is necessary
for all of us.
I think being self-disciplined
is very difficult.
Because we don't care, we go
into the shower and just take
like two hour showers.
So restraint.
Self-discipline.
Limiting what you do.
And I believe that there should
be an understanding that native
plants must survive therefore we
must do this.
We must be restrained.
Be self-disciplined.
must be meticulous about what we
do, and youth can learn that.
They can learn restraint and
self-disciplined and meticulous
what they do, and parents can
help them.
Plant survival is necessary --
>> moderator: thank you that
concludes the time for public
comment.
>> executive officer: MADAM
Chair item 11 before you.
>> sup. Hilda solis, chair:
moved by supervisor horvath and
second by hahn to approve the
item.
>> sup. Holly j. Mitchell: aye.
>> sup. Lindsey horvath: aye.
>>>> sup. Janice hahn: aye.
>>>> sup. Hilda solis, chair:.
>> aye.
Motion passes.
We will now move on to item 2d,
supporting a regional continuum
of care held by supervisor
horvath, the board will hear as
the board of supervisors and the
board of commissioners from the
los angeles county development
authority.
For peoples of public to join
remotely, please use the raised
hand comment.
Sara mahim, director of home
little services and emilio salas
executive director of los
angeles county development
authority.
>> sup. Hilda solis, chair:
supervisor horvath.
>> sup. Lindsey horvath: thank
you, I want to thank supervisor
hahn to join.
Multiple lawsuits are litigated
across the country and situation
is changing by the day.
Amid this uncertainty some
things remain clear.
The los angeles region must do
everything we can to protect the
coc funding and the more than
10,000 people who rely on these
resources to stay housed.
This means our continuum of care
must not fracture as we work
together to preserve and protect
these federal resources.
This motion makes our path
forward abundantly clear, we
must maximize funding by
maintaining one unified lcoc,
and the county stands ready to
take on the continuum of care,
the county must partner with the
housing authority of los angeles
and minimize functions with coc
programs.
And the county incorporate with
cities and unincorporated areas.
Let there be no confusion, los
angeles county is ready to
partner.
In fact this board authorized
the submission of a letter and
communicating in our intentions
to this effort.
Including and especially
partnership and that is what
L.A. County intends to do.
We are ready to lead and do
everything in our power to
protect this funding and keep
people in the places they
already call home, alongside our
city and community partners
committed to working together.
So emilio and sarah, how is shs
to components to lead?
>> sarah mahim, as you
referenced there was a letter to
coc board letting the coc know
that we are making a formal
offer to provide one-time
interim support for continuum of
care roles if needed.
In this letter we provided
qualifications to perform the
functions.
Important to reiterate only
occur if coc delegated authority
to laca and chs for the roles
and in collaboration with the
city of L.A. And haca.
And for hmis and css we have
done work to analyze what it
will take to assume those
functions with minimal
disruption.
That includes looking at
agreements and I.T. Systems and
what capacity is needed to
maintain those and the legal
agreements needed to execute it.
And turn it over to emilio.
>> department speaker: emilio
salas and our role is to act as
collab rant and submit the
application when that time
comes.
And gearing up to identify
staffing requirements and
outside consultants that MAY
needed to enhance our subject
matter expertise.
And with emergencies and that we
are flexible and able to pivot
at the moment.
>> sup. Lindsey horvath: I know
that you communicated to us and
not our preference to step in
this way.
We need to make sure that we are
prepared to do so that funding
comes to our region.
I want to make that clear and I
know that you communicated that
to us as well.
We think we were surprised by
some comments which were unlike
our proposal to the coc that
were made in court on friday.
Where the mayor expressed a
desire to have the city of L.A.
Go it alone.
I am not sure that she has
agreement from the council or
community partners on that.
In any event what would be the
risk from region funding if the
city of los angeles broke away
to form a new continuum.
>> department speaker: what I
want to emphasize how important
to work as a region to protect
the 240 million that is keeping
11,000 people housed today.
And a lot of infrastructure that
is needed to maintain a
successful continuum of care.
It's a complex program with
complex sets of requirements and
requires coordination across the
city and county.
And especially how
interconnectedness of county
services that are paired with
the coc housing resources.
Those two things are linked and
need to maintain that sort of
connection and we are just
stronger together as a region.
>> sup. Lindsey horvath: and I
would say the express concerns
from many leaders in the city of
los angeles are well documented.
Given their concerns how will
you outreach and partner with
the city of L.A. Confirming the
county's commitment to
partnership.
>> department speaker:
supervisor we have a
long-standing relationship with
the city and long history of
partnering closely together on
all things housing related.
From lacpa perspective we have
worked close with haca from the
onset of this emergency and
considerations and dialogue.
And when we jointly found out to
have all emergency housing
vouchers program, and we issued
a joint press release.
When we talked about big status
families and issued joint
webinars to work in close
partnership.
This time no different.
>> department speaker: I will
add from hhs perspective and we
work closely with the city and
on this as well.
And when we saw the letter by
the mayor and councilor
PRESIDENT And I reached out to
meet and discuss.
And will continue that outreach.
My team meets biweekly with
every single council district in
the city of L.A. To talk about
street homelessness in their
districts and talk about their
priorities and outreach
priorities happening.
And my team meets monthly with
the mayor's office and myself
and my team meet biweekly with
coo and caa and essential that
the city and county are working
hand in hand.
>> sup. Lindsey horvath: if I
can highlight our coo has
communicated with your
counterparts of city of L.A.,
can you talk about who you are
communicating with as well?
>> department speaker: I have
communicated with the city's
caco, and we have had a number
of conversations what comes
next.
If the court rules in the favor
of hud, and important in a
conversation as early as this
morning that we continue that
collaborative planning.
I know that the city has their
concerns.
What I emphasized to him at
least at my level and at sarah's
level and our work with the
city, we are open to discussing
their concerns, what they want
to achieve.
Their desired outcomes so we can
have a collaborative path
forward.
I think we recognize that
working together will solve many
of the issues we've had for the
last several years.
I want him to know that's where
I was at and I was welcoming the
dialogue going forward.
>> sup. Lindsey horvath: I think
that is helpful and belaboring
the point, we have heard
concerns expressed from elected
officials about lack of
communication and understanding.
Sounds like a lot of accord
naugdz that is happening at
departmental level and staff
level and that is important to
highlight and director mahin you
talked about working with the
mayor office and to have that is
essential going forward.
It's not just rhetoric, it's
indeed how we are partnering
with them.
And actively coordinating.
I am glad to hear that is
happening, thank you very much.
>> sup. Hilda solis, chair:
thank you supervisor horvath.
Supervisor mitchell.
>> sup. Holly j. Mitchell: thank
you MADAM Chair and thank you to
me colleague to bring the motion
forward.
I think it's important that we
shed light on the battle, and
the battle we are facing is
against hud and the federal
administration.
Let's be clear who the target
is.
I support the motion and believe
we as a county should be
prepared to act should the board
designate us.
Residents -- all eyes are on L.A.
County.
When I say L.A. County I mean 88
cities and hundreds of inn
unincorporate
inn
unincorporated communities.
residents benefit when our
systems speak the same language,
use the same metrics and
deemployee resources
strategically across the entire
region towards a unified goal.
By bringing the city, county
partners and service providers
and local jurisdictions together
we create a unified front and
shared goals and corpiated
investments which I think builds
a stronger case against the
unified problem, hud and the
federal government.
Again a regional approach
amplifies each partner's impacts
and builds a seamless continuum
of services and position the
region to respond effectively
for the needs, for those reasons
support today's motion.
>> sup. Lindsey horvath: sorry
to jump in MADAM Chair, I
learned that we have federal
representatives here locally
today.
I learned that secretary turner
and kennedy are also here in
L.A. To talk about this issue.
I guess it's been highlighted
from their perspective as
talking about the homelessness
industrial complex in los
angeles.
And I just wanted to note that
my office was not contacted by
them to meet and talk
substantively about the reforms
and changes they would like to
see.
I don't know if anyone else was
reached out to.
But I believe if we want to make
progress locally we need to get
in a room.
We have to have the tough
conversations.
We need to talk about what can
be done differently and what can
essential to achieving success.
I think that publicity stunts
are not the solution.
I think what we need are people
who are willing to do the hard
work, I think that's what this
motion intends and represents.
I don't know if any of our
department leaders were reached
out by the administration ---
>> department speaker: neither
of were.
>> sup. Lindsey horvath: did you
know they were coming?
I highlight that and sincere
intention to make reform and
help us accomplish goals and
make progress.
It should come with
collaboration and at least a
discussion.
And it might be a tough one but
one that we have to be open to.
And if no intention to have a
conversation, I sincerely
question whether this effort is
truly about making something
better or just about stirring a
pot.
Making political headlines but
not really making a difference.
I'm glad to see that we are
taking this work seriously and
intend to partner with our
region and continue what we know
works.
>> sup. Hilda solis, chair: I am
not alarmed supervisor horvath
what is taking place on the
political scene here today.
It seems as though we have
always been mislead by the trump
administration on many aspects.
Not just one issue and health
care and a lot of things.
It's not surprising and why I
think this motion is necessary.
We have to be prepared and ready
if needed to protect what we
know, a structure that has been
put in place for many years and
the relationships we have.
And how important indeed our
constituents rely on this
service.
And many people employed in the
programs and doing hard work and
probably should be given more
participation.
And it's tough on the providers
and the individuals that stand
up these programs.
That's the real story and how we
are able to impact and many ways
bring down the number of people
that are out on the street
getting care.
That's really the most important
thing.
I wholeheartedly support this,
and I know you two are doing the
best you can.
I applaud both you supervisor
horvath and barger for bringing
the motion.
And I know our ceo and teams are
working closely on this, time is
awasting we have to move, thank
you.
Seeing that and no other
questions, go to public comment.
>> moderator: will the following
individual come forward and
staff assist you.
Roy humphreys your line is open.
>> telephone speaker: another
disgusting moment and you get
what you deserve, we don't
deserve it.
The four democrats on the board
[Inaudible] In the past created
the monster because you wanted
to take your left-wing
propaganda crap to its logical
conclusion.
So we are all paying for your
again, time trying to control
myself, you do not belong to be
in office existential threat to
this state and county and
everyone that you come in
contact.
Look at what the sheriff did in
the beach area of city of los
angeles and clean that up.
The county and city hadn't done
anything for decades.
I got to turn it off because
your people are beyond
disgusting.
>> moderator: thank you.
MADAM Chair no other speakers to
address the board, remote
participation is concluded.
Go to in-person, please begin.
>> in-person speaker: go ahead,
emilio, your website needs
improvement.
If you do inspections from 7:30
to 5:30 honor that.
And before we jump to replacing
housing and laca has to do
in-house cleaning.
Moving forward, what should be
there, I should have seen one of
you in david carter's chambers
on AUGUST 6.
Not mayor karen bass who called
during lunch but one of you to
be in the room would have made a
difference.
We can't demonize hud when los
angeles county has been
misappropriation homeless
capital of the world, hello.
People are not trying to vilify
people, do the right thing.
You have an agency that is
asking for 241 million to keep
staff, not to house the
homeless.
Oops that's a freudian slip, she
said that in chambers and I am
ashamed.
>> moderator: thank you, next
speaker please.
Please begin.
>> in-person speaker: claudia, I
work with coc individuals and I
understand how the program
works.
I believe that you are very
important that you make an
assessment and you make audits
of these programs before you
move forward with funding of 240
million.
There is a lot of restructuring
that you will do, but make your
assessment.
Make your audits.
Ask questions.
From the workers, especially
case managers that work with
clients.
They have the coc bracket on
them.
And get some input from them.
You know, get input from them,
get input from the supervisors,
all them.
And ask some questions.
How does it work?
How does this work, how this
will work in order to make
feasible change for the county.
And save money --
>> moderator: thank you that
concludes the time for public
comment on this item.
>> executive officer: MADAM
Chair item 2d before you.
>> sup. Hilda solis, chair:
moved by horvath and second by
mitchell to approve.
>> sup. Holly j. Mitchell: aye.
>>>> sup. Lindsey horvath: aye.
>>>> sup. Janice hahn:.
>> aye.
>>>> sup. Hilda solis, chair:
aye.
>> motion passes 4-0.
MADAM Chair I believe --
>> sup. Hilda solis, chair: I
have a special.
>> executive officer: we do have
a special and is regarding
county to respond to
environmental disasters.
And we will be making a finding
pursuant to government section
that there is a need to take
immediate action and the need of
action came to the attention to
the board subsequent to the
agenda, and need a motion and
second to vote on the urgency
motion.
>> sup. Hilda solis, chair: I
move.
A second?
>> sup. Janice hahn: second.
>> executive officer: and after
the motion and discuss in public
comment and make a vote on
urgency motion.
>> sup. Holly j. Mitchell: aye.
>> sup. Lindsey horvath:
>> sup. Janice hahn: aye.
>> sup. Hilda solis, chair: aye.
Motion carries on urgency
motion>> sup. Hilda solis,
chair: thank you colleagues I go
ahead like to read in a motion
regarding legislation to respond
to lineage fire.
After the agenda filed last
friday trautt brought to my
attention a pair of bills moving
forward in sacramento in
response to the lineage fire and
that includes legislation by
senator deerageio to give the
county additional authority to
have fines on parties like
lineage that fail to address and
believe environmental needs.
And legislation filed by
assembly member mark gonzales to
provide the councily to address
flies and vermins that residents
are contending now.
Given that the state legislation
needs to pass before AUGUST 31,
which proceeds our next board
meeting, it's impair to give our
departments the needed authority
to engage on the legislation on
these two bills in particular.
And as well as provide the
needed flex eblt to provide
feedback on support on the bills
after our engagement with the
authors.
To that end I would like to read
in directives of a motion,
pursuant to government code
5.95.2b2 I move that the board
determine there is a need to
take immediate action and the
need to take this action
subsequent to the posting of
agenda for today's meeting.
And I further move that the
board of supervisors provide for
legislative affairs and
intergovernmental branches with
the authority to enforce the
legislation to strengthen the
mechanisms to hold
responsibility parties
accountable and including and
not limited to legislation
increase legislations that
county impose on larger
violators and provide the county
with additional enforcement
tools to address pests and
vermins and provide the county
with additional measures to
weigh in on permitting processes
for large industrial facilities
including rebuilding after an
environmental disaster.
As community continues to
contend with the recovery and
fall out of this environmental
disaster.
I want to ensure that the county
is able to leverage any
additional tools it can deem
appropriate and at their
disposal.
Colleagues I respectfully ask
for your aye vote on this
urgency matter.
Do we have any public comment?
On this item?
>> moderator: public comment for
this special motion, any members
of the public wishing to address
the board.
Please come forward.
MADAM Chair no in-person
speakers to address the board
this item.
>> executive officer: MADAM
Chair your motion is before you,
need a motion and second.
>> sup. Hilda solis, chair: I'll
move.
>> sup. Janice hahn: second.
>> sup. Holly j. Mitchell: aye.
>> sup. Lindsey horvath: aye.
>> sup. Janice hahn: aye.
>> sup. Hilda solis, chair: aye.
Motion carries 4-0.
All right.
We will now move on to general
public comment at this time we
will hear from members of the
public wishing to address the
board on general public comment.
This is an opportunity for
public to address the board on
matters within the board
jurisdiction but not on items on
the agenda.
To join, use the raise hand
feature online and star 3 on the
telephone.
>> moderator: call the in-person
speakers, the following
individuals come forward and
staff assist you.
[Calling names]
Danny gonzales, your line is
open, please begin.
>> telephone speaker: good
morning, I am here on behalf of
los angeles lgbtq+ center of the
cult of transitioned youth.
And this is critical for people
and lgbtq+ youth relying on
housing and network of care to
build stable futures.
And disruption of funding can
have consequences and pushing
youth people back to
homelessness.
we urge the county to back fill
and work with the city that no
gaps and services.
We ask that you make
homelessness services a priority
and protect the young people.
>> moderator: thank you, MADAM
Chair no more remote speakers,
in-person speakers please begin.
>> in-person speaker: I am mary,
I am a children mental health
researcher and child
psychologist I am interested in
how I support you in a policy
issue that affect children and
families.
Anything like youth substance
prevention, parental
incarceration, child welfare you
name it.
After this meeting I will send
you follow-up e-mail and if you
respond, set up a short meeting
for you and I to talk and for me
to learn how to support you and
find more research on that
specific topic.
And then I will create a short
brief that is tailored to that
topic you are interested in and
have a discussion at that point
if you are interested.
That's about it.
This is free because I am funded
by the william t. Grant
foundation, thank you for your
time and open to questions later
today or another day.
>> moderator: thank you, next
speaker.
>> in-person speaker: I am
brian, I serve for california
american waters.
Provides water to service in the
baldwin hills and nine
communities.
I am here to share that
california american water has
recently updated our emergency
response team, our erp provides
how to protect and restore
service in the water system that
we provide water in an emergency
situation.
California american water we
value our partnership with the
community and remain to ensure
the safety and resilience of our
water systems.
We welcome ongoing coordination
with the county and staff, if
you like additional information
about any component of the plan,
don't hesitate to contact me
reached e-mail at brian.Brato.
>> moderator: thank you next
speaker please.
>> in-person speaker: claudia,
dwcps, in reference to directive
5952b2.
Governmental mechanisms and
rebuilding from disaster and we
as a community should be
responsible for all of our
actions and mishaps.
I think rebuilding from
environmental destruction you
need accountability, you need to
identify possible hazards.
Punitive damages for
individuals.
Reimagine a new way forward
through education and
instruction actually for young
adults and children.
Environmental destructions are
very detrimental to our
environment and what we see in
lineage is a very, very good
example of irresponsible
behavior and just a lack --
>> moderator: thank you, next
speaker.
>> in-person speaker: robert,
with the los angeles lgbtq+
center and the homeless services
for county's most vulnerable
young people.
Even a short disruption in
services can mean losing housing
and stability and trusted
support systems.
We urge the county to back fill
this 24 million and greater
transparency around
implementation and work closely
with organizations and service
providers to ensure that no gaps
in care.
Our young people cannot afford
disruption in services they
depend on.
>> moderator: thank you next
speaker.
>> in-person speaker: I am here
on behalf of los angeles county
community represents consortium.
A network of 104 community-based
organizations working together
to strengthen the clw workforce
across the county and thank
supervisor horvath for
recognizing the vital role that
health workers play.
This motion reflects values that
consortium holds at core and
building recollaboration across
county and community partners.
And the populations with the
greatest neated and those
identified in the 2020 expansion
are not left behind.
And encouraged by the focus on
youth engagement and data
transparency because a stronger
program means more county
residents can access care.
We stand in support of this
motion and look for the county
to bring it to life.
Thank you very much and have a
blessed day.
>> moderator: next speaker.
>> in-person speaker: I want to
speak about extended stay on car
carson and one example of 200
rooms available for those that
need acute care.
I don't know if plans to utilize
it.
but one the -- of the things to be
mindful of and updates for
availability of housing.
Housing is not a problem, a lot
of empty units and veterans out
there getting their vashs and
needs to be housed.
All we are asking when we
communicate and when you call
sarah mahin telephone number or
e-mail, if a point of contact.
Have somebody respond.
Something simple.
Have somebody respond don't let
people linger.
MS. O'neill should not be in
charge of casa.
>> moderator: thank you that
concludes the time for public
comment.
>> executive officer: proceed
with adjournments.
>> sup. Hilda solis, chair: I
don't have an adjournment and
start with supervisor mitchell.
>> sup. Holly j. Mitchell: I ask
that we adjourn carlo that
passed away JULY 26 at age of
71, omelee began his career as
busboy in lawn day.
Under the guidance of solace
family he discovered passion for
cooking and was solace main chef
and in responsible are managing
the restaurant by 18.
And by 23, after studying
business management he purchased
big joe's italian restaurant in
DECEMBER, 1978 renaming in honor
of his family, o'malleys the
following year.
And he offered guests
celebratory 50% discount on
dine-in meals a tradition that
continues today.
Ry he created a restaurant that
ended with familiar, see ya
tomorrow.
And many employees reflected the
loyalty and kindness that he
showed.
And MR. O'malley's dedication
touched lives and loss will be
felt and remembered by three
children.
His family and friends and many
customers part of his extended
community.
His legacy remains on through
o'malley's family restaurant.
I move when we adjourn today
adjourn in the memory of
reginald foreman.
He tragically lost his life on
AUGUST 6, high park at age 51.
Through his work of second call,
a nonprofit to reduce violence
and support high risk
individuals.
He assisted those that returned
home from incarceration and
provided guidance navigating
back home.
At the time of passing he was
helping with a fence restoration
project along destination
krinshaw.
And enjoyed little league
coaching and his father shared,
we are grateful that he was
changing his life and glad that
he came to know the lord.
So we know where he is, above
all MR. Foreman a loving son,
father and brother.
He will be deeply missed and
forever cherished.
Thank you MADAM Chair.
>> sup. Hilda solis, chair:
thank you.
Supervisor horvath.
>> sup. Lindsey horvath: thank
you, I move that we adjourn in
memory of norma jean vescoso, a
resident of van nuys that passed
at the age of 90.
For five decades norma jane
advanced the life for people
with disabilities throughout
southern california.
as an early leader of
independent center of california
helped transform with a bold
vision of respected independent
centers created lasting
opportunities for thousands of
individuals and families.
Norma believed that every person
deserves the opportunity to live
with dignity.
She inspired a culture of
empowerment and accessibility
and inclusion that continues to
shape independent center of
southern california today.
As center approaches its 50th
anniversary her legacy can be
seen in the program that she
helped establish and countless
lives strengthened in
independent living services.
Her compassion and vision
continues to empower people with
disabilities to live
independently and thrive.
Norma's extraordinary
contributions leave a legacy
that continue to inspire staff,
consumers and partners and
broader community for
generations to come.
Survived by sister, and
daughters frankie and jeannie,
daughter-in-law sharon.
And grandchildren parker, syms,
and jake, and proceeded in death
by husband, albert and son john.
Thank you MADAM Chair.
>> sup. Hilda solis, chair:
thank you.
Supervisor hahn.
>> sup. Janice hahn: I move that
we adjourn in the memory of mona
bailey.
Mona was the mother of samantha,
she was pioneer and broke
barriers as pacific woman
serving on panels and
commissions.
Mona helped young people
succeed.
Long before workforce was a
common focus and created a life
skills and readiness curriculum
for at-risk youth.
Providing guidance and
opportunity to young people who
too often overlooked.
And in recognition of her
extraordinary contributions mona
received one of the highest
honors bestowed by queen
elizabeth ii, survived by four
children and 11 grandchildren.
And not an official adjournment,
MADAM Chair, I want to express
my own sympathy and join the
thousands and millions mourning
the loss of jackie, our big bear
lake bald eagle who passed away
yesterday.
Jackie and shadow have become
such an interesting couple that
has brought people together.
I know I have watched the nest
cam many times and we watched
her give birth to her eggs and
her babies.
And watched the little chicks in
the nest.
It was a sad day.
Entered in a fight a few weeks
ago.
And thank the staff around the
clock working to help jackie
survive but alas did not.
Enjoy I want to join those
mourning her loss and our
condolences to shadow.
>> sup. Hilda solis, chair: I
didn't have anything official
but I wanted to raise two items.
One is for those individuals in
colombia that lost their lives
and victims of earthquake and
families here in L.A. County we
remember them and send or
ur best
and firefighters and special
team MAY be called to go out
there and send them our best
prayers and wishes.
And secondly heard my good
friend, david algood passed,
executive director for league of
conservation voters and many
other things and pioneer in
environmental justice for the
last 30 years I have known him
and a wonderful man.
I will be bringing that forward
next time.
Wasn't able to get anything
together.
With that -- yeah, go ahead.
>> sup. Holly j. Mitchell: I am
sorry, just occurred to me we
will be absent.
I learned this morning that L.A.
City council price of last
district lost his mother who was
100.
I learned this morning and
because of absence I too will
bring forward her name and thank
you for the opportunity and
thank you for letting us know
about david.
>> sup. Hilda solis, chair:
we'll take all the motions and
seconded and if no objection to
unanimous vote that will be the
order and executive officer lead
us into closed session.
>> executive officer: members of
the public the board will go
into closed session and board of
supervisors convene in closed
session to discuss cs2,
conference with negotiates as
indicated on the posted agenda.
[Closed session]
>> sup hilda solis, chair:
okay, we're back in open
session.
Executive officer please read
the report of action.
>> executive officer: the
following is a report of
action taken in closed session
on AUGUST 11, 2026.
Item number cs12, conference
with labor negotiators joseph
nikita and designated staff
no, reportable action taken.
>> sup hilda solis, chair:
okay.
That concludes today's
meeting.
Please note that the board of
supervisors' e next meeting
AUGUST 18 and 25 are
officially cancelled.
Therefore the next regular
meet having the board will be
held on SEPTEMBER 1, 2026 at
9:30A.M.
We are officially adjourned,