LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Today is Earth Day! In 1970 the first Earth Day was celebrated to raise awareness on pressing environmental issues like pollution. That same year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was created. 55 years later, Earth Day, the EPA, and our environmental justice organizations are needed more than ever to protect against climate change and other real threats to our environment and planet.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Los Angeles County Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell provided the following statement in response to the court ruling for the Probation Department to create a depopulation plan for Los Padrinos. 

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Building on the County’s efforts to prevent and address illegal street racing and takeovers, today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell’s motion calling for amendments to the County’s ordinance to be brought back to the Board of Supervisors within 90 days based off recommendations from the County’s Street Takeover Reduction Workgroup that includes increasing misdemeanor fines from $500 to $1,000, clarifying that these penalties apply to those who organize, participate and spectate in illegal street takeover events and updating language in ordinance to include the word takeovers.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Los Angeles County Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell provided the following statement in response to the County’s Chief Executive Office request to allow County departments to hire outside workers in the event of a labor strike.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Supervisor Mitchell’s Statement on the Arrest of a Resident Allegedly Tied to Violent Threats to Metro Employees