Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Chair Holly J. Mitchell, Supervisor to the Second District, released the following statement in response to a bomb threat at Charles Drew University, located in the Willowbrook community of the Second Supervisorial District

Today, in the first public hearing meeting of the year, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion by Chair Holly J. Mitchell and co-authored by Supervisor Janice Hahn, to identify the cause of the eight and half million gallons of untreated sewage into County waterways that occurred the end of December, and the necessary steps to prevent sewage spills and protect surrounding communities.

I am sending my heartfelt condolences to the family of LA County Fire Fighter Jonathan Flagler, who passed away this morning after sustaining fatal injuries while engaged in fire fighting operations at a single family residence in Rancho Palos Verdes. Fire Fighter Flagler was a 21-year veteran of the fire service, having served 19 years with the Vernon Fire Department before transitioning to the Los Angeles County Fire Department in October 2020. He is survived by his wife and two teenage sons. I want to thank Los Angeles County Fire Department Chief Tony Marrone and every single member of the LA County Fire Department as our County family mourns this terrible loss. In honor of Firefighter Flagler’s memory, all County Departments will lower all flags to half-staff.

Today, the Los Angeles County Board Supervisor approved a motion authored by Chair Holly J. Mitchell, Supervisor to the Second District and co-authored by Supervisor Janice Hahn to provide additional support to Restorative Care Villages with trained and responsible crisis intervention teams to help quickly de-escalate and prevent violence, suicides or mental health crisis from occurring at restorative care village campuses.

Today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the appointment of Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell to serve as Chair, and Supervisor Sheila Kuehl as Chair Pro Tem. Representing Los Angeles County’s Second District, Chair Mitchell shared a video message on her goals as Chair to help strengthen the County’s path to recovery from COVID-19 with a commitment to building back with equity.

Los Angeles County Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell, representing the Second District, shared the following statement after the Board of Supervisors unanimously approved her motion, proclaiming the Dominguez Channel Odor Incident a local emergency and requesting the Governor of California issue a proclamation declaring a State of Emergency in the County of Los Angeles.