LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved Supervisors Mitchell and Barger’s motion to close a gap in providing transparent and consistent information to voters by directing the Auditor-Controller to include a fiscal impact statement for countywide ballot measures on the official sample ballot. The November 2024 general election will mark the first-time county sample ballots will consist of objective information on the estimated cost of countywide ballot measures. Currently, this information is only provided to voters by the state for statewide ballot measures.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, in a 3-to-0 vote, approved Chair Lindsey Horvath and Supervisor Janice Hahn’s motion to put forward a charter amendment on the November 2024 ballot – that, if passed by voters – will expand the Board to nine members and create a new countywide elected Executive Officer position. Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell, who authored a 2023 motion with Chair Horvath for governance reform that passed with unanimous support, calling for an independent review of the County’s governance structure that would include data-informed recommendations on the number to expand the Board abstained from voting and provided the following statement:

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Supervisor Holly Mitchell provided the following statement in regard to the ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of City of Grants Pass v. Johnson:

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Today, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) released the results of its annual count of residents experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles County, showing a slight decline for the first time in five years of 0.27% to 75,518 in the City of Los Angeles and 5.1% to 52,365 in Los Angeles County and an 18% increase in permanent housing with 28,000 people experiencing homelessness placed in housing.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Los Angeles County Board Supervisor, Holly J. Mitchell, representing the Second District, will host her 4th Annual Juneteenth Celebration & Resource Fair on Friday, June 21, 2024. This year, the event will take place at Victoria Community Regional Park, located at 419 Martin Luther King Jr. St., Carson, CA 90746, in the evening, from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Los Angeles County Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell provided the following statement on the death of civil rights leader, Reverend James Morris Lawson Jr.:

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell’s motion calling for Los Angeles County’s Anti-Racism, Diversity, and Inclusion (ARDI) Initiative in collaboration with key County departments and robust community outreach to report back in 180-days on a framework to inform how the County can deliver reparations and an apology to Black residents informed by recommendations from The California Reparations Report.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — During this week’s meeting of the Metro Board of Directors, the Board approved the staff recommendation to select the Right-of-Way grade separated Hybrid Alternative to further study in the Final Environmental Impact Report for the C-line (Green) extension from Redondo Beach to Torrance. Metro Board Director Holly J. Mitchell provided the following statement: 

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors (the Board) unanimously approved the final reading of the County’s Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations (MEHKOs) ordinance. This ordinance goes into effect on November 1, 2024. It is the result of Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell’s motion that passed last year calling for a streamlined process for the over 50,000 home cooks and sidewalk vendors throughout the County to become permitted to cook safe and regulated food for the public.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion authored by Supervisors Holly J. Mitchell and Hilda L. Solis calling for the County’s Chief Executive Office in collaboration with the Department of Economic Opportunity to conduct an analysis within 150-days of the economic opportunities and potential impact of the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games for Los Angeles County and its unincorporated communities.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Los Angeles County Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell provided the following statement in response to the release of bodycam footage by the Los Angeles Police Department.