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The next meeting of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is set for Tuesday, April 30, starting at 9:30 a.m.

The meeting will be streamed live here.

Agenda highlights follow (see the full agenda here):

Presentations & Proclamations:

  • * Angelica Valenzuela and Ana Heredia, in recognition of being named the 2019 Los Angeles County Office of Education Golden Apple Awardees
  • * Reach Higher, in recognition of “College Signing Day” and their commitment to inspiring youth to pursue higher education
  • * Scrolls to community members and organizations, in recognition of Financial Empowerment Month and the efforts made to improve local and Statewide financial education and empowerment infrastructure
  • * Mark Bradford for his longstanding contributions to the arts and social activism and also in recognition of “Arts Month”
  • * Enterprise Community Partners for their “Undesign the Redline” Interactive Exhibit and in recognition of “Fair Housing Month”
  • * Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles, JVS SoCal and Erika Jacoby in recognition of Yom Hashoah
  • * Department of Beaches and Harbors’ 2019 Can The Trash! Clean Beach Poster Contest
  • * Ara Mihranian, Director of Community Development for the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, in recognition of his contributions to the Armenian community in Los Angeles County
  • * Arsen Danielian, in recognition of “Armenian History Month”
  • * May 1, 2019 as “College Signing Day” (Item 7)
  • * May 2019 as “Bike to Work Month” (Item 21)
  • * May 2019 as “Foster Care Awareness Month” (Item 22)
  • * May 2019 as “Older Americans Month” (Item 23)
  • * May 2019 as “CalFresh Awareness Month” (Item 24)
  • * May as “Mental Health Awareness Month” (Item 26)

Special District Agendas:

  • * No Place Like Home Program Funding and Implementation (1-D, Item 61)
  • * Residential Sound Insulation Program Construction Task Catalog and Job Order Contracts (4-D)
  • * Mortgage Revenue Bonds for Multifamily Housing in Unincorporated West Los Angeles (1-H, Item 63)
  • * Mortgage Revenue Bonds or Notes for Multifamily Housing in Unincorporated Willowbrook (2-H)

Board Motions:

  • * Fair Chance Hiring Campaign Implementation (Item 2)
  • * Preventing Additional Measles Cases in Los Angeles County (Item 3)
  • * East LA Pilot Parking Enforcement and Benefit District Study (Item 4)
  • * Supporting the California Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act Senate Bill 464 (Item 5)
  • * Developing a Bioscience Overlay Zone (Item 10 Revised Motion, Report)
  • * Implementing a Plan to Achieve the County of Los Angeles’ 25% Procurement Attainment Goal for Local Small Business Enterprises (Item 11, Item 38 Report and Presentation)
  • * Assessing County Liability in Settlements Involving Sheriff “Gangs” (Item 17)
  • * Assessing Progress and Continuing Support for LGBTQ+ Youth (Item 18, Report)
  • * Civil Service Commission Hearing Officer Services Master Agreement Amendment (Item 28)

Chief Executive Office:

  • * Measure H Tax Auditing Services Contract (Item 33)
  • * Homeless Initiative Technology Innovation Projects Contracts (Item 34)

County Operations:

  • * Countywide Microsoft 365 Licensing Agreement (Item 42)
  • * Realign the Fiscal Year 2018-19 Final Adopted Budget (Item 46)

Children and Families’ Well-Being:

  • * Transitional Housing Placement-Plus-Foster Care Contract Amendments (Item 49)
  • * Transitional Housing Placement Program Contract Amendments (Item 50)

Health and Mental Health Services:

  • * Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles and Housing Authority of the County Agreement Amendments (Item 55)

Community Services:

  • * Marina Del Rey Waterbus Service Contract (Item 60)
  • * Mortgage Revenue Bonds for Multifamily Housing in Unincorporated East Los Angeles (Item 62)
  • * Rancho Los Amigos South Campus Sports Center Construction Contract (Item 66)
  • * Summer Beach Bus Services Contract (Item 67)
  • * Study to Increase Water Supply and Improve Water Quality Agreement (Item 74)
  • * Sale of Surplus Property in the City of San Dimas (Item 75)

Public Safety:

  • * City-County Municipal Services Agreement (Item 77)
  • * Feasibility Study for the Provision of Fire Protection, Paramedic and Incidental Services (Item 79)
  • * Ki Chong Lee, Harold Choo v. County of Los Angeles, et al. (Item 89)
  • * George Kelly Thomas Halgrims v. Los Angeles County, et al. (Item 90)
  • * Jessica Hodges, et al. v. County of Los Angeles, et al. (Item 91)

Closed Session:

  • * County of Los Angeles v. Sheriff Alex Villanueva, et al. (CS-1)
  • * Thomas Ferguson, et al. v. County of Los Angeles consolidated with Pieter Vandenberg, et al. v. County of Los Angeles (CS-2)
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  1. Morey Wolfson says:

    In mid- 2017, the BoS requested a Styrofoam study be produced in 90 days. Was that study conducted? released? Can you send me a copy?

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