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The next meeting of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is set for Tuesday, Sept. 4, starting at 1 p.m.

The meeting will be streamed live [here].

Here are agenda highlights (for the full agenda, click here):

Presentations & Proclamations:

  • Deputy Tyler Milton and Deputy Alissa Farrington of the Lakewood Sheriff’s Station, in recognition of their heroic efforts to save the life of an infant in Lakewood
  • Deputies Melvin Castro and Omar Sanchez, for their heroic actions which saved the life of one-year-old Faith Moten
  • Recognizing “California Rideshare Week” in the County of Los Angeles (Item 13)

Special District Agenda:

  • Community Development Block Grant Reimbursable Contract Amendment (1-D)
  • Sundance Vista Family Public Housing Development Construction Contract (1-H)
  • Kings Road Senior Multifamily Housing Development Roof Replacement Project Construction Contract (2-H)
  • Santa Clara River Trail and Sand Canyon Trail General Improvements Projects (1-P)

Board Motions:

  • Reward Offer in the Investigation of Murder Victim Fred Taft (Item 2)
  • Reward Offer in the Investigation of Fatal Hit-and-Run Victim Rodney Tyrone Richard (Item 5)
  • Reward Offer in the Investigation of the Death of Pomona Resident (Item 6)
  • Reward Offer in the Investigation of Murder Victim Fabian Garcia Barajas (Item 7)
  • Support of Proposition 2 – No Place Like Home Act of 2018 (Item 10)
  • Authorization to Expend Funds for Los Angeles County’s Participation in the 13th Annual Taste of Soul Family Festival (Item 11)
  • Support the Paris Climate Agreement and Add Los Angeles County to the We Are Still In Coalition (Item 12)

Chief Executive Office:

  • Cities’ Homelessness Plan Funding and Solicitation Process (Item 17)
  • Proposed Restorative Care Village Projects and Skilled Nursing Facility Project (Item 21)
  • Proposition 218 Assessments (Item 22)
  • Responses to the 2017-18 Civil Grand Jury Final Report, Findings and Recommendations (Item 23)

County Operations:

  • Tax Rate Resolution (Item 24)
  • Employee Drug and Alcohol Testing Program Services Administration Contract Amendment (Item 25)

Health and Mental Health Services:

  • LAC+USC Medical Center Restorative Village Projects (Item 30)
  • Medi-Cal Specialty Mental Health Services Plan Agreement (Item 31)
  • As-Needed Environmental Laboratory Testing and Lead Hazard Remediation and Healthy Homes Intervention Services Master Agreements (Item 32)

Community Services:

  • Landscape Maintenance Services for North County Contract (Item 35)
  • Building Rehabilitation Appeals Board Finding and Orders (Item 39)
  • Marina del Rey Parcels 45-47 General Improvements Project (Item 40)
  • Revised Scope and Budget for the Mid-Valley Comprehensive Health Center Refurbishment Project (Item 41)
  • Final Map in the Unincorporated County Community of South Whittier-Sunshine Acres (Item 42)
  • Final Map in the Unincorporated County Community of Charter Oak (Item 43)
  • Malibu Branch Feeder 30-Inch Realignment Project Construction Contract (Item 44)
  • Los Angeles Oil and Gas Assessment Contract (Item 45)

Public Safety:

  • Fire Code Amendments for Fiscal Year 2018-19 (Item 49)
  • As-Needed Forensic Pathology Services Agreement (Item 50)
  • Report on the Expansion of the First Responder Protocol and Advocacy Services for Commercially Sexually Exploited Children (Item 52)
  • Referral of Clients for Provision of Bail Memorandum of Understanding (Item 53)

Ordinance for Adoption

  • Interim Ordinance for a Moratorium Prohibiting Mobilehome Space Rent Increases (Item 56)

Separate Matter

  • Appointment and Salary for the Office of the Public Defender (Item 77)
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The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved Tuesday a motion introduced by Supervisor Kathryn Barger and co-authored by Chair Lindsey P. Horvath that directs the creation of an independent Ethics Commission and ethics reform measures to improve transparency and create greater oversight in County government.

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