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Supervisors Lindsey Horvath and Holly Mitchell have different ideas for carrying out Measure G, which will expand the Board of Supervisors and add an elected county executive.
Election returns showed the measure to expand L.A. County’s Board of supervisors with a narrow lead, securing just over 51% of the vote.
Nonprofit groups warned they may pull out of some interim homeless housing sites if the city fails to approve a significant increase in their rates.
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday approved the county’s purchase of the Gas Company Tower, one of downtown L.A.’
Measure A would double the quarter-cent sales tax for homeless services. Measure G would dramatically shift power within L.A. County government.
A three-year-long forensic audit found no pattern of fraud in county contracts entered into during Mark Ridley-Thomas’ time on the Board of Supervisors. But the authors said they can’t give the county a clean bill of health.
According to an Oct. 24 county analysis reviewed by The Times, the ethics reforms in Measure G could cost as much as $21.9 million a year.
Supervisor Janice Hahn said this week that the board was the most divided she’s ever seen it. At the root of the division: Measure G.
Jessica Darthard, 39, was arrested Tuesday after being charged with the murder of her 17-month-old son, who fatally overdosed on fentanyl in February.
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors discussed a plan to purchase the 54-story Gas Company Tower in downtown L.A. If the deal goes through, the county would likely move its massive bureaucracy from Hahn Hall to the tower.
