AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS

AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS
Board of Supervisors, County of Los Angeles
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Agenda Highlights: http://ceo.lacounty.gov/press.htm
June 1, 2010
Final Actions: June 1 Agenda Highlights
(Unless otherwise indicated, vote was 5-0.)
Good Samaritans Christine Dorman and Jennifer Martin honored for their heroism in pulling a
man from a burning car in Lancaster on April 13.
Supervisors Gloria Molina and Zev Yaroslavsky request County boycott of Arizona over its new
law (SB 1070) aimed at cracking down on illegal immigration. (Item S-1, 2 p.m.) APPROVED
3-2 (SUPERVISORS KNABE AND ANTONOVICH VOTE NO)
Board asked to approve FY 2010-11 budgets for the Community Development Commission and
Housing Authority, totaling $493.6 million. (Items 1-D, 1-H) APPROVED
Supervisors Mark Ridley-Thomas and Michael D. Antonovich ask Board to urge federal officials
to release $300,000 grant for Homeboy Industries, which provides job training/services for
youthful offenders in the County’s probation system. (Item 5) RIDLEY-THOMAS CONT.
TO 8/31
Acceptance of $597,000 grant would fund program to protect key resource/infrastructure sites
from acts of terrorism. (Item 10) APPROVED
$1.1 million proposal would fund consolidation of medical hub clinic at LAC+USC Medical
Center to serve children referred by the Department of Children and Family Services. (Item 26)
APPROVED
Acceptance of $550,000 grant would fund handicap access improvement project at Franklin D.
Roosevelt Park in Florence-Firestone area and computer lab improvement project at Amelia
Mayberry Park in Whittier area. (Item 37) APPROVED
$2.8 million proposal would replace various play areas at Frank G. Bonelli Regional Park in San
Dimas, Crescenta Valley Community Regional Park and Two Strike Park in La Crescenta,
Pamela Park in Duarte, and Dr. Richard H. Rioux Memorial Park in Stevenson Ranch. (Item 38)
APPROVED

Board asked to award $893,000 in contracts for construction of restrooms at Enterprise Park in
Los Angeles area, Mona Park in Compton, and Alondra Regional Park in Lawndale. (Item 40)
APPROVED
Supervisors asked to approve road improvement projects to be financed by $85 million in
Proposition 1B transportation bond funds. (Item 43) APPROVED
$17 million proposal would fund computer system to transfer health/mental health records
among the Probation Department’s juvenile halls and camps, as required by settlement with U.S.
Department of Justice. (Item 53) APPROVED
Acceptance of $11 million grant would add 76 positions to supervise adult felon probationers in
attempt to reduce the likelihood the probationers would commit new crimes or other violations
and be sent to prison. (Item 55) APPROVED
Board asked to spend $56.8 million to buy and maintain 14 new helicopters to replace the Sheriff
Department’s aging fleet. (Item 56) APPROVED
Board asked to approve $200,000 settlement for employee Lettisse Bell concerning allegations
that the Probation Department failed to engage in adequate interactive process and did not
provide reasonable accommodation for her disability. (Item 59) APPROVED
Board asked to approve $145,000 settlement for William and Lenora Steinberg regarding an
automobile accident involving Sheriff’s Department deputy. (Item 60) APPROVED
Report scheduled on plans to suspend efforts to transition the Rancho Los Amigos National
Rehabilitation Center to a private operator, based on operational changes designed to cut costs.
(Item 63, cont. from 5/18) ACCEPTED CEO RECOMMENDATIONS AND ASKED FOR
REPORT IN 60 DAYS FROM CEO ON PROPOSAL TO ESTABLISH GROUP TO
HELP FOCUS ON HOW TO POSITION THE HEALTH SYSTEM IN FUTURE TO BE
COMPETITIVE
Board asked to extend $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of
person(s) responsible for the murder of Anthony Lombardi while he was in a parked car in
Valencia in 2008. (Item 64-A) APPROVED
Recommendation would extend $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and/or
conviction of person(s) responsible for actions that led to the Station Fire, the County's largest
fire in its history, on Aug. 26, 2009. (Item 64-B) APPROVED
Action would support passage of AB 1998, legislation to ban certain stores from providing
single-use carryout bags to customers statewide. (Item 64-C) APPROVED WITH
AMENDMENT 4-1 (ANTONOVICH VOTES NO), AND ASKED FOR REPORT BACK
BY THE END OF OCTOBER 2010 WITH FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
REPORT AND ORDINANCE THAT BANS USE OF PLASTIC BAGS IN
UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF THE COUNTY.

Supervisors meet in closed session to discuss lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of law
passed in 2009 that shifted local redevelopment revenues from counties to help balance the state
budget. (Item CS-1) CONT. TO 6/7
Supervisors meet in closed session to consider candidate for appointment to position of director
of health services. (Item CS-4) CONT. TO 6/7
Supervisors meet in closed session to discuss findings of the quality assurance reviews related to
the provision of care at Olive View Medical Center’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. (Item CS-5)
CONT. TO 6/7
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