Tuesday, Los Angeles Board members voted to put Reimagining L.A. County on the November ballot. The vote is for an amendment to the Los Angeles County Charter that would allow voters to decide whether or not a minimum ten percent of the county’s unrestricted general fund should be allocated annually for housing, jail diversion, mental health and other social services ...

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a motion to put comprehensive measures in place that would strengthen protections for skilled nursing home residents and staff at their Tuesday meeting. These residents and workers have been found to be particularly vulnerable to COVID-19, according to a release from Second District Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas. “We cannot underestimate the risk that ...

Alex Villanueva was sworn in Monday as Los Angeles County’s 33rd  sheriff after becoming the first person in 104 years to unseat an incumbent sheriff in Los Angeles, according to officials. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. “We were the underdogs in a campaign that was discounted by the establishment,” said Villanueva. ...

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted Tuesday to spend $2.2 billion to replace downtown’s Men’s Central Jail with a combination clinic and jail facility. While the major construction is underway, hundreds of the inmates currently housed in the downtown Los Angeles location will be transferred temporarily to Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic. Don’t miss a thing. Get ...