Category Archives: Board of Sups

Glendora appears on top-ten list of places with poisonous water; city officials not pleased

Note to county officials: If you accuse Glendora of having poisonous metals in its water, expect to receive a scathing letter in return. Late last month, Glendora appeared on a top-ten list of places in L.A. County with high levels … Continue reading

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County likely to approve $500,000 holiday party

Like many other counties and cities in the state, Los Angeles County is struggling. The county’s unemployment rate is at 12.3 percent. Sales-tax receipts were down 19.54 percent for the months of April, May and June compared to the same … Continue reading

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Grades for nursing homes up online

I’m heading to Downtown L.A. later this afternoon for a press conference about the county placing the ratings of area nursing homes on its Web site. County Supervisor Michael Antonovich — who also pushed for the county’s restaurant grading system … Continue reading

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Hate crime in Covina. Where’s that investigation?

Supervisor Michael Antonovich is calling for a ‘hate crime investigation’ into a West Hollywood display depicting Sarah Palin hung and John McCain emerging from a fiery chimney. If he is commenting on this ‘hate crime,’ which some are still debating whether … Continue reading

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What you get for 200 grand

The Los Angeles County Board of Sups just approved the salary for its county clerk. Dean C. Logan will be paid a $195,000 a year.

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Old building to get new life

A health care facility designed to help low income immigrants will soon have a facility in Alhambra that will serve nearly 9,000 people a year. The building is a national and state historic site, and is right off of Valley. … Continue reading

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Alhambra’s gonna get healthy

I just spotted this piece of news: ALHAMBRA – The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a proposal toallow a non-profit Chinese-American health organization to expand into a county building in Alhambra. The Chinatown Service Center will lease the now-vacant … Continue reading

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What rights do inmates have?

Should the county make it cheaper for phone calls made by inmates? Well, that was one of the discussions today at the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors meeting today. The board today heard a presentation by the county sheriff’s … Continue reading

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Motorcycle Awareness Month???

This week on the agenda for the Board of Supervisors is the approval to recognize a week or the month of May as: 1. “Nurse Recognition Week”” 2. “Building Safety Week” 3. “Asian Pacific American Heritage Month” 4. “Foster Care … Continue reading

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Welfare costs for illegal immigrants to be $432 million

I spotted this in my email today from the office of Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael Antonovich. It states that welfare costs for illegal immigration in LA County was over $36 million in March, which is projcted to be at … Continue reading

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