The L.A. County supervisors are some of the most powerful local government officials in the country. Only five supervisors oversee a county of about 10 million residents, more than the total population of 15 states. Learn more:
: The board has the power to appoint the director of the Los Angeles County Public Health Department and the director of the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services.
Throughout the pandemic, both directors periodically brief the board on the current situation including access to COVID-19 testing, medications and vaccinations as well as effects on county-run hospitals. In February 2021 the board directed the county's Emergency Management and Public Health departments to, or find other ways to make the sites more accessible.
At times the L.A. County Dept. of Public Health enacted some of the strictest pandemic mandates in the country, often related to indoor masking, dining and restricting businesses, eliciting criticism from some board members. requiring all 110,000 county workers, including those employed by the Sheriff's Department, to be fully vaccinated. The board maintains it has the legal authority to subject employees who don’t comply to legal action, including being fired. The union representing L.A.
” The IG serves in part as the Oversight Commission’s investigative arm. The board has been in regular conflict with Sheriff Alex Villanueva, who is up for re-election.The Board of Supervisors has committed to closing the nearly 60-year-old,"unsafe, crowded and crumbling" facility.
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