May 26 2009 AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS

                                  AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS

                                                                     Board of Supervisors, County of Los Angeles  

                                                           

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Agenda Highlights: http://ceo.lacounty.gov/press.htm                                                       

                                                                                                                                    May 21, 2009 

 

May 26 Agenda Highlights

(Meeting begins at 1 p.m. due to holiday) 

 

State presents “Most Improved County Performance Award” to Department of Child Support Services.

 

Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky asks Project 50 be expanded to serve up to 500 vulnerable chronically homeless persons by June 30, 2010.  (Item S-2, 2:30 p.m., cont. from 3/17, 3/31, 4/28 and 5/19)

 

Plan calls for spending $63 million for capital improvement projects and services for housing programs. (Item 3-D, 1-H, 3)

 

Board considers appeal of Regional Planning Commission’s approval of plan to build/operate/maintain wireless telecommunications facility on commercial building in La Crescenta.  (Item 1, cont. from 1/27 and 4/28)

 

Supervisors asked to overrule Regional Planning Commission’s approval of expansion of a group home for children in Santa Monica Mountains.  (Item 2, cont. from 3/24 and 4/28)

 

Approval sought to charge a fee to print from the Internet and to increase fines and fees at County libraries to pay for operational costs and encourage timely return of materials. (Item 6)

 

Board considers appeal of Regional Planning Commission’s approval of plan to allow West Claremont resident to keep 10 goats, two horses, a llama and an emu.  (Item 8)

 

Action would exercise County’s right to pay $1 to buy $7.5 million building in Pomona it has leased since 1982 for welfare office.  (Item 10)

 

Board considers appeal of Regional Planning Commission’s approval of plan to build/operate/maintain wireless telecommunication facility on Southern California Edison tower in Hacienda Heights.  (Item 13)

 

Supervisor Gloria Molina requests plan be developed for regional integrated health care delivery networks across the County to provide safety net for the most vulnerable residents.  (Item 18)

Proposal would eliminate 11 advisory committees due to long-term inactivity or low attendance and provide compensation for members of the Quality and Productivity Commission at $2,400 maximum annually. (Item 25, cont. from 5/12)

 

Ordinance would allow the Animal Care and Control Department to adjust its fees annually to reflect the cost of its services.  (Items 29 and 34)

 

Report scheduled on options to reduce election costs and voter fatigue, including instant run-off voting.  (Item 35, cont. from 5/12)

 

Supervisors meet in closed session to discuss lawsuit by Health Services Department employee Dr. Jayendra Shah alleging discrimination.  (Item CS-1)

 

 

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