Final Actions: Oct.12, 2010 AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS -- Board is in closed session

AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS

                           Board of Supervisors, County of Los Angeles  

                                                           

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        Oct. 10, 2010

               

Final Actions: Oct. 12, 2010 Agenda Highlights

(Unless otherwise indicated, vote was 5-0.)

 

Five residents recognized for rescuing 27 dogs and giving them a new “leash on life.”

 

$250,000 grant proposed to assist Venice Community Housing Corp. pay loan for 20-unit apartment complex in Los Angeles that will provide permanent housing to homeless persons with mental illness.  (Item 1-D) APPROVED

 

Housing Authority asks rule change to require owners to repay overpaid housing assistance payments in two months instead of 12. (Item 1-H) APPROVED

 

Action would allocate $300,000 to develop 1.5 acres of the Crescenta Valley Park for use by dogs without leashes.  (Items 1-P,  21)  APPROVED

 

Supervisor Don Knabe asks Board support of legislation that would authorize federal government to assist four local water agencies serving 61 cities with project to replenish the groundwater. (Item 2) APPROVED

 

Supervisor Gloria Molina proposes allowing non-profit groups to use first floor of old County General Hospital to provide health and social services.  (Item 7) APPROVED

 

Proposal calls for extending residential treatment for female parolees beyond six months to help them with extensive trauma, mental health and substance abuse issues.  (Item 11) APPROVED

 

Acceptance of $231,000 grant would allow County to become a founding member of the Disaster Corps and have access to trained volunteers from around the state to help in disasters.  (Item 12) APPROVED

 

Ordinance would implement replacement benefits plan, and repeal General Member Plan F and Safety Member Plan F.  (Items 13  and 44) APPROVED 4-1, WITH ANTONOVICH OPPOSED

 

Proposal would expand the letter-grading program to include food trucks and food carts.  (Items 18 and 43) APPROVED INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCE, WITH RIDLEY-THOMAS AMENDMENT TO RETURN WITH REPORT IN 60 DAYS REGARDING PLAN TO EDUCATE PUBLIC AND VENDORS ON THE NEW REQUIREMENTS, PLAN TO EVALUATE EFFECTIVENESS, AND OPTIONS TO ENCOURAGE VENDORS TO SELL HEALTHIER FOODS IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.  SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE REQUIRED NEXT WEEK; IF APPROVED, WILL BE EFFECTIVE IN 30 DAYS

 

Board asked to accept $570,000 grant to pay for plan to improve Whittier Narrows Equestrian Center, and set total budget at $1.155 million.   (Item 20) APPROVED

 

Recommendation calls for establishing $3,058,000 budget for renovation of George Lane Park Pool and pool building in Quartz Hill.  (Item 25) APPROVED

 

$1.6 million project would replace sand at Venice Beach washed away by rainstorms.  (Item 26) APPROVED

 

Proposal would improve the median landscaping along Rosemead Boulevard in East Pasadena at estimated cost of $1.2 million to $1.7 million.  (Item 31) APPROVED

 

Agreement would allow Sheriff’s Department to continue immigration functions in the jails under supervision of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.  (Item 35) APPROVED WITH YAROSLAVSKY AMENDMENT THAT QUARTERLY REPORTS BE PREPARED ON PROGRESS OF PROGRAM

 

$199,000 settlement proposed in claim that a 17-year-old youth was sexually abused by a female probation officer while he was confined to Camp Holton in 2009.  (Item 37) APPROVED; CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN CONT. FOR 30 DAYS BY PROBATION DEPARTMENT

 

Recommendation calls for $350,000 settlement to father of a man shot to death in Compton in 2008 by deputy who believed he was about to be shot.  (Item 38) APPROVED

 

Report scheduled on funding needs for Probation Department to satisfy issues raised by the federal Department of Justice.  (Item 45, cont. from 9-28) APPROVED ANTONOVICH MOTION THAT FUNDING BE IDENTIFIED FOR 22 ADDITIONAL MENTAL HEALTH POSITIONS REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH PROVISIONS OF DOJ AGREEMENT

 

Report set on whether creating a panel of family law lawyers, paid a flat fee to serve as expert witnesses and investigators, would reduce costs of the Professional Appointee Court Expenditures System.  (Item 46,  cont. from 9-28) CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER CONT. TO 10/19

 

Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas asks for report in 30 days detailing child death statistics for past 20 years.  (Item 48-B) APPROVED 4-1, WITH KNABE OPPOSED

 

Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky recommends that Oct. 14 be proclaimed as John Wooden Day in honor of what would have been the 100^th birthday of the former UCLA basketball coach.  (Item 48-C)  APPROVED

 

Reacting to L.A. Times news story, Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich asks that report be given to Board within two weeks on County’s response to state’s findings related to staffing of Olive View Medical Center neonatal intensive care unit.  (Motion introduced at meeting.)  APPROVED

 

Board in closed session considers candidate for appointment as director of health services.  (Item CS-2)

 

 

 

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