February 2024

Statement on behalf of LA Department of Health Services, which operates both Harbor UCLA Medical Center and Los Angeles General Medical Center where several of the victims are being treated following the disastrous explosion in Wilmington, CA that injured LA Firefighters. read more

The Los Angeles County Registrar Recorder/County Clerk (RR/CC) Dean C. Logan announced 177 couples were married on Valentine’s Day.   read more

The Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (LACDMH) is celebrating the first anniversary of its Tea Time program in Monterey Park. read more

With emergency powers, LA County served nearly 38,000 people in interim housing, permanently housed more than 23,600 people, doubled the number of mental health outreach teams, and prevented over 11,000 people from becoming homeless. read more

Los Angeles County’s Pathway Home program brought 20 people experiencing homelessness off the streets of Hawthorne and into safe interim housing, where they will receive supportive services and other resources to help them transition out of homelessness and into permanent housing.    read more

On Wednesday, January 3, 2024, the Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control (DACC) served three search warrants at an illegal animal facility called Compton Animal Rescue in Compton, CA, resulting in the confiscation of 143 live animals, primarily dogs, but also including cats, chickens, a rooster, tortoise, turtles, pigs, snakes, a horse, hamster, rabbits, a hawk, and lizards. read more

Los Angeles County Probation Chief Guillermo Viera Rosa today announced the formation of an interagency law enforcement task force focused on the interdiction of contraband within the Department’s juvenile institutions. read more

Today, In partnership with the Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations, Dr. Seva Rodnyansky and Dr. Jorgen Harris of Occidental College published Data Analysis of Policing and Human Relations in Los Angeles County Suburban Police Departments, a report that analyzes arrest and booking data from three suburban police departments in Northeast Los Angeles County – Glendale Police Department, Pasadena Police Department, and South Pasadena Police Department. read more

The Department of Public Health (Public Health), in collaboration with community partners, are launching a new model of public health service delivery: Community Public Health Teams (CPHT). read more

The Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office stands united with the Alameda County Public Defender’s Office and Chief Public Defender Brendon Woods in opposition to deploying state lawyers and National Guard personnel for prosecuting local cases. read more