NEWS RELEASES

Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk (RR/CC) Dean C. Logan announced the Vote Center is open for voting in the City of Downey Special Municipal Election.

LA County Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell and the Department of Economic Opportunity joined business and community leaders to launch the Fair Chance Hiring Program, galvanizing the county’s business community to adopt Fair Chance hiring practices with the goal of getting 200 local businesses to commit to hiring system-impacted individuals this year. 

The Los Angeles County Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) today announced the launch of the first phase of the Economic Opportunity Grant (EOG) program for small and microbusinesses, and non-profit agencies in LA County. EOG will award more than $54 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds across 6,800 grants in a phased rollout to regions and organizations adversely affected by COVID-19.

The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS) has issued the following update on behalf of Jorge Orozco, Chief Executive Officer at LAC+USC Medical Center, regarding the status of Monterey Park shooting victims:

Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced today that his office’s Bureau of Victim Services continues to serve the families of those who were killed or injured in the mass shooting at Monterey Park on Saturday night, now as the leading victim support agency.