Long Beach Los Angeles County Supervisors

L.A. County Votes to Ban Plastic Bags

This week, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a ban on single-use carryout bags at all grocery stores, convenience stores, pharmacies and drug stores located in the County’s unincorporated areas. The vote bans stores from giving consumers single-use plastic bags. Store will also be required to charge 10 cents each for paper bags. The [...]

Protecting Children Requires Solutions, Not Finger Pointing

Commentary by Supervisor Don Knabe As a father and grandfather, learning of the death of any child in our foster care system is heart-wrenching and unacceptable. Over the last few weeks, the media has reported on an increase in fatalities in our County system through a misguided focus on some recently released data. First and [...]

L.A. Supervisors Want Changes to Non-Revocable Parole Program

The Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion to send a five-signature letter to the state legislature and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger requesting to amend the criteria for the non-revocable parole program so that known membership in a street gang will disqualify an individual from the program, Supervisor Don Knabe announced today. SBX13 18 requires the [...]