LA County Supervisors Set to Tackle Mental Health Bed Crisis and Homelessness at Tuesday Meeting

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will convene Tuesday, May 6, to address pressing issues affecting County residents, focusing on mental health and homelessness.

The Board will receive a report on the Continuum of Care for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Beds, while Supervisor Barger introduces a motion to streamline mental health bed reporting. A report on homelessness missions will be continued to June 3 at Supervisor Horvath’s request.

Supervisors Horvath and Hahn propose emergency funding for the Marine Mammal Care Center, allocating $100,000 immediately and identifying up to $600,000 for 2025-26 to address stranded marine mammals affected by toxic algae blooms.

The consent calendar includes 61 items, featuring:

• Support for Assembly Bill 851, prohibiting unsolicited offers to purchase residential property in certain ZIP codes
• Enhanced transparency for Care First Community Investment funding
• Proposals for reducing population at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall
• Ensuring access to education for immigrant students
• Labor nominees to the Governance Reform Task Force
• Cancellation of the May 20 Board meeting

The Board will consider reward motions for unsolved murders and proclaim May 2025 as Mental Health Awareness Month, Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Older Americans Month, and CalFresh Awareness Month.

Major items include infrastructure projects, contracts totaling $47 million for parking facility management, and two legal settlements totaling $900,000.

The meeting begins at 9:30 a.m. in Board Hearing Room 381B at the Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration. Chair Kathryn Barger will preside, with Hilda L. Solis serving as Chair Pro Tem.

The public can attend in person, listen by telephone at (877) 873-8017, or watch the televised broadcast on May 7 at 11:00 p.m. on KLCS. Public comments can be submitted via the County website or by calling (877) 226-8163 starting at 9:00 a.m.