May 2009

May 28, 2009

• MTA Board Approves Funding To Review Rail Project to Connect Crenshaw Corridor With Existing Lines

May 26, 2009

• Board Approves Supporting Full Reimbursement For Special Elections

May 20, 2009

• Ridley-Thomas Statement On Voters Rejection Of Ballot Measures To Ease State Budget
• MTA Committee Sends Recommendation To Full Board To Connect Crenshaw Corridor With Larger Region For Long-Term Benefits

May 14, 2009

• Statement on the Governor’s Proposal to Sell the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

May 12, 2009

• Ridley-Thomas Calls For Report To Determine Whether The County Is Meeting Its Minority Businesses Contracting Goals

May 5, 2009

• Jobs & New Mlk Hospital Top Ridley-Thomas’ Agenda On 3-Day Washington, D.C. Trip
• Ridley-Thomas Selects Veteran Educator to Fill Senior Deputy for Human Development Position
• Ridley-Thomas Selects Respected Attorney, Advocate to Fill Senior Justice Deputy Slot

April 2009

April 28, 2009

• Ridley-Thomas Urges Evaluation of Health Task Force’s Report
• Ridley-Thomas Praises President Barack Obama’s First 100 Days in Office
• Ridley-Thomas Calls for Report to Improve Quality of Availability Services for At-Risk Children & Families in DCFS System

April 24, 2009

• Ridley-Thomas Applauds L.A. County DPSS’S Toy Loan Program’s Outreach To Underserved Communities

April 21, 2009

• Ridley-Thomas and Antonovich Advocate For Hearing Examiner Program
• Ridley-Thomas Urges Use of Federal Stimulus Funds For Parks and Recreation Youth Worker Programs
• Ridley-Thomas Calls Protecting Youth in County’s DCFS Caseload ‘A Sense of Urgency’

April 20, 2009

• Ridley-Thomas Applauds Launch of New L.A. County Solar Mapping Program

April 14, 2009

• Ridley-Thomas Salutes Five-Time State Division 1 Basketball Champions Westchester High School

April 9, 2009

• Ridley-Thomas Statement on Board of Supervisors’ Agreement to Settle Lawsuit Involving Hospital Death of Edith Rodriguez

April 7, 2009

• Compton Airport Selected to Receive $8 Million in Federal Stimulus Funds
• Ridley-Thomas Calls for Countywide Cost Effective and Secure Method for Electronic Management of Patient Medical Records

April 6, 2009

• Ridley-Thomas to help celebrate Gertrude Baines 115th birthday

March 2009

March 31, 2009

• Ridley-Thomas Seeks Cost Effective and Secure Method for Electronic Management of Patient Medical Records
• Ridley-Thomas Proposes Moving Quickly to Accept $7.4 Billion in HUD American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Capital Funds
• Board Approves Ridley-Thomas’ Request for $10,000 Reward in ‘Hit & Run Death’ of USC Student
• Board Approves Ridley-Thomas’ Request to Explore the Possibility of Implementing Cost-Effective ‘Instant Run-off’ Elections

March 27, 2009

• Ridley-Thomas Requests Applications For New Clinic Projects In South L.A.

March 26, 2009

• MTA Board Approves Ridley-Thomas’ Request To Establish Local Hiring Program For Large Construction Projects Funded With Federal Economic Stimulus Dollars

March 25, 2009

• Ridley-Thomas Joins Governor & Sheriff To Announce Countywide ‘Gifts for Guns’ Program
• Ridley-Thomas Joins LAPD Detectives In Call For Help Identifying Suspects In Vandalism Of Two South L.A. Houses Of Worship
• Supervisor Ridley-Thomas Introduces Metro Motion To Establish Local Hiring Program

March 24, 2009

• Supervisors Ridley-Thomas And Molina Initiate Process To Apply For Caltrans’ Community-Based Grants For Florence Firestone & Lennox Areas

March 18, 2009

• Supervisor Ridley-Thomas Sends Letter To UC Regents Urging Active Support In Creating ‘New’ King Medical Center By 2012
• Letter From Supervisor Ridley-Thomas To University of California Board of Regents

March 17, 2009

• Ridley-Thomas Announces Intent to Designate Unincorporated Florence-Firestone and/or Willowbrook as State Enterprise Zones
• Ridley-Thomas Applauds Team Effort To Open ‘A New MLK Hospital’ By 2012
• Ridley-Thomas Names Dan Rosenfeld To Serve As Alternate On Exposition Metro Light Rail Construction Authority
  

March 11, 2009

• Proposed Plan for New MLK Hospital Advances
• Ridley-Thomas Secures Team of Nationally Recognized Development Experts To Assist In Goal To Develop Martin Luther King Campus
• Supervisor Ridley-Thomas Marks First 100 Days: Lays Foundation to Reopen MLK Hospital

March 6, 2009

• Supervisor Ridley-Thomas Leads Korean and African American Pastors on Tour of Successful South L.A. Faith-Based Economic Development Projects

March 3, 2009

• Supervisor Ridley-Thomas Announces Series of Activities to Highlight First 100 Days in Office
• Supervisor Ridley-Thomas Calls For State Legislation To Host Board Meetings Anywhere In L.A. County

February 2009

February 25, 2009

• Supervisor Ridley-Thomas and Tavis Smiley Host State of the Black Union 10th Anniversary Celebration

February 24, 2009

• Ridley-Thomas Urges Hiring of At-Risk Youth with Federal Stimulus Package Funding
• Supervisor Ridley-Thomas Pays Tribute To Tavis Smiley

February 11, 2009

• Supervisor Supports Stronger Criminal Background Checks For All Los Angeles County Hospital Staff
• Board Approves Ridley-Thomas’ Request For $10,000 Reward In Weekend Vandalism Of St. Mark’s Methodist Church In South L.A.
• Board Observes Black History Month By Recoginzing Local NAACP Chapters On The 100th Anniversary Of Civil Rights Organization

February 9, 2009

• Supervisor Ridley-Thomas, Sheriff Baca Announce Enforcement of Gang Injunction against Notorious Florencia-13 Gang

February 2, 2009

• Community Embraces Supervisor Ridley-Thomas’ District-Wide Vision for Community Empowerment

January 2009

January 14, 2009

• Board Approves Ridley-Thomas Request for Recommendations to ‘Streamline’ Red Tape for Projects Funded by Federal Stimulus Dollars

January 13, 2009

• Ridley-Thomas Observes King Birthday by Honoring Retired NBC-4 News Reporter Furnell Chatman
• Ridley-Thomas Requests County-Led Task Force to End Predatory Lending Practices
• Ridley-Thomas Selects Yolanda C. Vera To Serve as Health Deputy

January 12, 2009

• Time to Vaccinate your Preteen

January 07, 2009

• Ridley-Thomas Announces Selection of Dan Rosenfeld to Serve as Planning Deputy
• Ridley-Thomas Supports Gang Plan, Urges ‘Urgent’ Adoption of Countywide Violence Reduction Strategy
• Supervisor Ridley-Thomas Takes Steps to Bring Democratic Process to Los Angeles County Residents
• Engine Company 216 to be Renumbered in Honor of Fallen County Firefighter Jim Howe