A large boost in a Los Angeles County emergency rental relief program was delayed Tuesday, Sept. 2, for two weeks by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, in a contentious vote that split the board.

The motion to add to the rental relief fund, authored by Third District Supervisor Lindsey Horvath and also supported by First District Supervisor Hilda Solis, was shot down by Fifth District Supervisor Kathryn Barger who’s also board chair, as well as Second District Supervisor Holly Mitchell and Fourth District Supervisor Janice Hahn.

The three who did not support the motion voted to send it back to the board’s committees for more discussion and clarification, and then return it to the full board for a potential vote on Sept. 16.

Horvath’s motion would add about $10 million to the

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