LOS ANGELES (CNS) -- The county Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved the creation of a roughly $30 million emergency rent-relief program to assist people still dealing with income or home loss from the January wildfires, and those financially affected by recent federal immigration-enforcement actions.

The county had previously established eviction-protection measures and a rent relief program for people affected by the wildfires, identifying $10 million to fund the effort.

But according to a motion by Supervisors Lindsey Horvath and Hilda Solis that went before the board Tuesday, initial demand for the rent-relief funds was lower than anticipated among wildfire victims, but the need for relief was expected to continue as residents exhaust the earlier support they receive

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