The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has a new chairperson.

First District Supervisor Hilda Solis took the gavel from Fifth District Supervisor Kathryn Barger on Tuesday, Dec. 2, to lead the five-member, all-women board that represents 10 million county residents and oversees 117,000 county employees.

Solis, 67, whose district includes East L.A. and the heart of the San Gabriel Valley, marks her third time leading the board, having served as chair in 2016 and 2021. Next year will be her final year serving on the board and will be termed out. In her remarks, she outlined what she and the rest of the board will face in the next 12 months.

“The board will continue to contend with reductions in resources. We have to address a significant hold in our budget,” she said. The drop in rev

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