February 27, 2024
[REPORT OF ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION ON
1
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2024, ON PAGE 267]
2
3
4
SUP. LINDSEY HORVATH, CHAIR: GOOD MORNING. I AM GOING TO CALL 5
THE MEETING TO ORDER. WE WELCOME ALL OUR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC 6
AND WE WELCOME YOU TO OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE 7
LA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. TODAY IS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8
27TH, 2024. WE TAKE NOTE THAT A FULL COMPLEMENT OF THE BOARD 9
IS PRESENT. THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, COUNTY COUNSEL, 10
INTERIM EXECUTIVE OFFICER, AND THE SERGEANT-AT-ARMS ARE ALL 11
HERE TO ASSIST. WE WILL BEGIN TODAY'S BOARD MEETING WITH THE 12
COUNTY'S LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
13
14
SUP. LINDSEY HORVATH, CHAIR: THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES 15
RECOGNIZES THAT WE OCCUPY LAND ORIGINALLY AND STILL INHABITED 16
AND CARED FOR BY THE TONGVA, TATAVIAM, SERRANO, KIZH, AND 17
CHUMASH PEOPLES. WE HONOR AND PAY RESPECT TO THEIR ELDERS AND 18
DESCENDANTS, PAST, PRESENT, AND EMERGING, AS THEY CONTINUE 19
THEIR STEWARDSHIP OF THESE LANDS AND WATERS. WE ACKNOWLEDGE 20
THAT SETTLER COLONIZATION RESULTED IN LAND SEIZURE, DISEASE, 21
SUBJUGATION, SLAVERY, RELOCATION, BROKEN PROMISES, GENOCIDE, 22
AND MULTIGENERATIONAL TRAUMA. THIS ACKNOWLEDGMENT DEMONSTRATES 23
OUR RESPONSIBILITY AND COMMITMENT TO TRUTH, HEALING, AND 24
RECONCILIATION AND TO ELEVATING THE STORIES, CULTURE, AND 25
2
Made with FlippingBook - Share PDF online