Hilda L. Solis

Hilda L. Solis

Los Angeles County Supervisor for the First District

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Member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, representing the 1st District (East Los Angeles, Vernon); former US Secretary of Labor (2009-2013), former member of the US House of Representatives (2001-2009), representing California's 31st and 32nd Congressional Districts (East LA and the San Gabriel Valley)

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The Los Angeles County General Hospital was considered a state-of-the-art institution when it opened in December 1933 amid the Great Depression.

Could an iconic abandoned hospital ease LA’s housing crisis?

The Los Angeles County General Hospital was considered a state-of-the-art institution when it opened in December 1933 amid the Great Depression.

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Months of public attention and focused government action recently ended the natural gas leak in the upscale development of Porter Ranch.

A Toxic Legacy

Months of public attention and focused government action recently ended the natural gas leak in the upscale development of Porter Ranch.

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In Boyle Heights, East LA and other neighborhoods, a company called Exide recycled lead batteries without a full permit from the State Department of Toxic Substances Control.

County Steps in to Speed Exide Clean-up

In Boyle Heights, East LA and other neighborhoods, a company called Exide recycled lead batteries without a full permit from the State Department of Toxic Substances Control.

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