Job Responsibilities
What kind of resources to the Board of Supervisors fund?
Housing, Education, Cal Fresh, Section 8, etc.
How many board of supervisor members are there in LA County?
Five
How are Board of Supervisors picked?
They are elected through the voters.
What does BOS stand for?
Board of Supervisors
Money.
True or false, the Board of Supervisors are in charge of setting the budget.
True
How many residents does each Supervisor represent?
About how many residents live in LA County?
Name one county department.
Probation, Department of Mental Health, Fire Department, Department of Social Services, (many more)
Who is the most conservative Board of Supervisor?
True or false: while the Board of supervisors can make laws they cannot reverse laws
False, they can make new laws or change old/existing law.
True or false: in 2025 we elected a woman to the Board of Supervisors for the first time.
False. Happened in the 90s
LA County has 28, 48, 88, or 188 cities:
88 cities
She is the newest Supervisor elected to the Board.
Supervisor Lindsey Horvath
Name all 5 board of supervisors
Barger, Hahn, Solis, Mitchell, Horvath
How often does the Board meet in public?
One a week, every Tuesday.
True or false: the first woman elected to the Board of Supervisors was a Black Woman.
True — Yvonne Pearl Burke
What district is YWFC in?
District 2
Why is the Board referred to as the "5 little queens"
Because they are all women + they are very powerful.
Name a city in the 2nd District (Supervisor Holly Mitchell)
(Watts, Carson, Compton, Gardena, Inglewood...)
How can youth get involved with the Board of Supervisors?
Call them, email them, go to public meetings, give public comment.
Supervisor Barger
How much is the LA County Budget (billions)
50 Billion
Why does the YWFC care about our Board of Supervisors (be specifiv)
They oversee the probation department, have the power to make decisions about freeing the youth.
Who's district is Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in?
Supervisor Janice Hahn