Information provided for our October 2025 Meeting from County Supervisor Horvath’s Office

1.The Small Business Resiliency Fund (SBRF) is a grant program from the Los Angeles County Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) that provides up to $5,000 in financial assistance to small businesses that encountered economic disruption due to immigration enforcement actions starting June 2025. Find out more

2. Horvath introduces motion to establish a new Office of Emergency Management. The motion directs the Chief Executive Office to report back within 60 days on the feasibility of establishing a new OEM department and to outline a timeline for transition. The report will:

Evaluate OEM’s staffing, funding, and surge capacity needs.
Assess whether OEM’s current structure aligns with best practices in emergency management.
Provide a high-level schedule for creating a new department, including program transitions, funding, and critical milestones.

3. Board Approves Horvath & Solis Motions for Nearly $30 Million in Emergency Rent Relief and Exploring Eviction Protections.

The ERRP will provide rent or mortgage relief for wildfire survivors who lost homes, jobs, or income; immigrant families who have faced sudden loss of wages due to federal raids; low-income tenants at risk of eviction; and small landlords repairing fire-damaged affordable housing units.
Under the amended motion, tenants and homeowners displaced by the wildfires who have exhausted FEMA or insurance benefits, small landlords repairing rent-stabilized units, and immigrant households impacted by federal enforcement actions will be eligible for up to six months of assistance, not to exceed $15,000.

4. Download The Works app! Report isssues like potholes, graffiti, illegal dumping, overgrown trees, blocked storm drains, etc.