Zev Yaroslavsky - Los Angeles County Supervisor

All aboard Expo to the Westside

This Thursday marks a turning point in the decades-long effort to bring mass rapid transit to the Westside of Los Angeles. That’s when I, along with... [Read more]

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Economy

County says it’s a prisoner of new parolee plan

L.A. County officials Tuesday criticized ongoing plans in Sacramento to trim the state prisons’ population and costs by shifting the care...

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Public Safety

Inmate firefighters find a home beyond Malibu

In a deal that will be welcome news to Malibu homeowners, the Los Angeles County Fire Department has struck a three-year agreement to house...

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Environment

From LEED to LID: A green-building primer

New Year’s resolutions tend to fade by February, but Los Angeles County’s resolve to green-up home and commercial construction has the permanence...

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Transportation

A milestone for Expo—and the Westside

The Expo Line is ready to roll west. Directors of the Exposition Metro Line Construction Authority on Thursday evening approved the final environmental...

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Useful Links

Fixer-uppers nothing new for no-nonsense housing boss

When Sean Rogan took the top job at the county’s Community Development Commission and Housing Authority in May, its long troubled Section 8 rental housing program was on the comeback trail.... [Read more]

Around the Third District

With more than 2 million constituents, the Third District is the most economically, ethnically and geographically diverse of Los Angeles County's five electoral districts. It spans eastward from the Pacific, across the Santa Monica Mountains and into Los Angeles' Westside, San Fernando Valley and parts of Hollywood. Zev has represented the district since 1994.