Michael Antonovich

Brittney M. Walker  |   OW Staff Writer
Apr 21 2011

Airport slowed, but Metrolink on time

PALMDALE, Calif.—The Antelope Valley Black Chamber of Commerce welcomed Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael Antonovich to the Hilton Garden Inn Monday for lunch and a brief chat about issues currently facing the AV. Transportation was the hot-button topic during the meeting.

The supervisor acknowledged that funds for projects like the high-speed rail and international airport were moving slowly.

Jan 4 2011

New state law

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—A Los Angeles County supervisor today asked public health officials for a compliance report on nursing homes in light of a new state law that requires them to publicly display federal quality-of-care ratings.

Michael Antonovich, who supported the law, asked Department of Public Health officials for a compliance report and to provide the board with quarterly updates.

Sep 15 2010

Homeboy Industries to benefit

LOS ANGELES - The county will spend $1.3 million to help at-risk youths and young adults under a pilot program approved by the Board of Supervisors.

County officials will work with Homeboy Industries, a nonprofit, gang intervention program founded and run by Father Gregory Boyle, a Jesuit priest.

The effort will involve "tattoo removal, job development, and re-entry services (for) high-risk, high-need probationers and at-risk individuals between the ages of 14 (and) 30,'' said William Fujioka, the county's chief executive officer.

Mar 19 2009

Teen identity theft, raising emancipation age

 Los Angeles, CA -- The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has asked for a report on cases of identity theft targeting foster youths and ways to protect teenage wards of the county.

Supervisor Michael Antonovich asked for the report, on Tuesday, in light of a recently passed state law that requires county welfare agencies to ask for credit checks on foster youths who are 16 or older and to refer them to credit counseling groups if the credit check turns up negative information.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.