board of supervisors

noun

the governing body of a county in many U.S. states, especially in the Midwest and the East, consisting of from 15 to 100 members elected from towns, townships, cities, or wards.

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At a news conference Thursday near where Dees died, De Jong said the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors was offering a $10,000 reward for leads.

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The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is also offering a $15,000 reward for information about the homicide of Raejonette Morgan.

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The California Board of State and Community Corrections ordered Los Padrinos shut down in December, but Probation Department Chief Guillermo Viera Rosa refused to comply, a move supported by the county Board of Supervisors.

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One probation officer claimed they had to use pepper spray — which both the state and Board of Supervisors have tried to ban — to subdue a youth who was attacking them.

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County Board of Supervisors supported Viera Rosa’s refusal to close Los Padrinos last year.

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