LA County Board

8.\nOpposing The Proposed Public Charge Rule\nRecommendation as submitted by Supervisor Solis: Direct the Acting Chief\nExecutive Officer, through the Legislative Affairs and Intergovernmental\nRelations Branch, in consultation with County Counsel, to send a five-signature\nletter to the Los Angeles County Congressional Delegation to declare the\nBoard’s opposition to the proposed change of the public charge rule and to\nexpress the significant harm that it would cause to the County and its residents.\nInstruct the Executive Director of the Office of Immigrant Affairs, Department of\nConsumer and Business Affairs, in coordination with the Directors of Public\nSocial Services, Public Health, Mental Health, Health Services, Homeless\nServices and Housing, and Children and Family Services, the Executive\nDirector of the Los Angeles County Development Authority, and in consultation\nwith County Counsel, to draft a comprehensive County response opposing the\nproposed rule change, to be submitted during the public comment period.\nInstruct the Executive Director of the Office of Immigrant Affairs to collaborate\nwith the Directors of Public Social Services, Public Health, Mental Health,\nHealth Services, Homeless Services and Housing, and Children and Family\nServices, the Executive Director of the Los Angeles County Development\nAuthority, community-based organizations, and other relevant stakeholders on\npublic education and outreach to educate immigrant communities about the\nrule, when it is final, and to direct individuals to resources such as immigration\nadvocates and legal clinics which could advise immigrants about the potential\nimpacts of the proposed rule on their individual situations. Instruct the Executive\nDirector of the Office of Immigrant Affairs, in consultation with County Counsel\nand impacted County Departments to design and execute a comprehensive\ninternal communications strategy to ensure County employees understand the\nchanges to the rule. The internal strategy should be unique to each Department\nand consist of line-staff training to achieve Department-wide messaging\nconsistency. Instruct County Counsel to monitor any legal action aimed at\nchallenging the proposed rule from taking effect and file and/or join in as\namicus or as plaintiff in litigation, as deemed appropriate by County Counsel.\n(25-6603)\nMotion by Supervisor Solis (Exempt From Cluster)