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  • March 16, 2018
Barger Visits Rural Homeless Slowly building trust to provide services https://kathrynbarger.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/ruralhomeless-1.png 600 425 Supervisor Kathryn Barger Supervisor Kathryn Barger //kathrynbarger.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/white-logo-1.png March 16, 2018 March 16, 2018

Barger Visits Rural Homeless Slowly building trust to provide services

3/16/18 By: Allison Gatlin POTENTIAL HOUSING – Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority emergency response team member, Chyheeb Joseph, right, talks Thursday with Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger, left, and her staff…

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  • January 30, 2018
County Votes To Support Legislation Amending State Law To Provide Lifesaving Medical Care For The Mentally Ill https://kathrynbarger.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/843513588.jpg 724 483 Supervisor Kathryn Barger Supervisor Kathryn Barger //kathrynbarger.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/white-logo-1.png January 30, 2018 January 30, 2018

County Votes To Support Legislation Amending State Law To Provide Lifesaving Medical Care For The Mentally Ill

The Board of Supervisors today voted 4-1 with Supervisor Sheila Kuehl opposing, to approve a motion by Supervisors Kathryn Barger and Mark Ridley-Thomas sponsoring state legislation amending the state’s definition…

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  • January 9, 2018
County To Evaluate The Impact And Scope Of Homelessness Activity On First Responders https://kathrynbarger.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/611186744.jpg 724 483 Supervisor Kathryn Barger Supervisor Kathryn Barger //kathrynbarger.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/white-logo-1.png January 9, 2018 January 9, 2018

County To Evaluate The Impact And Scope Of Homelessness Activity On First Responders

To improve the effectiveness of homeless outreach efforts and public safety, the Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion by Supervisors Kathryn Barger and Hilda Solis calling for a report…

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  • November 3, 2017
Development of Legislative Proposals to Expand the Definition of Gravely Disabled Approved https://kathrynbarger.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/IMG_0623.jpg 916 768 Supervisor Kathryn Barger Supervisor Kathryn Barger //kathrynbarger.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/white-logo-1.png November 3, 2017 November 3, 2017

Development of Legislative Proposals to Expand the Definition of Gravely Disabled Approved

On a 4-1 vote, with Supervisor Kuehl voting no, the Board of Supervisors approved a motion by Supervisors Kathryn Barger and Hilda Solis instructing the Department of Mental Health and…

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  • October 18, 2017
County Orders Adoption of Recommendations to Improve Standard of Care for the Mentally Ill https://kathrynbarger.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/GettyImages-486878343.jpg 591 591 Supervisor Kathryn Barger Supervisor Kathryn Barger //kathrynbarger.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/white-logo-1.png October 18, 2017 October 18, 2017

County Orders Adoption of Recommendations to Improve Standard of Care for the Mentally Ill

The Board of Supervisors approved a motion by Supervisor Kathryn Barger to adopt Department of Mental Health recommendations to improve the delivery of quality and humane treatment for those who…

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  • October 10, 2017
County to Open Two New Homeless Shelters in the Antelope Valley https://kathrynbarger.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/7b57f92f-271a-4364-8b9a-d7174f735cf0.jpg 865 481 Supervisor Kathryn Barger Supervisor Kathryn Barger //kathrynbarger.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/white-logo-1.png October 10, 2017 October 10, 2017

County to Open Two New Homeless Shelters in the Antelope Valley

Barger Motion Identifies Lancaster National Guard Armory and the former High Desert Multiple Ambulatory Care Center On a motion by Supervisor Kathryn Barger, the Board of Supervisors unanimously approved funding…

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  • September 26, 2017
Supplemental County Budget Expands “Mental Evaluation Teams” and Funds a 24-hour Mental Health “Triage Help Desk” https://kathrynbarger.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/budget.jpg 546 318 Supervisor Kathryn Barger Supervisor Kathryn Barger //kathrynbarger.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/white-logo-1.png September 26, 2017 September 26, 2017

Supplemental County Budget Expands “Mental Evaluation Teams” and Funds a 24-hour Mental Health “Triage Help Desk”

Supervisor Kathryn Barger praised County CEO Sachi Hamai on a fiscally-prudent Supplemental Budget which fortifies the county’s Rainy Day fund, expands the number of Mental Evaluation Teams (MET) from 15…

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  • August 25, 2017
Supervisor Barger Announces First Meeting of the Antelope Valley Homeless Consortium https://kathrynbarger.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/homeless1-1024x680.png 1024 680 Supervisor Kathryn Barger Supervisor Kathryn Barger //kathrynbarger.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/white-logo-1.png August 25, 2017 August 25, 2017

Supervisor Barger Announces First Meeting of the Antelope Valley Homeless Consortium

Supervisor Kathryn Barger announced the first of two meetings of the Antelope Valley Homeless Consortium to provide the opportunity for all local stakeholders to convene to identify a path forward…

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  • August 2, 2017
Barger Initiates Antelope Valley Homelessness Consortium to Enhance Services and Access to Housing https://kathrynbarger.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/homeless1-1024x680.png 1024 680 Supervisor Kathryn Barger Supervisor Kathryn Barger //kathrynbarger.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/white-logo-1.png August 2, 2017 August 2, 2017

Barger Initiates Antelope Valley Homelessness Consortium to Enhance Services and Access to Housing

The Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion by Supervisor Kathryn Barger, coauthored by Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, to immediately establish the Antelope Valley Homelessness Consortium (AVHC), comprised of the cities…

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  • August 1, 2017
Database to Track Mental Health Resources to Improve Efficiency and Effectiveness https://kathrynbarger.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/LACoSEAL_062314_4LGO1_XL-1.jpg 336 336 Supervisor Kathryn Barger Supervisor Kathryn Barger //kathrynbarger.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/white-logo-1.png August 1, 2017 August 1, 2017

Database to Track Mental Health Resources to Improve Efficiency and Effectiveness

Supervisor Kathryn Barger authored a motion unanimously approved by the Board of Supervisors directing the Department of Mental Health to move forward in developing a database that would track mental…

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