Commission Information

The First 5 LA Board of Commissioners is comprised of 13 members. The board includes members appointed by by each of the Los Angeles County Supervisors, the L.A. County Departments of Public Health and Mental Health, L.A. County Department of Children and Family Services, and the L.A. County Office of Education.

The 13-member Board also includes representatives from other children and families organizations throughout the county. The Board of Commissioners meets on the second Thursday of each month at 1:30 PM at the First 5 LA offices. All meetings are open to the public and agendas are posted 72 hours in advance. Please check our calendar for all updated meeting information and scroll below for Commission meeting packets, summaries, and minutes.

Commission Members

Mark Ridley-Thomas
Commission Chair
Supervisor, Second District

Neal Kaufman, M.D., M.P.H.
Vice Chair
Appointed by: Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, Third District

Nancy Haruye Au
Appointed by: Supervisor Don Knabe,
Fourth District

Jane Boeckmann
Appointed by: Supervisor Michael Antonovich, Fifth District

Philip L. Browning
Representing: L.A. County Department of Children & Family Services 

Jonathan E. Fielding, M.D., M.P.H.
Representing: L.A. County Department of Public Health

Sandra Figueroa-Villa
Appointed by: Supervisor Gloria Molina,
First District

Marvin J. Southard, D.S.W.
Representing: L.A. County Department of Mental Health

Vacant
Appointed by: Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, Second District

Commission Meeting Summaries

• April 11, 2013 (pdf)
• March 14, 2013 (pdf)
• February 14, 2013 (pdf)
• January 10, 2013 (pdf)
• November 29, 2012 (pdf)
• November 8, 2012 (pdf)
• October 11, 2012 (pdf)
• September 13, 2012 (pdf)
• July 12, 2012 (pdf)
• June 27, 2012 (pdf)
• June 14, 2012 (pdf)
• April 12, 2012 (pdf)
• March 8, 2012 (pdf)
• February 9, 2012 (pdf)

Commission Meeting Packets

• May 16, 2013 (pdf)
  
•     May 1, 2013 (pdf)
•     May 1, 2013 (pdf)
• April 11, 2013 (pdf)
• April 3, 2013 (pdf)
• March 14, 2013 (pdf)
• March 4, 2013 (pdf)
  
•     March 4, 2013 (pdf)
  
•     February 28, 2013 (pdf)
• February 14, 2013 (pdf)
• January 10, 2013 (pdf)
•     December 20, 2012 (pdf)
• November 29, 2012 (pdf)
• November 8, 2012 (pdf)

•     October 25, 2012 (pdf)
• October 11, 2012 (pdf)
  
•     September 27, 2012 (pdf)
• September 13, 2012 (pdf)
• September 7, 2012 (pdf)
•     August 29, 2012 (pdf)
• August 25, 2012 (pdf)
• August 24, 2012 (pdf)

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    Program and Planning Committee

    Budget and Finance Committee

    Executive Committee

Ex Officio Representatives

Patricia Curry
Representing: L.A. County Commission for Children and Families

Arturo Delgado, Ed.D.
Superintendent
Representing: Los Angeles County Office of Education

Duane Dennis
Representing: Policy Roundtable for Child Care 

Deanne Tilton
Representing: Inter-Agency Council on Child Abuse and Neglect (ICAN)

Alternates

Helen Berberian
Executive Assistant to the Director, LA County Department of Children & Family Services 

Suzanne Bostwick
Interim Director, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Programs
LA County Department of Public Health

Sylvia S. Swilley, MD
Appointed by: Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, Second District 

Christopher Thompson, M.D.
Medical Director
Juvenile Justice Mental Health Program
L.A. County Department of Mental Health 

Executive Director

Kim Belshé

Latest Commission Meeting Audio 

• April 11, 2013 (mp3) Right click this link and choose "save link as" to download this audio file

Commission Meeting Minutes

• April 3, 2013 (pdf)
• March 14, 2013 (pdf)
• March 4, 2013 (pdf)
• February 14, 2013 (pdf)
• January 10, 2013 (pdf)
• November 29, 2012 (pdf)
• November 8. 2012 (pdf)
• October 11, 2012 (pdf)
• September 13, 2012 (pdf)
• September 7, 2012 (pdf)
• August 29, 2012 (pdf)
• August 25, 2012 (pdf)
• August 24, 2012 (pdf)
• August 3, 2012 (pdf)
• July 12, 2012 (pdf)
• June 27, 2012 (pdf)
• June 14, 2012 (pdf)
•     May 24, 2012 (pdf)
• May 21, 2012 (pdf)
  
•     April 26, 2012 (pdf)
• April 12. 2012 (pdf)
• March 8, 2012 (pdf)
•     Febuary 16, 2012 (pdf)
• February 9, 2012 (pdf)
• January 12, 2012 (pdf)
• December 15, 2011 (pdf)
• November 16, 2011 (pdf)
•     November 11. 2011 (pdf)