After months of waiting, a report critical of the protocols and organization of Los Angeles County’s emergency preparedness and response apparatus will be presented to the Board of Supervisors at its Tuesday, Sept. 30 meeting.

The meeting marks a moment when leaders could set in motion critical policies defining the county’s response in future disasters. In one case, an entire county department would be restructured under one proposal.

Supervisors Kathryn Barger and Lindsey Horvath both plan to make motions Tuesday in response to the report. Barger said during a Thursday afternoon news conference that her motion would “immediately advance implementation of the recommendations contained in the report,” emphasizing expanding, restructuring and bolstering the county’s Office of Emergency

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