Supervisors Janice Hahn and Linsey Horvath advocate for the ordinance. (Office of Sup. Hahn)

On Tuesday, on a 4-0 vote, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors gave preliminary approval to an ordinance that would prohibit law enforcement, including ICE agents, from wearing masks or concealing their identities when conducting law enforcement business in unincorporated LA County.

The final vote is scheduled for Dec. 9.

The motion presented by Supervisor Janice Hahn and co-authored by Supervisor Lindsey P. Horvath was originally introduced in July , following similar legislative actions at the federal and state levels.

Hahn said in a conference before the meeting that the agents who cover their faces behave like authoritarian secret police and not like legitimate law enforcement in

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