LOS ANGELES – The woman who has been serving as acting director of the county Department of Public Social Services was given the job full time by the Board of Supervisors, the agency announced Thursday.
Antonia Jimenez has been the agency’s acting director since March, overseeing the department’s annual budget of $4 billion.
She joined DPSS in 2015 as chief deputy of the agency that provides programs and services to 3.5 million low-income county residents and has a work force of more than 14,000.
Jimenez has worked for more than 30 years as a government and private sector executive, with much of it overseeing high-profile human services programs, DPSS said. She first joined Los Angeles County in 2010 as deputy CEO for the Children and Families Well-Being Cluster.
She worked for the state of Massachusetts for 16 years, including positions as special assistant to the governor and chief financial officer for the Executive Office of Education.
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Doug r says
This woman oversees the most unprofessional rude people that haven’t an ounce of compassion for anyone. I am a nurse that reported a hospital for violating patient rights and was pushed from my job. Whole looking for another job I developed a temporary disability and needed short term assistance.
I was initially directed to the wrong services which caused a delay in asking the correct services. By time I was in a place to file my papers it would go through too late for me to kerp my housong, This agency refused to take any responsibility for causing this hardship. Alma Cordoba in the administrative office was repeatedly rude, unprofessional and repeatedly lied to me. Her supervisor Gabriella Herrera also rude and unprofessional as well as doesn’t return phone calls. The message is clear from Antonia Jimenez and her staff. If you see patients being neglected or harmed keep your mouth shut because we will not give you a scrap of assistance. California, the land of hypocrites. I cannot wait to leave this soulless cesspoool,