LA County supervisors move to support suicide prevention among first responders, others

For Sophia Johnson, whose Los Angeles County firefighter husband Billy Johnson took his own life 13 months ago, it’s a “day to day” struggle to cope.
But on Tuesday, she felt a sense of excitement after the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion aimed at tackling the “sensitive and urgent” matter of suicide among first responders, emergency services professionals and death investigators.
“(Billy Johnson) was struggling for many y