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Christina Villacorte

  2. Christina Villacorte

Christina Villacorte

Communications Manager

Christina Villacorte joined the Los Angeles County Sheriff Civilian Oversight Commission as its Communications Manager near the end of 2024.

She previously directed media and public relations for the Homeless Initiative at the Los Angeles County Chief Executive Office, which the Board of Supervisors has tapped to lead the emergency response to the humanitarian crisis on our streets. 

Aside from working frequently with reporters, Christina led the development of the Homeless Initiative’s website, which now draws 20,000 visitors a month, and its newsletter, The Way Home, which has amassed nearly 50,000 subscribers. 

In the summer of 2024, Christina received an Emmy Award nomination from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for producing a series of videos documenting the Pathway Home program, which helps people transition from encampments to apartments with supportive services to help them thrive while also restoring public spaces to their intended uses. Several cities, including Santa Monica, Long Beach, Pomona, Monrovia, Duarte, Lancaster, Signal Hill, and more, partnered with the Homeless Initiative to conduct Pathway Home operations in their own communities after watching the videos.   

Earlier in her career, Christina served as Communications Deputy to then-Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, announcing his 

and briefly worked as a writer for then-Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky. Both first came to know her as a reporter at the Los Angeles Daily News. She also worked for KFWB News 980, then part of CBS Radio, and for City News Service as its beat reporter at LA City Hall. 

Born and raised in Manila, Christina graduated from the University of the Philippines. Within weeks of earning her diploma, she joined the staff of BusinessWorld, the first daily business newspaper in Southeast Asia, where she covered law enforcement, the military, and Congress. 

Christina later joined the award-winning news and public affairs team at ABS-CBN, the Philippines’ largest television network at the time, and one of the oldest media companies in Asia. She reported on a wide array of topics – from features about islands to breaking news about natural disasters and terrorist attacks. One of her last stories before immigrating to Los Angeles was about the People Power revolution that deposed the President of the Philippines in 2001.