In response to last week’s terrorist shooting in San Bernardino that left 14 people dead and another 21 wounded, Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas said Tuesday he wants to explore stricter gun laws.

Ridley-Thomas introduced the measure at Tuesday’s meeting which was later adjourned in memory of the victims in San Bernardino. The board will vote on the proposal next week.

Police said Syed Farook, a environmental health specialist for San Bernardino County’s Department of Public Health, and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, using assault rifles and handguns “sprayed the room with bullets” at the Inland Regional Center where the county department was holding a training and holiday event.

Ridley-Thomas pointed to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Monday to reject hearing a challenge to a Chicago suburb’s ordinance that banned semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines. He said it signaled that local governments have the legal authority to regulate the purchase of “rapid-fire weapons.”

“Now is the time to act,” Ridley-Thomas said.

This summer, the Los Angeles City Council banned the possession of high-capacity magazines.

Ridley-Thomas wants the county sheriff, district attorney, county counsel, the probation chief and heads of the three health departments to report back to the board in 30 days with a recommendation to “prevent violence and improve safety in the workplace and public settings.”

Ridley-Thomas also wants the group to explore options to better enforce existing and/or adopt stricter gun control restrictions and penalties, he said, “especially related to sale or possession of semiautomatic guns and military-style assault weapons.”

He gave several examples of possible regulations, such as deeper background checks for gun sales, requirements for those who purchase guns to buy insurance to cover any taxpayer expenses incurred from the “injurious use of a gun” or taxes on ammunitions and firearms.

Ridley-Thomas also called for the group to make recommendations to improve workplace safety and protocols.

It is time for the county to “explore all of its options,” Supervisor Sheila Kuehl said.

“Believe me, I understand it is not just about guns, but I also understand that it is about guns,” she said. “I can’t imagine such a massacre taking place in schools, theaters with baseball bats and knives and having the same kind of result.”

In a memo sent Monday, the county CEO Sachi Hamai said she is working to strengthen security and emergency preparedness measures at county facilities.