The amount the county spent on overall claims — including worker compensation cases and related legal fees — was more than $982 million. That’s about 2% of the county’s operating budget — and more than the county budgeted this year for its animal care and control department, district attorney and public defender combined.
Read this article on the LATimes web site:
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-02-07/la-county-record-settle-lawsuits
Glenn Backes, MSW, MPH
Public Policy Research & Consulting