L.A. County officials quietly approved a settlement deal that paid $2 million to the county’s CEO almost two months ago, LAist has learned.
CEO Fesia Davenport was issued the check in August to compensate her for damages she claimed — including alleged harm to “reputation, embarrassment and emotional distress,” according to records LAist obtained from the county.
As part of the settlement, she gave up her right to sue the county over claims she had leveled in a series of letters, and over anything else that happened previously between herself and the county. Neither side admitted liability, according to the deal, and Davenport continued in her job as CEO…