Los Angeles County is facing mounting financial pressures that will require deep cuts to a wide range of programs and potentially the closure of a public hospital, according to the county’s chief executive officer.
Fesia Davenport delivered the bad news to the Board of Supervisors in a presentation last week.
It’s not just federal funding cuts weighing down the budget. L.A. County faces continuing liabilities from systemic child sexual abuse at its juvenile detention facilities, costs related to the Palisades and Eaton fires, and the possibility that the state will take over the troubled Probation Department and mandate significant new spending at the agency…