LA County Supervisors Review Proposed $45.5 Billion Budget

Published on April 23, 2024

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is expected to provide preliminary feedback April 23 on a $45.5 billion budget proposal for fiscal year 2024-25. Fesia Davenport, county CEO, unveiled the proposed budget Monday. The spending plan represents a reduction of $1.4 billion from the current fiscal year. While the proposed budget is lower, Davenport has said it will maintain the county’s priorities on housing, homelessness, public safety, and more. The proposal also calls for 835 new positions — more than half of them in the Department of Mental Health — for a total of 116,159 budgeted positions in the county workforce. The proposal includes $728.2 million in anti-homelessness funding, including money to hire more outreach workers, housing navigators, mental health clinicians, and substance abuse counselors....

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