The L.A. County Board of Supervisors approved an amended budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year on Tuesday, adding hundreds of positions and more than $3.4 billion in spending. Los Angeles has the largest county budget in the United States, which exceeds that of many states.Â
The Board of Supervisors had already approved a $43.3 billion budget in June, but a flood of state and federal dollars, as well as unexpected departmental savings, helped it grow to $46.7 billion.
Jobs
The new budget adds 666 jobs, bringing the total to more than 115,300 budgeted positions for L.A. County.
- 167 positions will go to the Department of Mental Health, most of which will help expand its Homeless Outreach and Mobile Engagement (HOME) teams.
- The Department of Children and Family Services will get 123 new positions. Those jobs will help bring down adoption caseloads for social workers and help support caregivers, foster children and families.Â
- 33 positions will be added to the Department of Parks and Recreation to support aquatics and recreation.Â
- 30+ positions will be spread out across multiple departments to help move people with specific mental health needs out of jail and into more appropriate settings.
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