The move allows the LA County Board of Supervisors- who just quietly approved a $2 million payout to its CEO – to utilize tax dollars to offer rent relief and legal aid to undocumented immigrants who have fallen behind on payments
Los Angeles County officials have declared a state of emergency that gives them the power to provide financial assistance using state funds for undocumented residents who they say have suffered financially from ongoing federal immigration raids.
The move allows the L.A. County Board of Supervisors, which just quietly approved a controversial $2 million payout to its CEO, to utilize tax dollars to offer rent relief and legal aid to undocumented immigrants who have fallen behind on payments because of the unrelenting ICE raids. “We have residents afraid to leave their homes, we have constituents contacting my office because their family members never came home and they don’t know if they’ve been taken by ICE or where they’ve been taken,” said Supervisor Janice Hahn. “We have entire families who are destitute because their fathers or mothers have been taken from their workplaces and they have no way to pay their rent or put food on their table.”
The headline-grabbing state of emergency vote, which came in at four to one with Supervisor Kathryn Barger opposing the move, came on the same day that LA County Supervisors came under fire for approving a secret taxpayer-funded payment to its former CEO, and a day before Los Angeles County District Attorney is set to announce fraud charges against more than a dozen Los Angeles County employees on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, LAist was the first to report that Fesia Davenport, Los Angeles County’s chief executive officer, received a $2-million settlement this summer. The settlement, wish was done behind closed doors, came after Davenport complained that she suffered humiliation and professional fallout after California voters approved Measure G, ballot measure that will eliminate her position by giving the power to the people to choose the CEO of the country’s largest budget.
Fesia Davenport is quietly exiting her job with a $2 million settlement Credit: Los Angeles County
On Wednesday afternoon, Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman will hold a press conference to announce unemployment fraud charges aimed at 13 Los Angeles County employees.
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