{"id":5119,"date":"2025-10-15T02:02:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T02:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/5119\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T02:02:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T02:02:11","slug":"l-a-county-chief-executive-got-2-million-settlement-records-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/5119\/","title":{"rendered":"L.A. County chief executive got $2 million settlement, records say"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Fesia Davenport, L.A. County\u2019s chief executive officer,  received a $2 million settlement this summer due to professional fallout from Measure G, a voter-approved ballot measure that will soon make her job obsolete, according to a letter she wrote to the county\u2019s top lawyer.<\/p>\n<p>Davenport wrote in the July 8 letter, which was released through a public record request Tuesday, that she had been seeking $2 million for \u201creputational harm, embarrassment, and physical, emotional and mental distress caused by the Measure G.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeasure G is an unprecedented event, and has had, and will continue to have, an unprecedented impact on my professional reputation, health, career, income, and retirement,\u201d Davenport wrote to County Counsel Dawyn Harrison. \u201cMy hope is that after setting aside the amount of my ask, that there can be a true focus on what the real issues are here &#8211; measure G has irrevocably changed my life, my professional career, economic outlook, and plans for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The existence of the $2 million settlement, finalized in mid-August, was first <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/laist.com\/news\/politics\/county-settlement-ceo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">reported<\/a> Tuesday by the LAist. It was unclear what the settlement was for. <\/p>\n<p>Davenport began a medical leave last week. She told staff she expects to be back early next year.<\/p>\n<p>Supervisors Lindsey Horvath and Janice Hahn first announced Measure G in July <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2024-07-03\/should-l-a-county-expand-to-nine-supervisors-voters-may-decide-in-november\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2024<\/a>, branding it as a long overdue overhaul to the county\u2019s sluggish bureaucracy. Under the charter amendment, which voters approved this November, the number of supervisors increased to nine and the county chief executive, who manages the county government and oversees its budget, will be now be elected by voters instead of appointed by the board starting in 2028.<\/p>\n<p>In August 2024, a few weeks after the announcement, Davenport wrote a letter to Horvath saying the measure had impugned her \u201cprofessional reputation\u201d and would end her career at least two years earlier than she expected, according to another letter released through a public records request.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis has been a tough six weeks for me,\u201d Davenport wrote in her letter. \u201cIt has created uncomfortable, awkward interactions between me and my CEO team (they are concerned), me and other departments heads (they are apologetic), and even County outsiders (they think I am being fired).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This story will be updated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fesia Davenport, L.A. 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