Editorial: Board of Supervisors' silent sign-off on $25-million payout fails accountability test
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The Board of Supervisors is the guardian of Los Angeles County’s budget and has oversight over county policies and actions. So it is disappointing, to say the least, that the supervisors asked no questions and engaged in no discussion last week when they signed off on a $25-million settlement for Isaias Cervantes, a Cudahy man who was shot in his home by sheriff’s deputies on March 31, 2021. They were responding to a 911 call by Cervantes’ sister, who advised the dispatcher of her brother’s...

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