Los Angeles Countya s $26.9B budget adds jobs for social workers, sheriffa s deputies, nurses

Los Angeles County budget officials Monday released a proposed $26.9-billion budget for 2015-16 that would fund about 1,300 additional positions - mostly social workers, sheriff's deputies and nurses - aimed to reduce case loads for social workers in the child welfare system, continue reforms for mentally ill inmates and increase access to health care. “This budget is not about recovery any longer, but it's more about reform in the county,” interim CEO Sachi A. Hamai said at a news conference at the Hall of Administration, the first step in a months-long budget process.



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