{"id":11397,"date":"2025-04-05T08:10:54","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T15:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/?p=11397"},"modified":"2025-04-05T08:10:54","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T15:10:54","slug":"la-county-agrees-to-pay-4-billion-to-settle-thousands-of-foster-care-sexual-abuse-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/2025\/04\/05\/la-county-agrees-to-pay-4-billion-to-settle-thousands-of-foster-care-sexual-abuse-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"LA County Agrees to Pay $4 Billion to Settle Thousands of Foster Care Sexual Abuse Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This is decades of corruption coming home to roost, and L.A. taxpayers get to foot the bill. You should flee any blue cities or states while you can, as it&#8217;s only going to get worse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/government\/courts-law\/la-county-agrees-pay-4-billion-settle-thousands-foster-care-sexual-abuse\">https:\/\/justthenews.com\/government\/courts-law\/la-count<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/government\/courts-law\/la-county-agrees-pay-4-billion-settle-thousands-foster-care-sexual-abuse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">y<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/government\/courts-law\/la-county-agrees-pay-4-billion-settle-thousands-foster-care-sexual-abuse\">-agrees-pay-4-billion-settle-thousands-foster-care-sexual-abuse<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-divider ub_divider ub-divider-orientation-horizontal\" id=\"ub_divider_8d8219b8-5c1a-4388-8258-8de2604bc78e\"><div class=\"ub_divider_wrapper\" style=\"position: relative; margin-bottom: 2px; width: 100%; height: 2px; \" data-divider-alignment=\"center\"><div class=\"ub_divider_line\" style=\"border-top: 2px solid #ccc; margin-top: 2px; \"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The payout is expected to impact more than 6,800 people with cases stemming as far back as 1959. Most of the cases occurred in the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s, and a significant number took place at the MacLaren Children\u2019s Center.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>By Misty Severi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Los Angeles County on Friday agreed to pay a whopping $4 billion to settle more than 6,800 sexual abuse claims brought by generations of children in the county&#8217;s juvenile detention and foster care systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Attorneys claim that the settlements, which still need to be approved by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and the county\u2019s claims board, will amount to the largest payout of its kind in American history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The payout is expected to impact more than 6,800 people with cases stemming as far back as 1959, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/04\/us\/los-angeles-county-plans-to-pay-4-billion-to-settle-sex-abuse-claims.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare\">according to the <em>New York Times<\/em><\/a>. Most of the cases occurred in the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s, and a significant number took place at the MacLaren Children\u2019s Center in El Monte, California, which has since been shut down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOn behalf of the county, I apologize wholeheartedly to everyone who was harmed by these reprehensible acts,\u201d LA County CEO Fesia Davenport said in a statement. \u201cThe historic scope of this settlement makes clear that we are committed to helping the survivors recover and rebuild their lives \u2014 and to making and enforcing the systemic changes needed to keep young people safe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The unprecedented settlement stems from a temporary California law in 2019 that widened the ability for public institutions to be sued for sexual abuse that were allegedly committed by employees and widened the window for victims to sue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The biggest payout for sexual abuse claims so far is the $2.4 billion that was paid to victims who sued the Boy Scouts of America, which was paid out to more than 80,000 victims.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is decades of corruption coming home to roost, and L.A. taxpayers get to foot the bill. You should flee any blue cities or states while you can, as it&#8217;s only going to get worse. https:\/\/justthenews.com\/government\/courts-law\/la-county-agrees-pay-4-billion-settle-thousands-foster-care-sexual-abuse The payout is expected to impact more than 6,800 people with cases stemming as far back as 1959. 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