To the editor: Complaining about Los Angeles County’s finances, whereas being accountable for it, reveals a critical contradiction (“Looming raises for L.A. County staff might value $2 billion, CEO says,” June 24). The L.A. County supervisors and Chief Government Fesia Davenport need us to imagine that honest pay is a burden on the general public’s assets. It’s not.
The Division of Public Social Companies, for instance, ensures county residents obtain meals stamps, Medi-Cal, housing, job help and important care. These companies hold households steady and communities afloat. Does the board actually assume now’s the time to undermine L.A. County’s security internet?
The board’s actions do greater than dismiss the work of 55,000 county staff represented by SEIU 721. They successfully echo the Trump administration’s efforts to defund public welfare methods that tens of millions depend on.
County employees belong to the identical neighborhood and citizens that put the board in workplace. The board can’t declare to serve the county whereas turning its again on those that serve and dwell in it. Denying employees a good settlement isn’t extra fiscally accountable — it’s a failure of obligation to Angelenos on a number of ranges.
Christine Truong, West Covina
