LA County Board

20. Improving Transparency in Legal Settlements by Creating a Public-Facing Dashboard and Updating Board Agendas Recommendation as submitted by Supervisor Horvath: Instruct the Auditor-Controller, in collaboration with County Counsel, to create a public-facing information dashboard for settlements between the County and County executives, as defined in California Government Code Section 3511.1, subdivision (d), that displays the settling party’s name, settlement amount, and Claims Board or Board of Supervisors approval dates. The dashboard should also provide a link to each settlement agreement after it is posted on the Executive Officer Statement of Proceedings website, so the public can easily access settlements in a single online location. Going forward, for cases where the Board, in closed session, voted to give authority to enter into a settlement or settlement negotiations, once the settlement is finalized, instruct the Executive Officer of the Board to describe the item in the agenda for the next regular Board meeting in a way that reports the date when the settlement authority was authorized, the party or case name as appropriate, the final settlement amount, and the result of the vote approving the settlement. (26-1586) Motion by Supervisor Horvath (Updates Following Cluster)