These are the developments that changed something material: a case’s posture, a claimant’s options, or a deadline. Figures are as reported on the dates shown and are not restated retroactively; where a number later changed, the newer entry says so.
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 on October 28, 2025, to settle about 414 more AB 218 claims for up to $828 million, paid over three fiscal years. With the April 2025 settlement, the two total up to about $4.83 billion.
On May 13, 2025, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors adopted a plan to pay the $4 billion settlement over five fiscal years beginning in 2025-26, and authorized bonds to fund it. In September 2026 the County said it could fund the second year's $1.2 billion without issuing those bonds.
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a $4 billion settlement on April 29, 2025, resolving about 6,800 AB 218 claims of sexual abuse in County facilities and programs dating back to 1959. The County later called its AB 218 settlements, $4.8 billion together, the largest such settlement in American history.
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