What changed
The Board approved the settlement of Jane Doe 1 v. County of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 21STCV20949, and about 6,800 related matters, for $4 billion plus administrative costs. The vote was 4-0, with one supervisor absent. The County had announced the tentative agreement on April 4, 2025.
Most of the claims are against the Probation Department and the Department of Children and Family Services; a small number name other departments, including Parks and Recreation, Health Services, the Sheriff and Fire. They were brought under AB 218, the 2019 California law that revived childhood sexual abuse claims.
Plaintiffs’ lawyers put the number of victims at more than 7,000, and the County later said claimants under the settlement had grown past 11,000.
What it means
The settlement resolves claims against the County as a whole. What any one survivor receives is decided within the settlement’s own process.
The County’s Chief Executive Officer has called the County’s AB 218 settlements, $4.8 billion together, “the largest such settlement in American history” (FY 2026-27 Recommended Budget).
Status, deadlines and the full update log.
Status, deadlines and the full update log.
- Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, Statement of Proceedings, April 29, 2025, Item 11 Accurate as of April 29, 2025.
- Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, Item 11 agenda document (April 29, 2025) Accurate as of April 29, 2025.
- California AB 218 (2019), Stats. 2019, ch. 861
- County of Los Angeles, "LA County reaches $4 billion tentative settlement" (April 4, 2025) Accurate as of April 4, 2025.
- County of Los Angeles, announcement of tentative settlement of additional AB 218 cases (October 17, 2025): claimants under the first settlement past 11,000 Accurate as of October 17, 2025.
- Los Angeles County CEO, FY 2026-27 Recommended Budget transmittal (April 14, 2026) Accurate as of April 14, 2026.
