LA County warns of up to $1.5 billion in federal cuts, outlines possible service and staffing impacts

County Chief Executive Officer Fisha Davenport told the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Aug. 5 that the county is preparing for major federal funding impacts and a prolonged period of uncertainty, and urged departments and residents to plan for reductions in services and staff reshaping. “I want to emphasize once again that this is very much a work in progress,” Davenport said during a presentation that the board requested to keep the public informed.

The presentation estimated about $714 million in identified impacts through fiscal year 2026–27 and additional coming federal cuts that could push a rough total to more than $1.5 billion. Davenport said county departments are still refining numbers and that the county will likely know more in September when the Department of Health Services delivers its annual fiscal forecast. “We will need to live with some level of uncertainty, even while planning for service reductions and cuts,” she said.

Why it matters: The largest dollar impacts are concentrated in health…