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Board demands greater transparency and quarterly reporting for CareFirst community investments
Summary
The board approved a motion to require quarterly written reports, prioritization rules for reallocating unspent CareFirst (CFCI) funds and to give the advisory committee a stronger role in recommending reallocation of unspent dollars after public concerns about hundreds of millions left unspent.
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved a motion by Supervisor Holly Mitchell to increase transparency, reporting and prioritization for CareFirst Community Investment (CFCI) funds, a county program to shift resources to community‑based alternatives to incarceration.
Mitchell said the advisory committee and community groups flagged more than $325 million in CFCI funds that went unspent over multiple years; department practices, contracting delays, staffing and federal funding timing all…
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