Los Angeles County CEO Sachi Hamai joins Larry Mantle for a conversation about the impacts of the COVID-19 emergency on the recommended L.A. County Budget for 2020-2021.

As revenue declines and costs rise as a result of the novel coronavirus, what will be the impact on L.A. County’s public health, safety, transportation and infrastructure programs? How extensive will the changes be to the county’s $35.5 billion spending plan, written before COVID-19 became a global pandemic?

Topics include:

• Dipping into the rainy day fund to cover the $1.3 billion shortfall for the current fiscal year, primarily due to a drop in sales tax revenue, and what budget revisions might come in June

• Possible cuts to social services, mental health and/or housing programs

• What the county’s current financial outlook means for priorities like child protection and criminal justice reform

• How homeless services will be impacted with Measure H bringing in less revenue

• Whether the affordable housing trust fund will face cuts

• The additional power she was granted to coordinate the county’s emergency operations when the Board of Supervisors removed Sheriff Alex Villanueva as the head of emergency operations

• Whether layoffs are on the horizon for L.A. County

Guest:

Sachi Hamai, chief executive officer of Los Angeles County; tweets at