Finding F5.1
The City EMD’s and County OEM’s responsibilities are not well understood by some elected officials, making it difficult for these departments to secure adequate funding and staffing.
Jury report: Emergency Management Preparedness for the City and County of Los Angeles · PDF page 231
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Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors (consolidated County departmental response)
County partially disagrees within County operations, citing 44 positions approved for FY 2026–2027 and 39 additional positions planned across FYs 2027–2028 and 2028–2029, with budget increases. It does not directly address elected officials' understanding or its alleged effect on resources.
Read official response · PDF page 44Explicit County-only partial disagreement supplies a fiscal-year-specific budget basis, but does not adequately map disagreement or reasons to the understanding-and-funding causal claim. Resource changes provide relevant but incomplete reasoning. Report physical PDF page(s) 231; County response physical PDF page(s) 44. Claims remain attributed; adoption date is not a filing or receipt date.
This review evaluates the response document. Implementation claims have not been independently verified.