Los Angeles County supervisors on Monday unanimously approved a $30.1-billion budget for the fiscal year that begins Saturday. The 2017-18 budget reflects an increase of about $200 million over the current fiscal year, as well as the addition of nearly 900 jobs. The spending blueprint includes a slight increase for the In-Home Supportive Services program, which helps fund in-home care for the low-income elderly, blind and disabled. The 2017-18 budget is the first to be adopted by the current Board of Supervisors, which includes new members Kathryn Barger and Janice Hahn. Both introduced motions during the budget deliberations Monday, with Barger seeking more funding for the L.A. County High School for the Arts and Hahn moving to create a pilot mobile stroke treatment unit.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 27, 2017 00:56 UTC