LA County announces mammoth $4 billion tentative settlement covering 6,800 sexual abuse claims

Los Angeles County announced it has reached a $4 billion tentative settlement covering more than 6,800 sexual abuse claims, some dating as far back as the 1950s, according to a statement from the county released Friday morning.
The settlement would be the most expensive in county history and will impact budgets for years if not decades, to come, the statement said.
The mammoth settlement can proceed after approval by the the Board of Supervisors and the L.A. County Claims Board.
The agreement wo