Funding to Staff Emergency and Community Response
#LACountyCARES
L.A. County’s workforce—more than 110,000 strong—is rising to the challenge of bringing safety net services to our 10 million residents during the pandemic. Whether serving as disaster service workers, providing life-saving health care, or delivering other kinds of essential services, L.A. County employees are mobilizing to meet the moment. Meet some of those serving behind the scenes or on the front lines in the short videos below.
Total allocation: $150 million
COVID-19: Responding to the Pandemic
From Project Roomkey to contact tracing, L.A. County employees are on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic
Patrick O’Conner, Health Services
Keishania Richardson, Animal Care & Control
Patrisha Taylor, Children & Family Services
Karen Gonzalez, Library
Michael Contreras, Public Health
Michael Peterson, Library
Leticia Gonzales, Public Health
Jaquel Porter, Project Roomkey
Esveida Refugio, Health Services