Today is officially the last day as a county employee for L.A. County CEO Fesia Davenport, who has been on medical leave for the past six months and received a controversial $2 million taxpayer payout that LAist brought to light last fall.

Davenport announced her planned departure last month, citing health concerns. While on leave, she has faced criticism from the public and county employees over the payout, as well as a lawsuit alleging it was an illegal gift that must be reversed. The payout was labeled “confidential” and kept secret from the public until LAist unearthed it two months later, even though state law requires settlement agreements to be public.

<p>Today is officially the last day as a county employee for L.A. County CEO Fesia Davenport, who has been on medical leave for the past six months and received a controversial $2 million taxpayer payout that LAist brought to light last fall.</p>
<p>Davenport announced her planned departure last month, citing health concerns. While on leave, she has&nbsp;<a href="https://laist.com/news/politics/la-county-workers-ceo-payout" data-cms-ai="0">faced criticism from the public and county employees</a>&nbsp;over the payout, as well as&nbsp;<a href="https://laist.com/news/lawsuit-la-county-ceo-settlement" data-cms-ai="0">a lawsuit alleging it was an illegal gift that must be reversed</a>. The payout was labeled &ldquo;confidential&rdquo; and kept secret from the public until&nbsp;<a href="https://laist.com/news/politics/county-settlement-ceo" data-cms-ai="0">LAist unearthed it two months later</a>, even though&nbsp;<a href="https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=54957.1.&amp;lawCode=GOV#:~:text=(A)%C2%A0If%20the,of%20the%20agreement." data-cms-ai="0">state law requires</a>&nbsp;settlement agreements to be public.</p>