Los Angeles County To Pay $400K To End Legal Battle With Grace Community Church In Sun Valley

By CBSLA Staff, CBS Los Angeles:

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Los Angeles County and the state of California will pay hundreds of thousands to settle a lawsuit with a Sun Valley church that repeatedly defied health restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Los Angeles County has already spent more than $950,000 in attorney’s fees and other costs in the legal battle against Grace Community Church, according to a summary provided to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. The board voted Tuesday to pay its half of a $800,000 settlement reached with the Sun Valley church, with the other half to be paid by the state.

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