As a C-suite executive faced with an impending layoff because of an organizational restructuring, what do you do? Why, that all-American thing, of course: You sue.

Or, if you’re a government employee, the equivalent: You make an internal claim, seeking a cash settlement.

And if you’re current Los Angeles County Chief Executive Officer Fesia Davenport, you walk away with a cool $2 million at the taxpayers’ expense, a payout that was confidential until Pasadena public radio station LAist uncovered it in obscure language in county documents from a July 29 closed session in which the county Board of Supervisors approved a settlement agreement that was never reported to the public.

Davenport already cashed the check in August to compensate her for damages she claimed occurred in the campaign

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