The Los Angeles Board of Supervisors unanimously approved an $828 million settlement for childhood sexual abuse victims, six months after paying $4 billion to settle a similar case.

The settlements stem from allegations that staff at county juvenile and foster care facilities sexually abused thousands of children, with some cases dating back to 1959. More than 11,000 victims were involved in both settlements, with the majority of claims happening in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s.

Attorneys were able to file the claims decades after the alleged abuse following the implementation of Assembly Bill 218, which gave victims of childhood sexual abuse an increased amount of time to sue their abusers, even after the statute of limitations had expired.

In April, Patrick McNicholas, one of the atto

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