LOS ANGELES—The Board of Supervisors held its first public hearing May 19 on Los Angeles County’s $36.2 billion recommended budget for fiscal year 2021-22—a plan that emphasizes spending to expand safety-net services, support economic recovery and address racial and other inequities. County chief executive Fesia Davenport updated the board during a session that in other years has drawn hundreds of union members and advocates for a wide range of county programs and initiatives, all fighting to shape the budget and get their share, but this year was held virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic. The public comment period lasted an hour and people were given two minutes to address the board. Davenport framed this budget as pivotal for the county, saying it has the opportunity for “once-in-a-generation transformative change,” based in part on new levels of federal and state funding. “We are positioned like never before to comprehensively address so …