LOS ANGELES — Returning to some form of economic normalcy may come with a big price tag for Los Angeles County, as leaders representing hospitals, the arts, nonprofits, labor and faith-based organizations looked to the Board of Supervisors June 16 to help source personal protective gear, expand COVID-19 testing and implement a host of other safety measures.

Members of the Los Angeles County Economic Resiliency Task Force asked the board to consider opening COVID-19 testing sites at churches and in workplaces and providing both coordination and subsidies for buying masks and other safety equipment as the region moves into the next phase of reopening.

Detailed reports from each sector included a wide range of recommendations and some warnings, as task force members called for the county to reimagine what might be accomplished post-pandemic.

Rob Nothoff, policy director of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, told the task force that is was imperative that even asymptomatic workers be tested before going back on the job.

Among other recommendations, Dang called on the board to fully fund county arts grants this year and expand an arts internship program, as well as approving a long-discussed 1% fee on real estate development to fund arts programs.