[2004][2005][2006][2007][2008][2009][2010][2011][2012][2013][2014] were compared for California in the aggregate and for LA specifically.The number of new cases opened by APS every month has steadily increased over the last decade, rising from 96,661 to 121,020 (+25.2%) in California and from 24,787 to 31,084 (+25.4%) in LA.The LA case load data were paired with budgetary data for LA's APS system in order to calculate the average cost per case.Over the same period, the inflation-adjusted cost fell from roughly $1,070 to $810 (-24.4%),largely due to case loads rising faster than budgets.An analysis of six cases with high recurrence rates revealed that time spent on recurrent cases was starkly different than cases without recurrence.APS cases are costly, and recurrence can increase system costs.By working to better target resources to those cases likely to recur, APS can potentially reduce costs and improve efficiency.