This is the second massive payout the Alameda County Board of Supervisors has publicly issued in the last three months. The money will be paid to Sylvia Johnson, the grandmother of Sophia Mason of Hayward, who died in 2022. Following her death, Sophia's family filed lawsuits against Alameda County for gross negligence, prompting independent investigations into the county's social services department. Sophia's mother, boyfriendSamantha Johnson, of Hayward, is being held on suspicion of murder of her 8-year-old daughter Sophia Mason in Merced County. This is the second massive payout the Alameda County Board of Supervisors has publicly issued in the last three months.