HASC is a founding member of the LA Coalition to Protect Public Health and Safety. This coalition is opposed to a ballot measure that seeks to create a new public health department that is separate from LA County Public Health.

Other members of this coalition include LA Area Chamber of Commerce, VICA and SEIU 721. The coalition launched its website, http://www.protectla.org/, to the public last week. The primary objective of this site is to increase public awareness as well as lay the foundation for generating additional opposition to the measure.

This measure will appear on the 2014 Primary Election. It will not affect the cities of Long Beach, Pasadena or Vernon which operate their own public health department.

Passage of the proposed initiative would drastically alter the scope of public health services provided by the County for the city and the county, and would result in significant loss of revenue, jobs and workload for the County. The fiscal impact could necessitate the closure of public health clinics, along with reductions in clinical care and prevention services provided for communicable diseases and health promotion.

Contact: Jaime Garcia
(213) 538-0702, jgarcia@hasc.org