LAWT News Service

Councilmember Curren Price Seeks to Make Juneteenth a City Holiday

LAWT News ServiceJuly 31, 2020

LA City Councilmember Curren Price today introduced a motion that would move to establish Juneteenth, the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States dating back to June 19, 1865, as a legal City holiday. 

Bill to Improve Dialysis Patient Care Passes California Assembly Health Committee 66,000 Patients Would Benefit From Longer Recovery Time

Sentinel News ServiceJune 29, 2017

Dialysis workers have reported situations where they must monitor and care for 10 or more patients at the same time for hours on end, raising concerns when multiple patients are at risk of falling blood pressure, fainting, having some other complication or just needing to use the restroom.