Los Angeles County residents have a place to turn for help when making their Medicare choices during Medicare Open Enrollment, which runs Oct. 15 to Dec. 7, 2023. Center for Health Care Rights is the official provider of free Medicare health insurance education, counseling, informal advocacy, and legal services for Los Angeles County residents.
Amid acute staffing shortages made worse by Covid advocates for older adults say more needs to be done to protect the rights of residents in California’s long-term care facilities. Do residents of long-term care facilities have rights? The question gained new urgency for elder care advocates in the wake of the Covid pandemic, which led to prolonged quarantines and isolation for residents amidst soaring infection and fatality rates. Today, advocates worry residents’ basic rights — from proper health care to voting and even when and what to eat — are not being met amid acute staffing shortages. “Every individual has
Last week, the U.S. Census Bureau held a press conference to announce its first local level findings from the 2020 data collection cycle.
Los Angeles County residents are being asked for input on their parks and recreation needs in a series of virtual workshops and online surveys conducted over the next month, officials said today.
The Los Angeles County Development Authority announced today it has been awarded a $9.9 million grant that will go toward sound insulation improvements for residents affected by noise from nearby Los Angeles International Airport.
More than 100 residents came out on July 12 to Trinity Recreation Center for a community forum, hosted by Councilmember Curren Price and the South Central Neighborhood Council, regarding the LAPD Bomb Squad truck explosion that occurred at 27th and San Pedro streets.
A team of UCLA researchers today announced a predictive model to help guide public health officials on which neighborhoods in Los Angeles County should be prioritized for vaccine distribution based on residents’ risks of COVID-19.
Stay Housed L.A. County is a partnership between the county of Los Angeles, legal aid groups and community-based organizations to provide emergency support to tenants in need.
There is a need for all residents to come together. There is no room for lack of support when multiple livelihoods are looking at the bottom of their barrel. All public officials took a united front and supported the message of compassion to spread across Los Angeles.
Assemblymember Sebastian Ridley-Thomas introduced legislation that would expand the current definition of a “state of emergency” to now include homelessness. With the expanded definition, the proposed bill, AB 220, would allow the state to provide more resources toward fighting homelessness. “The rapid growth of individuals living without housing has accelerated dramatically and is threatening California’s economic stability,” said Ridley-Thomas. “Communities statewide have erroneously been forced to deal with the burden of a homeless crisis on their own, which endangers the health and safety of tens of thousands of residents, including men, women, youth, and seniors. It’s time for the State
Assemblywoman Autumn Burke will host a one-day “Replace Your Ride” event in Inglewood
Stepping up their campaign to bring NFL football to Carson, city officials and other supporters rallied last week in front of the proposed site of a stadium that could house the San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders, saying there’s regional support for the effort. Officials also unveiled a large banner reading “Future Home of Professional Football” and renamed a street “Stadium Way” at the location near the San Diego (405) Freeway and Del Amo Boulevard. “As people drive down the freeway or drive down the roads, they no longer have to wonder where football is going to be played,” Carson
As she drops off her 4-year-old son at a Chicago daycare to head for a job she loves, Stacy Rutledge wonders how she’ll keep doing it once she loses her state-subsidized child care.