http://zev.lacounty.gov Los Angeles County Supervisor, 3rd District Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:13:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en No one will feel the impact more keenly of the deal between Los Angeles County and the University of California than the patients of Martin Luther King Jr. hospital. Patients and family members interviewed there Thursday shared high hopes that the partnership to operate the 40-year-old hospital complex in Watts ... http://zev.lacounty.gov/news/health/taking-the-temperature-at-mlk More than three decades ago, in my mid-20s, I took my first oath of office as a member of the Los Angeles City Council. Today, I’m 60, and one of our county’s longest-serving elected officials. I’d like to think that constituents have given me the privilege of serving them on ... http://zev.lacounty.gov/blog/welcome-to-my-new-website The University of California regents voted today to join forces with Los Angeles County to create a new hospital at the site of Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor Medical Center—a signal of hope, innovation and commitment rising from one of the nation's most distressing health care failures. The unanimous vote, which ... http://zev.lacounty.gov/news/health/mlk-hospital-like-a-phoenix-rising As they walked up the hill overlooking the ocean, the Topanga couple only wanted to test the ham radios they’d been trained to use in a disaster. Instead, Karl Tso and Deborah Ava ran into a real-life emergency on Catalina. Their quick work one night late last month helped save the ... http://zev.lacounty.gov/news/public-safety/rescue-on-the-rocks-of-catalina After months of negotiations, the plan to create a thoroughly transformed hospital on the site of the former Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center comes down to nine people: the members of the University of California Board of Regents’ committee on health services. The deal that UC Senior Vice President ... http://zev.lacounty.gov/news/health/regents%e2%80%99-landmark-mlk-hospital-vote-expected-thursday Urban hikers, take note: The Great Los Angeles Walk 2009 is fast approaching, and anyone interested in taking part in the cross-town odyssey (this year’s route runs from the Shrine Auditorium downtown to Venice, by way of some West Adams district architectural sightseeing) should block out about eight hours on ... http://zev.lacounty.gov/news/transportation/let%e2%80%99s-take-a-great-walk As members of the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday detailed a litany of concerns about the rollout of the county’s H1N1 vaccination program, public health officials announced steps they are taking to address the problems, including establishing more large regional clinics, making lines move faster by screening patients earlier and ... http://zev.lacounty.gov/news/health/confronting-h1n1-rollout-concerns The leggy young thing seemed a bit nervous, even though she looked great—impeccably groomed, hot pink bandana around her neck. She was accompanied by a couple of handlers to stage-manage every step of her debut performance. She shook ever so slightly as she waited for a photographer in the VIP ... http://zev.lacounty.gov/news/inside-county-government/giving-new-meaning-to-pet-projects-in-government Responding to complaints about the high cost of telephone service in Los Angeles County jails, the Board of Supervisors has moved to open up bidding on the multi-million dollar jail phone contract in an effort to lower the cost of calls while still providing key funding for jail programs. The jail ... http://zev.lacounty.gov/news/public-safety/jail-phone-contract-numbers-please It's safe to say that thermometers are not a typical part of dorm welcome kits for incoming UCLA students. But they are this year. It’s just one way that H1N1, known on the street as the swine flu, is changing the flu season conversation for a whole generation of young adults ... http://zev.lacounty.gov/news/health/h1n1-vs-%e2%80%9cthe-invincibles%e2%80%9d