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St John's Well Child and Family Center
President and CEO of the St John's Well Child and Family Center; former chair of the Board at the Community Clinic Association of Los Angeles County
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Jim Mangia
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FROM Jim Mangia
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Fearing deportation, undocumented immigrants choose to go without health care Health clinics that serve undocumented immigrants report that fewer patients are making appointments. Doctors say people worry that revealing personal information could tip off immigration officials and lead to deportation. But by skipping regular care, some patients could be taking major medical risks.
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St. John’s Child and Wellness Center Ups Minimum Wage to $15 California's minimum wage is scheduled to increase from $8 an hour to $9 next July and to $10 in 2016. The St. John's Well Child and Family Center in Central and South Los Angeles and Compton is getting a jump on that schedule with a boost to $15 an hour. Jim Mangia is President and CEO.
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A Progress Report on Obamacare in California California's version of the Affordable Care Act is going better than many others, but that doesn't mean there aren't problems. Covered California's own Facebook page received comments including "still on hold going on 40 minutes," and "such a gift horse to the insurance companies." We hear about website glitches and delays in providing guides for insurance exchanges as well as success in expanding coverage for the poor.
Which Way, L.A.?
California's New Way of Not Doing Business Property values are going down all over California. In Silicon Valley, where high-tech billionaires live, they've dropped for the first time since the Great Depression. Tax assessors are lowering rates, and that means the state and the counties will be getting less money.
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Terrorism and tweets, hate speech and murder Just days before an election, Britain is coping with a rash of deadly terrorism, and Prime Minister Theresa May is on the defensive. And again today, President Trump has tweeted criticism of the Mayor of London. Later, a double murder in Portland, Oregon has revealed the ugly past of a supposedly “progressive” city. One immediate question: is “hate speech” protected by the First Amendment?
Left, Right & Center
President Trump: US to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord Trump says he was elected to serve Pittsburgh, not Paris.