Kathy Ochoa

General Manager of SEIU Local 660

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General Manager of Local 660 of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU)

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The  King/Drew Medical Center  was opened by LA County after the Watts Riots of 1965, to provide much-needed medical care in South Central Los Angeles.  But King/Drew has been plagued…

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