Vice President of Governmental Affairs, Community Clinic Association of Los Angeles County
President and CEO of the Community Clinic Association of Los Angeles County, which provides health services to low-income and uninsured residents across the county
Will Prop 46 Opponents Thwart Doctor Drug Testing, Increased Cap on Negligence Suits? Should doctors have to take random drug tests? Should they have to make sure addicted patients can’t get too many prescriptions? Should the limit on damages for medical malpractice be raised for the first time in 39 years? Those are the three provisions of Proposition 46, the Patients Protection Act, on the November ballot.
The march toward a teachers strike sounds familiar Higher salaries, larger class sizes, more counselors, librarians and nurses. Those are just some of the demands that members of United Teachers, Los Angeles - the union that represents teachers' at LAUSD - are asking for.
Who are the political players in the LA teachers strike? Thousands of LA public school teachers are going to be back out on the picket lines for a second day. They walked off the job Monday after failing to reach a contract agreement with the LA Unified School District, despite months of negotiations.
What are charter schools? LAUSD teachers were picket lines for a second day Tuesday. And this morning the teachers union organized a march to the California Charter Schools Association office downtown, to draw attention to their criticisms of local charter schools. But what are charter schools anyway?