Los Angeles City Health Commission
Regular MeetingLos Angeles, CA · August 8, 2022
Agenda
LOS ANGELES CITY HEALTH COMMISSION MEETING REVISED AGENDA
Monday, August 8, 2022
ROOM 340, CITY HALL - 6:00 PM
200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012
HOWARD C. MANDEL, M.D., FACOG, PRESIDENT (CD
MEMBERS:
5)
MATT GRIMMIG, 1ST VICE-PRESIDENT (CD 4)
SHAMIKA OSSEY, R.N., B.S.N., 2ND VICE-PRESIDENT
(CD 15)
J. LORRAINE ESTRADAS, R.N. B.S.N., M.P.H. (CD 1)
JOHN HISSERICH, M.P.H., Dr.PH. (CD 2)
MICHAEL SIROTA (CD 3)
TRAVIS CHAPA, Ph.D. (CD 6)
VACANT (CD 7)
NOMSA KHALFANI, M.A., Ph.D. (CD 8)
IRMA AVILA, C.N.A. (CD 9)
VACANT (CD 10)
RON C. KATO, M.B.A. (CD 11)
BEN PAK, B.A. (CD 12)
STEPHANIE LEMUS, M.A., Ph.D. (CD 13)
SUSIE SHANNON (CD 14)
LAUREN YEN, SARA KHOSHNIYATI, MARVIN
RESEARCH ASSOCIATES:
CHOWDHURY, CLARE WILLIAMS
(Rita Moreno - Legislative Assistant - (213) 978-1074 or rita.moreno@lacity.org)
Pursuant to Assembly Bill 361, and due to concerns over COVID-19, this Los Angeles City Council
committee meeting will take all public comment by teleconference.
The audio for this meeting is broadcast live on the internet at https://clerk.lacity.org/calendar. The
live audio can also be heard at: (213) 621-CITY (Metro), (818) 904-9450 (Valley), (310) 471-CITY
(Westside) and (310) 547-CITY (San Pedro Area).
Members of the public who would like to offer public comment on the items listed on the agenda
should call 1 669 254 5252 and use Meeting ID No. 161 909 7326 and then press #. Press # again
when prompted for participant ID. Once admitted into the meeting, press *9 to request to speak.
Requests for reasonable modification or accommodation from individuals with disabilities,
consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act can be made by contacting the City Clerk's
Office at (213) 978-1133. For Telecommunication Relay Services for the hearing impaired, please
see the information located at the end of this agenda.
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ARRIBA COMO "LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT," POR LO MENOS 72 HORAS CON ANTICIPO.
Note: For information regarding the Committee and its operations, please contact the Committee
Legislative Assistant at the phone number and/or email address listed above. The Legislative
Assistant may answer questions and provide materials and notice of matters scheduled before the
City Council. Sign Language Interpreters, Communication Access Real-Time Transcription (CART),
Assistive Listening Devices, or other auxiliary aids and/or services may be provided upon request.
To ensure availability, you are advised to make your request at least 72 hours prior to the
meeting/event you wish to attend. Due to difficulties in securing Sign Language Interpreters, five or
more business days notice is strongly recommended. For additional information, please contact the
Legislative Assistant listed above.
Notice to Paid Representatives: If you are compensated to monitor, attend, or speak at this
meeting, City law may require you to register as a lobbyist and report your activity. See Los
Angeles Municipal Code 48.01 et seq. More information is available at ethics.lacity.org/lobbying.
For assistance, please contact the Ethics Commission at (213) 978-1960 or
ethics.commission@lacity.org.
Roll Call
Approval of the Minutes
(1) Approval of the Minutes from the July 11, 2022, Regular Meeting
Neighborhood Council Comments (pursuant to Ordinance No. 184243)
Neighborhood Council representatives will be afforded an opportunity to provide the Commission
with its formal position on any matter listed on the agenda, provided it has been filed with the City
Clerk in the form of a Community Impact Statement or written Resolution.
Public Comment
Comments by the public on agenda items and on all other matters within the subject matter
jurisdiction of the Commission will be heard during the "Public Comments" period of the meeting.
Members of the public who wish to speak on Agendized items shall be allowed to speak for up to
two minutes per item, and one minute on Non-Agendized items, up to a total of five minutes per
meeting. Given the logistical limitations of interconnecting two independent virtual meeting
spaces, once every member of the public has been given the opportunity to be heard, further
public comment will not be possible at this meeting.
Items(s)
(1) Findings to Continue Teleconference Meetings Pursuant to AB 361
Determination in accordance with AB 361 Section 3(e)(3) that, while
the state of emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as originally
proclaimed by the Governor on March 4, 2020, remains active and/or
state or local officials have imposed or recommended measures to
promote social distancing, this legislative body has reconsidered the
circumstances of the state of emergency and that the state of
emergency continues to directly impact the ability of the members to
meet safely in person and/or state or local officials continue to impose
or recommend measures to promote social distancing.
(2) Presentation by Dr. Anne Rimoin, PhD, MPH, FASTMH, Professor,
Department of Epidemiology, Gordon-Levin Endowed Chair in
Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Director, UCLA Center for
Global and Immigrant Health, Director, UCLA-DRC Health Research
and Training Program, UCLA Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of
Public Health, on the Monkeypox virus.
(3) Presentation by Marina Zharovonkova, Senior Fellow at the Center for
American Progress, on factors behind the nursing shortage in America,
how COVID-19 has exacerbated the situation, and how higher
education institutions can ameliorate the crisis.
(4) Items for Future Discussion
Adjournment
Roll Call
Approval of the Minutes
Neighborhood Council Comments (pursuant to Ordinance No. 184243)
Neighborhood Council representatives will be afforded an opportunity to provide the Commission
with its formal position on any matter listed on the agenda, provided it has been filed with the City
Clerk in the form of a Community Impact Statement or written Resolution.
Public Comment
Comments by the public on agenda items and on all other matters within the subject matter
jurisdiction of the Commission will be heard during the "Public Comments" period of the meeting.
Members of the public who wish to speak on Agendized items shall be allowed to speak for up to
two minutes per item, and one minute on Non-Agendized items, up to a total of five minutes per
meeting. Given the logistical limitations of interconnecting two independent virtual meeting
spaces, once every member of the public has been given the opportunity to be heard, further
public comment will not be possible at this meeting.
Items(s)
Adjournment
If you challenge this Committee's action(s) in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at
the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk at or prior to, the public hearing.
Any written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk before the City Council's final action on a matter will become a part of the
administrative record.
Materials relative to items on this agenda can be obtained from the Office of the City Clerk's Council File Management System, at
lacouncilfile.com by entering the Council File number listed immediately following the item number (e.g., 00-0000).
Telecommunication Relay Services
Telephone communication is one of the most important forms of communication in society today. Due to advancements in
technology, telephone devices have evolved with new services and capabilities. Individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing, and
individuals with a speech disability are following these trends and are rapidly migrating to more advanced telecommunications
methods, both for peer-to-peer and third-party telecommunications relay service (TRS) communications.
Telecommunications Relay Service is a telephone service that allows persons with hearing or speech disabilities to place and
receive telephone calls. TRS is available in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. territories for local and/or
long distance calls. TRS providers - generally telephone companies - are compensated for the costs of providing TRS from either a
state or a federal fund. There is no cost to the TRS user.
What forms of TRS are available?There are several forms of TRS, depending on the particular needs of the user and the equipment
available: TRS includes: Text to Voice TIY-Based TRS; Speech-to-Speech Relay Service; Shared Non-English Language Relay
Service; Captioned Telephone Relay Service; Internet Protocol Relay Service; and Video Relay Service. Please visit this site for
detail descriptions, https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs.
Don't hang up! Some people hang up on TRS calls because they think the CA is a telemarketer. If you hear, "Hello. This is the relay
service .. . " when you pick up the phone, please don't hang up! You are about to talk, through a TRS provider, to a person who is
deaf, hard-of-hearing, or has a speech disability.
For more information about FCC programs to promote access to telecommunications services for people with disabilities, visit
theFCC's Disability Rights Office website.