Los Angeles City Health Commission — Los Angeles, CA
Date: 2023-04-10
Time: 18:00

PLEASE NOTE PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN IN­PERSON ONLY

 LOS ANGELES CITY HEALTH COMMISSION

 Monday, April 10, 2023

 ROOM 340, CITY HALL ­ 6:00 PM
 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

 MEMBERS: HOWARD C. MANDEL, M.D., FACOG, PRESIDENT (CD 5)
 MATT GRIMMIG, 1ST VICE­PRESIDENT (CD 4)
 SHAMIKA OSSEY, R.N., B.S.N., 2ND VICE­PRESIDENT (CD 15)
 VACANT (CD 1)
 JOHN HISSERICH, M.P.H, DR.PH. (CD 2)
 VACANT (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 CHOWDHURY,
 RESEARCH ASSOCIATES:
 CLARE WILLIAMS



 (Rita Moreno, Legislative Assistant (213) 978­1074 or rita.moreno@lacity.org)

The Commission meeting will be broadcast live on Cable Television Channel 35 and can be viewed live at lacityview.org/live,
on the internet at https://clerk.lacity.org/calendar, and on YouTube. The live audio for this meeting is available via
telephone at: (213) 621­CITY (Metro), (818) 904­9450 (Valley), (310) 471­CITY (Westside) and (310) 547­CITY (San Pedro
Area). If the live video or audio is unavailable via one of these channels, members of the public should try another channel.

The Commission will take public comment from members of the public in­person only; there will be no public comment by
teleconference. Additional information regarding Commission procedures provided at the end of this agenda.

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) 978­1133. For Telecommunication Relay Services
for the hearing impaired, please see the information located at the end of this agenda.

 SI REQUIERE TRADUCCION AL ESPANOL, COMUNIQUESE CON LA PERSONA INDICADA ARRIBA COMO
 “LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT” CON POR LO MENOS 72 HORAS DE ANTICIPO.

Sign Language Interpreters, Communication Access Real­Time 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
Area). If the live video or audio is unavailable via one of these channels, members of the public should try another channel.

The Commission will take public comment from members of the public in­person only; there will be no public comment by
teleconference. Additional information regarding Commission procedures provided at the end of this agenda.

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) 978­1133. For Telecommunication Relay Services
for the hearing impaired, please see the information located at the end of this agenda.

 SI REQUIERE TRADUCCION AL ESPANOL, COMUNIQUESE CON LA PERSONA INDICADA ARRIBA COMO
 “LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT” CON POR LO MENOS 72 HORAS DE ANTICIPO.

Sign Language Interpreters, Communication Access Real­Time 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.

Roll Call


Approval of the Minutes

 Approval of the Minutes for the February 13, 2023 and March 13, 2023 Regular
 Meetings.



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 Non­Agendized 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) Presentation by Paul Young, Senior Vice President, Public Policy and
 Reimbursement, and Adena Tessler, Los Angeles County Regional Vice
 President, of the Hospital Association of Southern California on
 the hospital bed capacity in the City of Los Angeles; and possible
 Commission action.



 (2) Items for Future Discussion




Adjournment
 President, of the Hospital Association of Southern California on
 the hospital bed capacity in the City of Los Angeles; and possible
 Commission action.



 (2) Items for Future Discussion




Adjournment

PUBLIC INPUT AT COMMISSION MEETINGS

Members of the public who wish to speak on one or multiple items shall have an opportunity to speak for a limited
amount of time per item, and up to a limited total amount of time for multiple agenda items. The Commission’s
chairperson or designee will announce at the meeting the time speakers are allowed per­item and the total time allowed
for multiple items. At regular meetings, members of the public shall also have an opportunity to speak up to one minute
for general public comment on any matter within the subject­matter jurisdiction of the Commission. The Commission is
not required to take general public comment at special meetings. The Commission may limit the total amount of time for
public comment on any specific agenda item, on all agenda­items collectively, and/or on general public comment, based
on the anticipated time required to hear from public speakers on any given or all agenda items, on the availability of
Commission members and the need to maintain quorum, and on any other relevant factor. The Commission shall not
discuss or take action relative to any general public comment except as explicitly permitted under the Brown Act.

SPECIAL ACCOMMODATION

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) 978­1133. For Telecommunications
Relay Service for the hearing impaired, please see the information below.

NOTICE TO PAID REPRESENTATIVES

If a member of the public is compensated to monitor, attend, or speak at this meeting, City law may require them to
register as a lobbyist and report this activity. More information can be found at Los Angeles Municipal Code 48.01 et
seq. or at ethics.lacity.org/lobbying. Further assistance can be found by contacting the Ethics Commission at (213) 978­
1960 or ethics.commission@lacity.org.

EXHAUSTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES

A member of the public seeking to challenge a City action in court may be limited to raising only those issues raised at
the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk prior to the public
hearing in time reasonably to be considered by the Commission members. 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.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY SERVICE (TRS) COMMUNICATIONS

Individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing, and individuals with a speech disability, may be able to avail themselves of
both for peer­to­peer and third­party 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
City Clerk before the City Council's final action on a matter will become a part of the administrative record.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY SERVICE (TRS) COMMUNICATIONS

Individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing, and individuals with a speech disability, may be able to avail themselves of
both for peer­to­peer and third­party 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 TIY­Based TRS; Speech­to­Speech 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/telecommunications­relay­
service­trs.

Don't hang up! Some people hang up on TRS calls because they think the caller 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, hard­of­hearing, or has a speech disability.

For more information about FCC programs to promote access to telecommunications services for people with
disabilities, visit the FCC's Disability Rights Office website.