Los Angeles City Health Commission — Los Angeles, CA
Date: 2022-01-10
Time: 18:00

LOS ANGELES CITY HEALTH COMMISSION MEETING

 Monday, January 10, 2022

 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 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) IRMA AVILA, C.N.A. (CD 9)
JOHN HISSERICH, M.P.H., Ph.D. (CD 2) VACANT (CD 10)
MICHAEL SIROTA (CD 3) RON C. KATO, M.B.A. (CD 11)
VACANT (CD 6) BEN PAK, B.A. (CD 12)
BRIAN GAVIDIA, M.P.A. (CD 7) STEPHANIE LEMUS, M.A., Ph.D. (CD 13)
NOMSA KHALFANI, M.A., Ph.D. (CD 8) SUSIE SHANNON (CD 14)

 RESEARCH ASSISTANTS: LAUREN YEN, SARA KHOSHNIYATI, MARVIN CHOWDHURY
 INTERNS: CLARE WILLIAMS

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

 In conformity with the Governor's Executive Order N-29-20 (March 17, 2020) and due to concerns over
 COVID-19, the Los Angeles City Health Commission meeting will be conducted telephonically.

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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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 Minutes from the December 13, 2021 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
 directed 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 Emily P. Hyle, MD MSc, Attending infectious diseases
 physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, Assistant professor in
 medicine at Harvard Medical School; and Jodian Amor Pinkney, MD,
 Research Fellow in Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital,
 on their analysis of COVID-19 boosters and strategies to increase
 vaccination; and possible Commission action.




(3) Presentation by Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, DSc (hon), FASTMH, FAAP, Dean,
 National School of Tropical Medicine, Professor, Departments of
 Pediatrics, Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Health Policy Scholar,
 Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital Endowed Chair of
 Tropical Pediatrics, Co-Director, Texas Children’s Hospital Center for
 Vaccine Development, University Professor, Baylor University, Faculty
 Fellow, Hagler Institute for Advanced Study, Senior Fellow, Scowcroft
 Institute of International Affairs, Texas A&M University, Baker Institute
 Fellow in Disease & Poverty and Adjunct Professor of Bioengineering, Rice
 University, Adjunct Professor, University of Texas, School of Public
 Health, on COVID-19 booster vaccinations and strategies to mitigate Los
 Angeles’ winter surge; and possible Commission action.




(4) Presentation by George W. Rutherford, M.D., A.M., Professor of
 Epidemiology, Preventive Medicine, Pediatrics and History, Head, Division
 of Infectious Disease and Global Epidemiology, Department of
 Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine, University of
 California, San Francisco, on the accuracy of at-home COVID-19 testing
 results and the recent Omicron surge; and possible Commission action.




(5) Items for Future Discussion.
Adjournment

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.