Los Angeles City Health Commission — Los Angeles, CA
Date: 2025-04-14
Time: 18:00

LOS ANGELES CITY HEALTH COMMISSION

 Monday, April 14, 2025

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

 MEMBERS: HOWARD C. MANDEL, M.D., FACOG, PRESIDENT (CD 5)
 NOMSA KHALFANI, M.A., Ph.D., 1ST VICE-PRESIDENT (CD 8)
 SHAMIKA OSSEY, R.N., B.S.N., 2ND VICE-PRESIDENT (CD 15)
 AMANDA COWAN (CD 1)
 JOHN HISSERICH, M.P.H, DR.PH. (CD 2)
 CORINNE HO (CD 3)
 VACANT (CD 4)
 VACANT (CD 6)
 VACANT (CD 7)
 IRMA AVILA, C.N.A. (CD 9)
 VACANT (CD 10)
 RON C. KATO, M.B.A (CD 11)
 VACANT (CD 12)
 STEPHANIE LEMUS, M.A., Ph.D. (CD 13)
 SUSIE SHANNON (CD 14)

 CLARE WILLIAMS, MONICA RODRIGUEZ, ILARI MACHERA,
 RESEARCH ASSOCIATES:
 TATHEER ADNAN, NEYHA PARMAR



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


The audio for Commission meetings is broadcast live on the internet at https://clerk.lacity.org/calendar.

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

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



Roll Call
Approval of the Minutes

 Approval of the Minutes from the March 10, 2025 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) Presentation by Dr. Jane Fazio, M.D., Ph.D., Clinical Instructor,
 Pulmonary and Critical Care at UCLA David Geffen School of
 Medicine, Staff Pulmonologist at Olive View – UCLA Medical Center,
 on engineered stone associated with Silicosis; and possible
 Commission action.

(2) Presentation by Hassan Adan and Kevin Graulich, California
 Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Occupational Safety
 and Health (Cal/OSHA), on the recent Silicosis epidemic and
 regulations implemented by Cal/OSHA; and possible Commission
 action.
(3) Review of the Draft 2024 Annual Report and possible Commission
 action.

(4) Items for Future Discussion
Adjournment

SUPPORTING MATERIALS

Materials relating to items on the agenda are available on the Commission’s website found at
https://clerk.lacity.gov/clerk-divisions/cps/city-health-commission.

PUBLIC INPUT AT COMMISSION MEETINGS

Members of the public who wish to speak on one or multiple items shall have an opportunity to speak up to two minutes
per item. At regular meetings, members of the public shall also have an opportunity to speak up to two minutes for
general public comment on any matter within the subject matter 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 agenda items 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) 978-1133. 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 your 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.

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 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 the FCC's Disability Rights Office website.