OneLA Finds $11M in County Budget, Demands More Healthcare

They demanded that the $11M be used to help cover the remaining uninsured in LA County. After the press conference, Rabbi Dara Frimmer asserted that she was "proud to stand with OneLA leaders outside the county supervisors meeting because as of today, 1 million residents of LA remain uninsured...Time to ensure that the image of God, imprinted on the face of every human being, is lifted up."
Read moreOne LA Enrolls Hundreds in County Healthcare System

The effort relies on trained volunteers, with help from Neighborhood Legal Services and the L.A. County Department of Health Services. The volunteers are also working to link people with clinics near their homes."
Read moreOne LA Wins Fight to Directly Enroll Thousands in Healthcare Services
One LA leaders fought for and won "Community Partner Status" with the LA County Department of Health Services, granting it direct access to the county enrollment system. Now 50 leaders will train to become 'Certified Application Assisters', with the power to directly enroll people through the County computer system at 25 One LA mobile enrollment events at member institutions. They will be supported 30 leaders at each institution trained as 'healthcare experts,' who will educate and recruit people to attend their institiution's events. The goal is to enroll thousands of eligible LA residents.
One LA to Play Critical Role in Health Insurance Exchange

California Works to Get Word Out on Health Insurance Exchange, Los Angeles Times
Read moreOne LA Urges Officials to Make Healthcare More Affordable

State Officials Urges to Make Healthcare More Affordable, The Tidings
One LA Assembles to Address Health, Homes and Schools
Communities Gather for Change, Los Angeles Daily News
Read moreOne LA-IAF Fights for Community Driven Foreclosure Prevention
While interviewed on KCRW's 'To the Point', One LA-IAF leader Yvonne Mariajimenez asserted that the One LA foreclosure prevention plan "provides a better return for investors than going through with foreclosure." This is the same plan that has been adopted by the City of Los Angeles.
Beltway Bubble, KCRW
One LA / IESC Halts Proposal for Waste Transfer Station
"We believe healthy communities require willing institutions to engage with each other in the public square for the common good..."
-- IESC Statement
Read moreOne LA Assembles for Healthcare
"These issues concern our congregants, but they also concern the synagogue itself. We are ...insuring our employees, too."
-- Rabbi Laura Geller
Read moreBishops, with Pomona Valley – One LA Leaders, Call on Pomona Council to Halt Waste Transfer Station

-- Most Rev. Gabino Zavala, Auxiliary Bishop, San Gabriel Region, Archdiocese of LA, Roman Catholic Church
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