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City Attorney asks Council for private meeting on Albertsons opioid settlement
The request covers national settlements with the grocery chain in the city's opioid case against Purdue Pharma and others.
Health & Social Services
County health, mental health, child welfare, seniors. 35 items on the record.
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Pomona would accept $187,792 county grant for senior meal program
City Council is asked to take county nutrition funds, cut budgeted revenue by $108,929 and add $115,000 from reserves.
County CEO proposes extending medical privacy policies to 2030 with no content changes
Nine county policies on handling patient health information would stay in force four more years instead of expiring in November 2026.
County Youth Commission to discuss Sexual Assault Council's five-year plan
Public Health presentation says only one in four survivors sought help and county data miss unhoused, Veteran and Native residents.
County Youth Commission committee seeks approval of 2026 youth survey report
Survey of 1,174 young people found mental health the top advocacy priority, named by 66 percent of respondents.
County children's panel reports decline in foster agency recruitment
Commission committee says foster family agencies are increasingly left placing youth with complex needs as recruitment falls.
Motion seeks City Council sign-off on $275 million in bonds for Studio City elder care
The bonds would finance work at Merrill Gardens at Studio City, with no city funds pledged and no city liability for repayment.
Public Health reports audits of 39 addiction treatment contractors paid $147.2 million
County auditors questioned $2.08 million in billings; about $1.07 million remains outstanding across the year's reviews.
Motion would send $7.4 million to state to draw federal Medi-Cal match for LAFD ambulances
The city would transfer about $7 million by November 20, 2026, expected to return roughly $4 million in net revenue.
Jail health director to brief Sybil Brand Commission on inmate medical care
Correctional Health Services' Dr. Sean Henderson is scheduled to give updates and follow-ups to the county's jail inspection commission.
Auditor finds county health pharmacies still lack copay verification check
DHS set wait-time targets for its pharmacies but has not built a process to confirm copays are collected before medication is handed out.
Jail oversight commission to hear NAMI presentation on mental illness in justice system
Mark Gale is set to brief the Sybil Brand Commission on the mental health group's work with people in county jails.
Auditor finds L.A. Care financially stable, flags $58.3 million misreported liabilities
The county's annual review says the public health plan took in $355 million more than it spent in 2023-24 but projects a sharp drop.
City committee backs deal to open City buildings for county emergency vaccine sites
The county would use City-owned sites rent free during declared public health emergencies, for up to four months per site.
Auditor finds county health department has not finished two grant oversight fixes
DHS implemented one of three outstanding recommendations from a 2023 grants review and says the rest will be done by Sept. 30, 2026.
Auditor finds Public Health has not fully fixed gift card controls
Of six recommendations from a 2025 review, the county says five are partly done and one is not started.
Auditor finds gaps in Health Services oversight of its charitable foundations
County employees sat on three foundation boards without required Board approval; DHS agreed to fix eight findings.
Auditor finds Public Health completed one of three fixes to environmental health billing
The county auditor says Public Health still has not recorded year-end revenue it earned but had not collected, including $161,477 in 2024.
County panel studies child support system's effect on domestic violence survivors
Commission committee says survivors often give up on child support, and plans surveys with the Domestic Violence Council.
Auditor finds county health department still has not finished two facilities fixes
Harbor-UCLA and Olive View have yet to complete equipment inventories flagged in a 2024 audit of hospital facilities upkeep.
Motion would move $12,978,581.08 to LAFD for state ambulance reimbursement payment
The payment to the state health care agency is due by October 16, 2026, and keeps the city eligible for added Medi-Cal ambulance revenue.
Audit finds $225,713 in unallowable charges by San Pedro addiction treatment provider
County auditors say Beacon House billed Drug Medi-Cal and housing programs for client cash allowances its contracts did not permit.
Auditor finds gaps in cash and patient valuables controls at Rancho Los Amigos
County review says the rehabilitation hospital lacked supervisor sign-off on voided payments and written cash procedures.
Mayor sends Council a $412,506 extension of city employee health records software
The Personnel Department's occupational health records system would run two more years, through September 2028, at a total of $1,344,734.
City audit drops 1,322 dependents from LAwell employee health coverage
The Personnel Department says the verification could save $3.5 million to $5.1 million over 10 months.
Auditor finds shared credit cards and missing receipts at four county health facilities
Review of $86,000 in Health Services card spending found cards issued to units rather than individuals, and purchases over county limits.
County review of Hermanitos Unidos foster family agency finds 17 compliance problems
County reviewers found unsafe storage and exit conditions in foster homes and late service plans for six children and young adults.
Mayor asks Council to accept $24 million in aging grants and fund senior centers
Contracts would keep 16 multipurpose senior centers, meals, rides and caregiver services running through June 30, 2027.
County audit finds $129,524 in unallowable charges by drug treatment provider
American Indian Changing Spirits billed IRS penalties and fundraising costs to a county Drug Medi-Cal contract, auditors found.
County audit finds billing errors by mental health crisis provider Vista Del Mar
Auditor-Controller says the nonprofit charged $6,670 in unallowable costs and $2,400 without receipts to a county crisis program.
Audit finds accounting and data security lapses at county youth drug prevention provider
Auditors say Change Lanes Youth Support Services lacked proper books and left $4,710 in spending unsupported.
Mid City West Neighborhood Council backs city file opposing state senior care cuts, 28-1
The neighborhood council urges the Legislature and Governor to reject proposed Medi-Cal asset tests, PACE rate caps, and IHSS cuts.
County mental health department presents Fatherhood Support Hub website to commission
The site lists job, legal, financial, reentry and health resources for fathers, plus support groups and an email line.
Council resolution would put LA on record opposing federal Head Start rule changes
The proposed federal rule would drop staff-child ratios, screenings and homeless family protections for 8,700 LA children.
Audit finds $112,115 in questioned costs at county HIV and STD service providers
Four of seven providers paid about $5.6 million by Public Health billed costs an outside firm questioned.