L.A. County DHS Governance

For more than a decade, proposals for alternative governance of L.A. County Department of Health Services (DHS) have faced support and opposition. Some believe that new governance will promote system-wide planning, lead to better decision-making, improve efficiency and expand revenues. Others feel that reform will not solve the underlying problems facing the system. Given L.A. County DHS’ projected budget deficit, the implementation of alternative management may move this system toward solvency.

Publications and Documents

May 30 2006
Dr. Bruce Chernof, L.A. County Department of Health Services (DHS)
Letter to Supervisor Gloria Molina on the Separation of DPH from DHS

May 30 2006
L.A. County Supervisor Don Knabe
Motion by Supervisor Don Knabe to Create a Separate Public Health Department

May 16 2006
David Janssen, L.A. County Chief Administrative Office (CAO)
Report on Alternative to Full Separation of Personal Health and Public Health

Feb 17 2006
David Janssen, L.A. County Chief Administrative Office (CAO)
Memorandum of Understanding between DHS & the Separate Department of Public Health & Related Issues

Jan 20 2006
David Janssen, L.A. County Chief Administrative Office (CAO)
Set Item for Consideration of Report and Ordinances for Separate Department of Public Health

Dec 13 2005
David Janssen, L.A. County Chief Administrative Office (CAO)
Approval of Accompanying Ordinances and Actions to Establish a Public Health Department

Dec 01 2005
Dr. Jonathan Fielding, L.A. County Department of Health Services (DHS), Public Health
Separation of Public and Personal Health Services

Nov 22 2005
Dr. Thomas Garthwaite, L.A. County Department of Health Services (DHS)
Separation of Public and Personal Health Services

Nov 18 2005
Neelam Gupta, LA Health Action
Creating a Separate Los Angeles County Public Health Department: Maximizing the Opportunity

Oct 20 2005
David Janssen, L.A. County Chief Administrative Office (CAO)
King/Drew Medical Center (KDMC) Hospital Advisory Board (HAB)


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