Facing federal funding cuts that could strip health coverage from hundreds of thousands of Angelenos, clinic leaders, union members and patients gathered in Inglewood Wednesday to boost a stop-gap proposal they want to put in front of voters: a county sales tax to stave off service cuts and keep more sick people from seeking primary care in emergency rooms.

Healthcare leaders in Los Angeles are bracing themselves for the expected impacts of federal cuts to healthcare funding, which will greatly diminish access to medical care, especially among vulnerable populations.

Representatives of various community groups, health organizations and labor unions announced the creation of a coalition Wednesday calling for a half-cent sales tax in Los Angeles County they say will protect health care services for residents who could lose coverage due to federal cuts to Medi-Cal.

Would raising a county sales tax help local residents stave off federal health care cuts? A coalition of health care organizations and workers say yes.

Facing federal funding cuts that could strip health coverage from hundreds of thousands of Angelenos, clinic leaders, union members and patients gathered in Inglewood last Wednesday to boost a stop-gap proposal they want to put in front of voters: a county sales tax to stave off service cuts and keep more sick people from seeking primary care in emergency rooms.

This week, a coalition of clinics, unions and patient advocates urged the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to put a five-year, half-cent sales tax measure on the June ballot to fill gaps created by federal Medi-Cal cuts.

The City is considering many ways to increase its revenues by placing measures on the ballot. These new sources of revenue, if approved by the voters, will pay for City’s budget busting labor contracts and its fiscal follies.

Representatives of various community groups, healthorganizations and labor unions announced the creation of a coalition Wednesdaycalling for a half-cent sales tax in Los Angeles County they say will protect healthcare services for residents who could lose coverage due to federal cuts to Medi-Cal.

In response to the largest federal funding cuts to healthcare in U.S. history, Los Angeles County moves forward to ask voters to decide on a temporary half-cent sales tax to restore funds for healthcare and other services.

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Los Angeles County voters will decide in June whether to approve a half-cent sales tax increase that helps plug gaps in healthcare services and insurance coverage created by cuts in Medi-Cal created by Congress and President Donald Trump.

Los Angeles County voters will decide in June whether to approve a temporary half-cent sales tax in an effort to support healthcare services amid reductions in state and federal funding, under a measure approved by the Board of Supervisors Tuesday.

Los Angeles County residents could see a temporary increase in sales tax, which is intended to combat federal healthcare cuts through the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" signed by President Donald Trump last year.

If approved by a majority of voters, the measure will raise about $1 billion annually to put back services removed by federal cutbacks Los Angeles County voters will be voting on a half-cent sales tax increase in June to plug the gap in healthcare services created by cuts in Medi-Cal by Congress and President Donald Trump's administration.

Los Angeles County residents could see a temporary increase in sales tax, which is intended to combat federal healthcare cuts through the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" signed by President Donald Trump last year.

If added to the ballot and approved in June, the L.A. County sales tax rate would rise from 9.75% to 10.25%.

Los Angeles County voters will decide in June whether to approve a temporary half-cent sales tax in an effort to support healthcare services at a time of reductions in state and federal funding.

The LA Co. Board of Supervisors voted yes Tuesday on a proposal to place a temporary half-cent sales tax increase.

The Board of Supervisors is expected to vote Tuesday on a proposal to place a temporary half-cent sales tax increase on the June primary ballot that officials say will support healthcare services amid reductions in state and federal funding.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is expected to vote today on a proposal to place a half-cent sales tax increase on the June primary ballot, which officials say will support health care services amid reductions in state and federal funding.

Los Angeles County voters will decide in June whether to approve a temporary half-cent sales tax in an effort to support healthcare services amid reductions in state and federal funding, under a measure approved by the Board of Supervisors Tuesday.

A coalition of clinic operators, county patients and public employee unions called Restore Healthcare for Angelenos, gathered in Inglewood recently to support the five-year sales tax that would raise about $1 billion annually for county healthcare services. The tax would sunset Oct. 1, 2031.