L.A. County continued to lose population even as other areas grew, data show
1 year, 9 months ago

L.A. County continued to lose population even as other areas grew, data show

LA Times  

Los Angeles County was one of the urban areas that was hit hardest by significant population drops at the beginning of the pandemic. But while some other urban counties began to rebound in 2021-22 with rising population numbers, Los Angeles County continued to lose people, new data show. Los Angeles County lost 90,704 people during that period, one of several big California counties to see a population drop. Los Angeles County has a “continuous inflow and outflow of population,” but the pandemic disrupted that, said Dowell Myers, a professor of policy, planning and demography at USC. It is important to note that Los Angeles County — still the most populous in the nation at more than 9.7 million people — is not a leader in population loss on a percentage basis.

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Essential California Week in Review: L.A. County could have 1.7 million fewer people by 2060
1 year, 5 months ago

Essential California Week in Review: L.A. County could have 1.7 million fewer people by 2060

LA Times  

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L.A. County could have 1.7 million fewer people by 2060. It’s not only because residents are leaving
1 year, 5 months ago

L.A. County could have 1.7 million fewer people by 2060. It’s not only because residents are leaving

LA Times  

People flocked to Santa Monica beach Saturday with high temperatures inland. “We don’t expect the population to age as quickly,” Gallardo said of the comparatively young residents of the Central Valley, noting that young people have more children and are less likely to die. “The L.A. Basin is getting to critical mass” of people, Ajise said, noting that it is …

Over 34,000 L.A. County households lost Medi-Cal in July amid rollback of COVID rules
1 year, 5 months ago

Over 34,000 L.A. County households lost Medi-Cal in July amid rollback of COVID rules

LA Times  

Valerie Ibarra-Figueroa, right, a health insurance specialist at the Venice Family Clinic, talks on the phone to a county employee on behalf of Jessica Sanchez, 33, while helping get her Medi-Cal coverage reinstated. More than 34,000 households in Los Angeles County have had their Medi-Cal coverage discontinued this month as California joins other states in beginning to cut off people …

Tens of thousands of L.A. County residents could soon lose Medi-Cal coverage. Here’s why
1 year, 6 months ago

Tens of thousands of L.A. County residents could soon lose Medi-Cal coverage. Here’s why

LA Times  

Valerie Ibarra-Figueroa, a health insurance specialist at the Venice Family Clinic, talks on the phone to an employee at the L.A. County Department of Public Social Services on behalf of Jessica Sanchez, right, while helping get her Medi-Cal coverage reinstated. Tens of thousands of people in Los Angeles County could lose their Medi-Cal coverage in July, according to preliminary data …

A look at how the largest US counties gained or lost people
1 year, 9 months ago

A look at how the largest US counties gained or lost people

The Independent  

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L.A. County COVID-19 deaths hit a new winter high. Why?
1 year, 11 months ago

L.A. County COVID-19 deaths hit a new winter high. Why?

LA Times  

Claire Altieri sets up a testing site for coronavirus variants at Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport on Monday. “Deaths are high, and it’s really upsetting,” L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said Thursday. COVID-19 “did seem relatively flat over the holidays,” State Epidemiologist Dr. Erica Pan said during a webinar Tuesday, and officials are hopeful …

COVID-19 cases are starting to drop in L.A. Will the decline last?
2 years ago

COVID-19 cases are starting to drop in L.A. Will the decline last?

LA Times  

Shoppers make their way along Santee Alley in Los Angeles on Dec. 6. “Almost three years into the pandemic, there could be a sense of resignation with the ebbs and flow of transmission,” L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said during a recent briefing. L.A. County’s weekly case rate last week reached a seasonal high of 272 for every …

Los Angeles County commits to ending eviction moratorium by year’s end
2 years, 3 months ago

Los Angeles County commits to ending eviction moratorium by year’s end

LA Times  

Los Angeles tenants and housing rights activists protest in October 2020 for a halt to rent payments and mortgage debt during the COVID-19 pandemic. Officials will “perform robust outreach” to make sure that tenants and landlords in the county’s 88 cities are prepared for the end of the renter protections, said Supervisor Kathryn Barger, who introduced the motion. Supervisor Sheila …

Growth in L.A. County homeless population slowed during pandemic, count finds
2 years, 4 months ago

Growth in L.A. County homeless population slowed during pandemic, count finds

LA Times  

The growth of the homeless population in Los Angeles County slowed over the last two years in part because of policies brought on by the pandemic, according to results of the newly released homeless count. The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, which coordinates the annual count for most of the county, found that the region’s homeless population grew by 4.1% …

L.A. County drops out of high COVID-19 level as surge eases
2 years, 4 months ago

L.A. County drops out of high COVID-19 level as surge eases

LA Times  

People, many wearing masks, wait to buy tickets for the Mega Millions lottery at Bluebird Liquor on July 29 in Hawthorne. Los Angeles County officially moved out of the high COVID-19 community level Thursday as one top state health official expressed hope that California is at the end of the pandemic’s latest wave. “While we’re greatly encouraged by the decline …

L.A. County coronavirus deaths rising fast as ultra-contagious BA.5 fuels infection wave
2 years, 5 months ago

L.A. County coronavirus deaths rising fast as ultra-contagious BA.5 fuels infection wave

LA Times  

Some commuters choose to use masks at Union Station in Los Angeles on Tuesday. “There’s a lot of misinformation circulating about COVID right now, including that, at this point, it only causes mild illness,” said L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer. “Unfortunately, this isn’t true.” For all the observations that Omicron is less likely to cause severe illness than …

California’s population fell again amid pandemic’s 2nd year
2 years, 8 months ago

California’s population fell again amid pandemic’s 2nd year

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The nation’s most populous state is shrinking. California’s population declined again in 2021 for the second consecutive year, state officials said Monday, the result of a slowdown in births and immigration coupled with an increase in deaths and people leaving the state. But after years of strong growth brought California tantalizingly close to the 40 million milestone, …

Big population drops in Los Angeles, San Francisco transforming urban California
2 years, 9 months ago

Big population drops in Los Angeles, San Francisco transforming urban California

LA Times  

Ethan Roman and his father, Eliazar Cabrera, load boxes into a U-Haul truck as they prepare to move from Los Angeles. Los Angeles and San Francisco saw sizable declines in population during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, new census data show, underscoring how California’s housing crisis and other demographic forces are reshaping two of its largest cities. “And …

In 1st full year of pandemic, biggest metros lost residents
2 years, 9 months ago

In 1st full year of pandemic, biggest metros lost residents

Associated Press  

After returning to metro San Francisco following a college football career, Anthony Giusti felt like his hometown was passing him by. Giusti was one of tens of thousands of residents who vacated some of the nation’s biggest, most densely-populated and costly metropolitan areas in favor of Sunbelt destinations during the first full year of the pandemic, from mid-2020 to mid-2021, …

L.A. County continues to report decline in coronavirus cases but officials urge caution at events
2 years, 11 months ago

L.A. County continues to report decline in coronavirus cases but officials urge caution at events

LA Times  

A healthcare worker waves his hand as he calls up the next person in line at a COVID-19 testing site operated by CORE in Los Angeles on Jan. 4. Los Angeles County health officials Saturday reported that the recent surge in COVID-19 cases fueled by the Omicron variant was abating but urged people to continue to take precautions, especially in …

LA, San Francisco Bay Area lost residents during pandemic
3 years ago

LA, San Francisco Bay Area lost residents during pandemic

The Independent  

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L.A. COVID-19 surge slowing, but cases likely to keep rising as school begins
3 years, 5 months ago

L.A. COVID-19 surge slowing, but cases likely to keep rising as school begins

LA Times  

Pedestrians with and without masks walk along the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica last week. The latest COVID-19 surge is showing some signs of slowing in Los Angeles County, but cases are likely to continue rising in the weeks ahead as the hyper-transmissible Delta variant continues to loom as a major threat, Los Angeles County’s top health official said …

Los Angeles County reports no new COVID-19 deaths
3 years, 8 months ago

Los Angeles County reports no new COVID-19 deaths

LA Times  

Los Angeles County public health authorities on Sunday reported no new deaths related to COVID-19. The average daily rate of positive cases among those tested was 0.7% over the last week, according to county data, and just 0.6% of the tests performed Saturday came back positive. The sustained declines come as L.A. County appears poised to move into the yellow …

L.A. County hits yellow tier marker; widest reopening could be a week away
3 years, 8 months ago

L.A. County hits yellow tier marker; widest reopening could be a week away

LA Times  

Signs help manage the flow of foot traffic at Universal Studios Hollywood on April 15. According to state data released Tuesday, the county’s rate of new coronavirus cases — adjusted based on the number of tests performed — dropped to 1.9 per day per 100,000 people, low enough to enter California’s yellow tier, the final of four. “It’s so encouraging …

Even as COVID-19 declines, L.A. Latinos see disproportionate devastation
3 years, 10 months ago

Even as COVID-19 declines, L.A. Latinos see disproportionate devastation

LA Times  

Hundreds of motorists line up to get COVID-19 vaccinations at Dodger Stadium in early February. The average COVID-19 death rate among Latinos in L.A. County peaked in mid-January at a daily rate of 48 deaths per 100,000 Latino residents, three times worse than the rate for white residents, which was 16 deaths per 100,000 residents, according to data released last …

L.A. was uniquely vulnerable to this COVID catastrophe. Here is what went wrong
4 years ago

L.A. was uniquely vulnerable to this COVID catastrophe. Here is what went wrong

LA Times  

Los Angeles is careening toward catastrophe. If there is yet another wave in a few weeks, it “will result in Northern Italy-slash-New York visions of people in hallways,” L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti said in an interview. “People get tired,” said Dr. Grant Colfax, San Francisco’s public health director. In a county as large as L.A., that spread turned into “exponential …

L.A. County shatters daily coronavirus record as infections reach alarming levels
4 years, 1 month ago

L.A. County shatters daily coronavirus record as infections reach alarming levels

LA Times  

Nurse Cianna Christopher joins other medical professionals in a demonstration for more support outside Los Robles Regional Medical Center in Thousand Oaks. ‘The worst day thus far’ L.A. County on Tuesday reported more than 7,500 new cases — the most in a single day, which the director of public health called “the worst day thus far” of the pandemic. San …

Racism and inequity fuel coronavirus-related death toll among L.A. County minorities, officials say
4 years, 7 months ago

Racism and inequity fuel coronavirus-related death toll among L.A. County minorities, officials say

LA Times  

A funeral service for Charles Jackson, who died from COVID-19, was held April 15 at Angelus Funeral Home in Los Angeles. Dr. Christina Ghaly, director of health services of L.A. County, agreed that the disproportionate impact of the coronavirus on minorities “is due to the long-standing structural and systemic racism that is apparent in multiple aspects of our society.” How …

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