Dear Partners,

UNITE-LA is pleased to share our L.A. Health Care Talent Pipeline Impact Report and Executive Summary!

The report and summary highlight major accomplishments in our efforts to address critical health care workforce shortages in the L.A. region by ensuring underserved young adults from diverse, local communities engage with high-demand, living wage career pathways in the industry.

Budget Negotiations Between the Governor and State Legislature Remain Ongoing

Dear Partner,

Back in January, Governor Gavin Newsom released his proposed 2020-21 budget and projected over $5.6 billion in revenue. He included significant investments around homelessness, health care coverage and paid family leave. Since then, the COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed the state budget outlook, leaving the governor and the legislature with the difficult task of closing a $54 billion budget deficit. UNITE-LA urges Governor Newsom and the legislature to work out a deal that focuses on equitable solutions to help uplift our state’s already struggling families while also taking steps to strengthen our state’s economy.

UNITE-LA submitted its first federal support letter urging Congress to provide a significant infusion of resources in the next stimulus package. Our letter called for a cradle to career approach to fully address the impacts associated with the COVID-19 health crisis.  The letter was shared with the L.A. Congressional delegation, both House and Senate leadership, the Senate Health Education Labor & Pensions (HELP) committee and the House Education & Labor Committee. 

The City of Los Angeles is looking for health care workers.  Medica Talent Group is partnering with the Office of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and UNITE-LA to support these efforts.