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Primary Source Documents on Health and Safety

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Article from the L.A. Times: "3 More Hospitals in L.A. Act to Cut Emergency Care", May 1988 (748 KB)

Article from the The Wave Newspaper: "Health Advocates Claim Budget Cuts Dangerous" on cuts in county health services, June 1989 (404 KB)

Article from the L.A. Times: "Paramedics Assail Emergency System," June 1989 (748 KB)

Article from the L.A. Times: "Angry Crowd Defends King Hospital, September 1989 (1.3 MB)

Article from the L.A. Times:King Hospital Faces Loss of Federal Funds," September 1989 (625 KB)

"L.A.'s Lethal Air: New Strategies for Policy, Organizing, and Action," Excerpt of a report by the Labor/Community Strategy Center, 1991 (916 KB)

"Spirit of Commitment," Excerpt of an anniversary brochure from the Watts Health Foundation 1992 (1.5 MB)

Excerpt from a report Drowning in Alcohol: Retaill Outlet Density, Economic Decline, and Revitalization in South L.A., by Mary Lee, Esq., 1998 (464 KB)

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