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TOP STORY - JANUARY 12, 2010
County Funds Expansion Of Community Clinics |
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Supervisor Don Knabe was
pleased to announce today that the Los Angeles County Board of
Supervisors unanimously approved a $15.57 million in funding to
expand community clinic capacity throughout the County. Seven
clinics in the Fourth District will receive almost $5 million for
expansion.
The total allocation to Fourth District clinics is $4,795,653, of
which $4,016,808 will go to expanding primary care services and
$778,845 will go to new and improved infrastructure at the clinics.
Included in the overall expansion are 12 new exam rooms. The
following is a list of the Fourth District community clinics that
will receive funding:
• Harbor Community Clinic in San Pedro
• Northeast Community Clinic in Wilmington
• Norwalk Regional Health Center in Norwalk
• Sacred Heart Family Health Clinic in Paramount
• The Children’s Clinic in Long Beach
• Westside Neighborhood Clinic in Long Beach
• Wilmington Community Clinic in Wilmington
“With all of the overcrowding issues we are facing throughout the
County, community clinics are more important than ever,” said
Supervisor Knabe. “By expanding clinic capacity, we are not only
allowing more residents to access low-cost healthcare services, but
we are alleviating strain on an emergency care system that is in a
very fragile state.”
Useful Norwalk Links
 City of Norwalk
Norwalk Chamber of Commerce
Cerritos College
Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District
Little Lake City School District
Alondra Library
Norwalk Regional Library
Norwalk Sheriff’s Station
Norwalk Courthouse |
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Supervisor Don Knabe and Public Works Director Gail Farber honor Norwalk High School for winning the annual Department of Public Works’ “Battle of the Schools Waste Reduction Competition.” This is the second, consecutive year that Norwalk High School has won this Countywide waste reduction competition, representing the Fourth District. The school established a successful, sustainable waste reduction and recycling program for cardboard, mixed paper, bottles, and cans. This year, they diverted over 5 tons of cardboard, mixed paper, plastic, and aluminum. |
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Contact:
Andrea Avila
Field
Deputy
12720 South Norwalk
Norwalk, CA 90650
aavila@lacbos.org
Tel: (562) 807-7350
Fax: (562) 929-9051 |
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Don Knabe. Working for Norwalk. Norwalk
Accomplishments |
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Providing Funding for Support Future Automotive Partnership Building at Cerritos College  Supervisor Don Knabe presented a check for $100,000 to Cerritos College. The funds will support the automotive partnership building, Southland Cerritos Center for Transportation Technologies, which is scheduled for completion in February 2010. The new $6 million automotive partners building will be a unique facility serving the college and its private/industry partners.
Retrofitting Bridge in Norwalk
The Imperial Highway Bridge over the San Gabriel River has been seismically retrofit in the Cities of Downey and Norwalk. This $812,040 project is a part of the Federal Highway Bridge Program. Additional funding for the project was provided by the Fourth Supervisorial District's Road Construction Program.
Establishing Reward for the Rape and Robbery of an Elderly Blind Woman The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a $10,000 reward, at the request of Supervisor Don Knabe, for information related to the robbery and sexual assault of an 82-year old, Norwalk resident that is legally blind. Providing Opera for Children at the Alondra Library The highly-acclaimed Opera Tales program returned to Fourth District County Libraries. Opera Tales is a LA Opera program that introduces children and families to the world of opera at local libraries. Supervisor Knabe established the partnership between the LA Opera and the County of Los Angeles Public Library, and provided funding to bring Opera Tales to libraries in the Fourth District. Relieving Traffic Congestion in Norwalk
Supervisor Don Knabe announced a new traffic reduction effort in the Cities of Downey, La Mirada, Norwalk, Santa Fe Springs, and South Gate as part of an expansion of the County’s Traffic Synchronization Program. The $1.27 million project will modify traffic signals, install fiber optic equipment, and closed circuit television cameras on Firestone Boulevard from Stewart & Gray Road to Imperial Highway, Imperial Highway from Firestone Boulevard to Carmenita Road, and Imperial Highway from Paramount Boulevard to Bellflower Boulevard. |
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Providing Additional Funding for Norwalk Clinic
The Norwalk Regional Health Center, which provides free and low-cost medical care and social services to the residents of the surrounding communities, will be able to accept over 1,500 additional medical visits after the Board of Supervisors approved an agreement with JWCH Institute, Inc. These newly-funded visits will go primarily to uninsured or indigent adult patients that are not eligible for any publicly funded programs.
Preventing Graffiti Vandalism in Norwalk Supervisor Knabe in partnership with Helpline Youth Counseling, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, the Cities of Downey, La Mirada, Norwalk, Santa Fe Springs, Whittier, and Unincorporated Whittier launched the Aware Teens Against Graffiti or A.T.A.G., which is an innovative delinquency prevention program that targets first time tagging and vandalism offenders between the ages of 9 to 15 and their parents. The weekend-long program focuses on the parents receiving an intensive two-day skill-building training, and the youth offenders participating in community service projects and group discussions while being supervised by law enforcement. Working to Reduce Violence
Supervisor Knabe and the Hispanic Outreach Taskforce hosted the inaugural Southeast Summit on Youth & Violence. The purpose of this summit was to bring forth a conceptual framework for reducing violence in our communities. This framework will focus on a strategy that encourages cooperative, coordinated efforts among elected officials, law enforcement, educators, community organizations, outreach and intervention workers, health and mental health workers, faith based representatives, businesses, government agencies, and local nonprofits all working toward the common goal of reducing violence levels in neighborhoods and communities. |
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New Funding for Park Projects
Supervisor Knabe dedicated $1.7 million in Proposition A Park funds to be used for various projects across the Fourth District. In Norwalk, a portion of the money will be used for the planting of 500 trees in residential neighborhoods, parkways, arterial medians and along boulevards.
Boosting Services at the Norwalk Regional Health Services
Supervisor Knabe joined local health leaders to christen the new “S. Mark Taper Foundation Building” at the Norwalk Regional Health Center and celebrate the Foundation’s $300,000 gift that will help boost health care services at the facility, which opened in February 2006.
Synchronizing Traffic in Local Cities
A new Traffic Signal Synchronization Project has been approved for the cities of Bellflower, Cerritos, La Mirada, Long Beach, Norwalk and Whittier. The project will synchronize 35 traffic signals on Artesia Boulevard between Alameda Street and Valley View Avenue; 15 traffic signals on Central Avenue between El Segundo Boulevard and Victoria Street; and 36 traffic signals located on Whittier Boulevard between Paramount Boulevard and Valley Home Avenue. This project is part of the County’s ongoing program to enhance traffic flow and safety for drivers and pedestrians.
Establishing Reward for Murder of Norwalk Man
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a $10,000 reward, at the request of Supervisor Knabe, for information related to the stabbing death of Norwalk resident, Manuel Marquez. |
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Reopened Norwalk Regional Health Center and formed information and referral service collaboration with County funded community based organizations in area.
Dedicated new Metro Express Bus Service, 577X service from the Long Beach Veterans Hospital to Norwalk Metro Green Line Station to El Monte Bus Station.
Supports various community-based organizations like: Friends of Norwalk Libraries. |
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Facilitated
donation of ambulance to Costa Rica with LA County
Firefighters group-Los Bomberos in Partnership with
AMR ambulance and the City of Norwalk.
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