Reckoning With State and Federal Cuts, Los Angeles Safety-Net Clinics Push for a New Tax By Bernard J. Wolfson March 16, 2026

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/federal-cuts-state-tax-increases-budget-shortfalls-health-clinics-los-angeles-california/ KFF Health News: Reckoning With State And Federal Cuts, Los Angeles Safety-Net Clinics Push For A New Tax LOS ANGELES — Mia Angulo, who is pregnant and due in May, is living in a tent with her boyfriend in the predominantly Latino neighborhood of Boyle Heights. Lingering pain from a car crash two months ago, on top of an already hardscrabble life, has Angulo worried about her pregnancy. So, she was relieved when a mobile street medicine van from St. John’s Community Health pulled up near her encampment last month. “Thank God that we have them,” she said. (Wolfson, 3/16)