What's Happening in Lancaster, CA…

Antelope Valley Hospital has filed a legal complaint charging Los Angeles County officials of not providing the trauma center with the Measure B tax funds it feels it should rightly receive.

According to the LA Times, the Lancaster-located trauma center alleges that the share of Measure B tax funding it receives is disproportionately low for the number of patients it treats. The measure, which is a parcel tax agreed to by voters in 2002, is intended to fund L.A. County’s 14 trauma centers.

In a claim filed on April 13, the hospital administrator at Antelope Valley pointed out that of the $250m raised every year from Measure B, the hospital receives only $1m. The claim further alleged that patient numbers are rising, and that without an increase in their share of the trauma center funding, the hospital will have to curtail services.

Hospitals, especially trauma centers, are a big boon to local economies, even down to the Print companies that supply their brochure and business card printing services.

Last year, a state audit was critical of L.A. County’s oversight in providing Measure B funding. According to the auditors, the three county-run public hospitals are given 75% of the funding, leaving the rest to be divvied up among the remaining trauma centers.

Before Antelope Valley Hospital files a lawsuit, Los Angeles County will have 60 days to respond. Get a Free Quote for Print