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Litigation

Oct. 3, 2013

LA sues over ballot initiative to create citywide health department

Los Angeles has filed a lawsuit in an attempt to block voters from being given the option to decide next summer on creating a citywide health department that would take over many responsibilities now administered by the county.

By Chase Scheinbaum
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Los Angeles has filed a lawsuit in an attempt to block voters from being given the option to decide next summer on creating a citywide health department that would take over many responsibilities now administered by the county. An initiative that recently gained approval for placement on the June 2014 ballot "interferes with essential government functions, and unlawfully encroaches on the administrative functions of a city," wro...

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