San Fernando Valley

mind. But the Field Act only covered schools. It wasn't until the San Fernando earthquake of 1971 where major infrastructure and hospitals were severely damaged that more policies were put in place to earthquake proof these structures (Mualchin 2011). The schools which were structurally designed to withstand earthquakes from the Field Act faired surprisingly well during this earthquake. The new policies that followed the San Fernando earthquake required hospitals and infrastructure to be designed to

It’s no surprise that Los Angeles is one of the largest populated areas in the United States, representing over 25% of California’s residents living within a 4,057 square mile radius. The healthcare systems in Los Angeles are measurements of the county’s commitment to retain only the best standards of living, through the use of patient centered networks, utilizing the top healthcare providers in medical research, health care and its community amenities. The general health stats for the entire County

Wills & Trusts: San Fernando Valley Wills & Trusts Attorney: The Law Offices of Robert S. Miles, APC is a San Fernando Valley Wills & Trusts Attorney that has focused on estate planning for over 15 years. Throughout this time, this legal office has drafted comprehensive estate planning documents that everyone should have, including but not limited to revocable living trusts, wills, advance health care directives, durable powers of attorney for finance, the nomination of guardians for minors; as

Model Clinic - Draft By Lauren M. Whaley CHCF Center for Health Reporting Teresa Recinos, 60, recently limped into the San Fernando Health Center, aching from sciatica. Dr. Rabin Khardpour, the physician on call, decided she needed an MRI and a bone density test. He also ordered a colonoscopy. This scene would have been much less likely before Recinos got health insurance under the Affordable Care Act this year. “She has never had a colonoscopy and she is 60 years old,” said Khardpour. “Now

In 1906 President Roosevelt had granted the city a permit to “divert water from the Owens River Valley [which was a fairly new] reservoir [located] in the San Fernando Valley” (Wells and Blake). That permit led to behind the scene meetings with the city’s mayor and other leading LA capitalists where they were using the water from the San Fernando Valley for personal gain and to fatten their wallets by “[bolstering] real estate speculation and [irrigating] vast new acreage

leaders decided to organized and successfully overturn the legislation to make sure later a four-year college would be located in the San Fernando Valley. Furthermore, December 21, 1954, proponents for a Valley with a four-year college holded 23 congressman's for dinner at the Brown Derby on Wilshire Boulevard. Prepared with populations projections to pitched the Valley as the only logical place for the next state college. Their labor worked.

This area is an isolated area in the San Fernando Valley that has little to no access to treatment centers for the homeless and mentally ill. The community, licensed psychologist, counselors, caseworkers, volunteers and health education specialists will be delivering the intervention. The community

There is a misconception that wealthy cities do not have the same types of crimes as lower or middle-class areas. Society believes that the affluent residents can deter crime with their highly patrolled areas and their advanced security systems to keep them safe from criminals and drug addicts that may be wandering on the street. In addition, society believes that the upper class’ wealth deters them from committing crimes. They see that there is no reason for them to commit a crime with all the money

Los Angeles' Public Health Department, nearly 20% of children in grades 5, 7, and 9 are obese, and approximately 21% of adults are obese within the San Fernando Valley. For these reasons, I am proposing a program to offer a small farmer's market once a week at Verdugo Hills High School (a medium sized public high school located in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles) during lunch hour, selling both affordable and healthy food options.

From the valleys to more valleys. A difference between communities and the educated. Therefore, leading to the advantages a group of people with a degree or not, could have. Sun Valley, located in the San Fernando Valley regions, alongside Northridge by the west side of it. Sun Valley and Northridge are very different as it seems by their appearance. Within both communities, there is a wide range of educational levels that could tell which collar position a person could be in. The community in which