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CARE at City Hall
On October 2, dozens of CARE members went to City Hall and urged the Council to overturn a recent Planning Commission decision that would allow Providence Health and Services Corporation to expand Holy Cross Medical Center without completing an Environmental Impact Report (EIR). Read More or Watch Video  |
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Environmental and Health Care Concerns
- Providence has underestimated operational emissions, which are based on an estimated daily trip rate that is inexplicably much lower than the rate set forth in standard reference materials.1
- Few, if any, of the needed patient services identified in a 2005 Providence Community Benefit Report appear to be met by Providence's proposed Patient Tower project. These services include mental health services and disease management for chronic conditions such as asthma and diabetes.2
- Residents of nearby communities want a hospital that will address the real health care needs of the community. Simply adding more beds and expanding typically profitable services rather than what our community really needs is not sufficient.3
Traffic and Parking Problems
- The project will aggravate existing traffic problems by adding 1,606 cars per day, 331 alone during rush hour. The increased traffic will only worsen already congested Rinaldi Street.4
- The new car trips will make parking problems at the hospital worse. Visitors already park in the neighborhood when their lots are full, but Providence proposes removing 78 parking spaces.5 Unfortunately, the hospital's traffic study did not address the parking problems that will result from the increased cars entering the hospital.
1Autumn Wind Associates, Inc. Comments Regarding Air Quality Impacts and Discussion, Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Expansion Project, June 20, 2007, page 13.
2Providence Health System, San Fernando and Santa Clarita Valleys Service Area 2005 Community Benefit Report.
3Hospital service profitability: Horwitz, Jill, "Market Watch: Making Profits and Providing Care: Comparing nonprofit, For-profit, and Government Hospitals." Health Affairs, May/June 2005 p792, footnote 6.
4Katz, Okitsu, & Associates, Traffic Study for Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Expansion, Mission Hills, California. May 26, 2006. Page 21.
5Environmental Review Section, Los Angeles City Planning Department, Initial Study (Draft) and Technical Appendix, Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Expansion Project, May 24, 2007. Page II-25.
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TAKE ACTION
Make sure our community is protected with an environmental impact report!
Let City Councilmember Richard Alarcon know that our community wants responsible expansion of Providence Holy Cross Medical Center. Download this card and return it right away.
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