County to raise property taxes for health care

The County Board of Supervisors agreed Tuesday to bump up property taxes by an average of $11 this year in an effort to rescue the health services department from mounting debt. Daily News.

The increase to Measure B will generate about $45 million in added funding this year, the bulk of which will be used to offset a $93 million deficit due largely to treating uninsured patients in Los Angeles County, officials said.

"Realistically, you cannot take care of that many uninsured people without some assistance from the federal government," said Supervisor Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, who voted in favor of the increase.