California Proposition 187

We Are California Calls on LA County to Address Health and Economic Inequality

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, August 5, 2020

More striking still is that 72% of COVID fatalities for those under 65 years of age are Latino.

Key Points: 
  • More striking still is that 72% of COVID fatalities for those under 65 years of age are Latino.
  • The group is requesting County leaders to make the following efforts to reduce cases and deaths among Latinos and, more broadly, Angelenos.
  • We Are California / Somos California (Somos California) is a group of Latino leaders in Southern California originally formed to coordinate activities commemorating 25 years since the passage of Proposition 187.
  • Somos California has since continued its work by focusing on emerging issues affecting Californias Latino communities.