There are valid reasons to dread another sales tax hike in Los Angeles County, and Mitesh Popat has heard most of them.
But Popat, CEO of the Venice Family Clinic, also understands the stakes better than most. His organization, and others like it that form the foundation of the safety-net health system in greater Los Angeles, are bracing for the kind of financial storm — from both state and federal health care funding cuts — that hasn’t been seen in recent memory.
