A medical doctor is calling for more accountability within Los Angeles County’s Department of Public Health, saying its current director has too much power, as she single-handedly enacted COVID-19 vaccine and mask mandates.
Ophthalmologist Dr. Houman Hemmati, of Santa Monica, is requesting the county’s Board of Supervisors to make the public health director position an elected office, and to create an independent panel of medical doctors to hold the director accountable.
