LEAP Community Health Survey Completed in Central LA.

Los Angeles—The People’s Community Organization for Reform and Empowerment (People’s CORE) Lead Education and Action Project(LEAP), had just recently finished a survey of 202 household of pre-1978 in Central Los Angeles.

LEAP Coordinator Alejandra Sanchez reported that the survey was completed in 2007. Sanchez also said that the areas that were covered by the LEAP survey were Silverlake, Hollywood/Metro and Echo Park in central LA during the Los Angeles Housing Department Strategic Code Enforcement Inspections.

From the survey LEAP staff and volunteers found the following results:

• 97.4 % of residents reported at least one lead risk factor;

• 97.4% of the residents who had all 6 lrad risk factor reported that their landlord did give them a notice of the hazards as provided by law:

• 74.7 % of children have NOT been tested for lead poisoning:

• 15.3% of families have children under 8 with no health insurance:

• and 41. 8 % are on Medi-cal.

The conclusions of the survey validated the fact that overwhelming majority of children living in high risk for lead have not been tested for lead poisoning. An overwhelming majority of pre-978 housing in central LA is reported to having conditions being linked to high risk for lead,

LEAP also concluded that there is a strong need for landlords to comply with Title X and other practices to promote lead safety in homes. The people’s CORE LEAP project is funded by the California Endowment

For more information about lead safe homes call Alejandra Sanches at (213)241-0906 or email@peoplescore,et