Panel OKs Audit of Emergency Medical Funds in L.A. County

California's Joint Legislative Audit Committee has ordered an audit into how funds from 2002's Measure B are distributed throughout Los Angeles County to trauma centers and emergency department services. The order comes in response to complaints that the funding is not being distributed fairly. Measure B increased county property taxes by three cents per square foot to provide funding for the county's trauma centers and emergency medical services.

• "State To Audit Spending of Emergency-Medical Funds in L.A. County" (McGreevy, Los Angeles Times, 6/6).