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PPOA 2023 Board Elections

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This year, PPOA members in two bargaining units will elect board representatives to fill four seats. Please see the incumbent/candidate list below.

SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT

Unit 612 (three seats)

Sergeant Kevin Ahsmuhs 

Sergeant Walter Arcos 

Sergeant Juan Calderon*

Lieutenant Nancy Escobedo* (not seeking re-election) 

Lieutenant Steve Johnson 

Sergeant Jesse Lucero 

Sergeant Jose Rios*

Sergeant Oscar Rodriguez 

 

Unit 614 (one seat)

Senior Criminalist Christopher Lee* 

No challengers. Lee will be automatically re-elected. 

Unit 621 (one seat)**

Security Officer Gerry Garcia*

Security Officer Luis Orozco 

 

DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE

Unit 612 (one seat)

Sergeant Jay Chapman*

No challengers. Chapman will be automatically re-elected. 

DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL EXAMINER

Unit 631/632 (one seat)

Coroner Investigator Joyce Kato*

No challengers. Kato will be automatically re-elected. 

*Incumbent 

 

**This Unit 621 seat is open only to Sheriff’s Security Assistants and Security Officers.

 

Per PPOA bylaws, ballots and statements will be mailed to eligible members on October 20. Please ensure that PPOA has your correct home mailing address. If any PPOA member in an eligible unit does not receive a ballot by October 30, please call Clare at PPOA: (323) 261-3010. Completed ballots will be due by November 20 and a ballot count will be conducted in the PPOA conference center on November 21 at 10:00 AM. Members are invited to observe the ballot count. 

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Open Enrollment — Premium Rates Increase in 2024

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Attention active PPOA members:
 
As most of you are aware, medical and dental premiums for 2024 are increasing nationwide and Los Angeles County is no exception. In fact, the new 2024 medical plan rates for County employees will be subject to an average increase of 10.4% more than the 2023 rates.
 
The new rates negotiated between County representatives and insurance carriers will take effect January 1, 2024. It is important for members to take these increases into consideration as open enrollment runs until October 31, 2023.
 
According to a letter sent from the LA County CEO to the Board of Supervisors on 9/12/23, insurance carriers have determined that health plan increases “are anticipated to be required to address projected price inflation, technology advances, plan utilization patters, and cost shifting from public to commercial payers.”
 

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