MEDIA ADVISORY
March 31, 2021

Contact: Liz Odendahl, Supervisor's Communications Director
 C: (213) 379-6301, lodendahl@bos.lacounty.gov

MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Pop-Up Vaccine Clinic at Hawaiian Gardens Church 

Partnership between Cal OES, FEMA, and Supervisor Hahn’s office aims to address low vaccination rate in one of LA County’s smallest cities

HAWAIIAN GARDENS, CA—Tomorrow, on the first day that all residents 50 and older will be eligible for vaccinations in California, Supervisor Janice Hahn will visit a four-day vaccine pop-up clinic at the New Hope Community Church in Hawaiian Gardens.  The pop-up vaccine clinic is a partnership between the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES), FEMA, Supervisor Hahn’s office, New Hope Community Church and the ABC School Board that aims to boost the vaccination rate of Hawaiian Gardens residents.

The latest available data shows Hawaiian Gardens residents have a vaccination rate of 21%-- a rate that is lower than most other cities in the County.

This pop-up clinic will vaccinate 500 people per day for four days for a total of 2,000 vaccinations.  The total population of Hawaiian Gardens is just above 14,000 residents.

Everyone vaccinated through this clinic must pre-register. The vaccine available at this site will be Johnson & Johnson which only requires one dose.

What: Pop-Up Vaccine Clinic

Where: New Hope Community Church

21209 Claretta Ave., Hawaiian Gardens, CA

*Parking available at Melbourne Elementary School across the street

When: April 1, 2021 at 9 am

Who:   Supervisor Janice Hahn

              New Hope Community Church Pastor Ren Sabio

              Officials from FEMA and Cal OES

              ABC School Board President Sophia Tse

Media should RSVP to Lodendahl@bos.lacounty.gov or (213) 379-6301