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THE CALIFORNIA LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS
Civil Rights Commission
P.O. Box 433 Torrance California 90508-0433
E-mail: admin@calulac.org Web: www.calulac.org
December 13, 2010
Representative Lucille Roybal-Allard
2330 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
By Fax: (202) 226-0350
Representative Lucille Roybal-Allard
255 E. Temple St., Ste. 1860
Los Angeles, CA 90012-3334
Fax: (213) 628-8578
Honorable Representative Roybal-Allard:
LULAC is requesting your assistance to expedite a decision by the Internal Revenue Service that will enable a much needed health care facility to reopen in your district. The shuttered hospital known as Mission Hospital (2926 E Slauson Ave) in Huntington Park is currently closed down, a situation which serves no purpose. There is a total of $4,132,623.34 due by Karykeion, Inc., the owner and operator of the Hospital, currently in chapter 11, as Case No.: 01:08-bk-17254-MT (Judge Mariane Thiegh), for Payroll Taxes, which are currently levied against the License of the Hospital.
The Feeding and Teaching organization (with participation from LULAC volunteers) have been feeding at its food bank, many of the former employees and patients of this hospital. Feeding and Teaching has been able to entice the Small Business Incubator Foundation to reopen the facility, but the IRS is unable to move forward on releasing its lien, to enable an immediate re-opening of the hospital.
$7,859,927.00 is being recouped by the Debtor, to pay the IRS Tax Liens, which is being deposited into the Karykeion, Inc., account as of December 15, 2010, as is evidenced by a Settlement filed with the BK court in Adv. Case No. 01:10-ap-01435-MT, for which a Debtors Emergency Motion for Approval was scheduled for hearing on November 30, 2010.
Taxpayer Identification Number-Payroll:16-1632818
Person to Contact at the IRS: Carolyn Hudson at 213-576-4484.
A decision needs to be expedited by the IRS to release this lien. Please assist us and the community at large in getting the IRS paid from the money being deposited from the recouped funds from Medicare, and allow the hospital to reopen. That way, 50 years of service to the community, of children being delivered and cared for within the immediate community can resume immediately, without issues of re-licensure which could be impossible to overcome.
Time is of the essence. Judge Thiegh, has a hearing on December 16, 2010, at which time Feeding and Teaching would like to present a letter from the community regarding the urgency of the immediate settlement of the IRS matter, and the advocacy for reopening Mission Hospital.
Respectfully Yours,
Jan B. Tucker National Commissioner for Civil Rights & Chair, California Civil Rights Commission
League of United Latin American Citizens
