NEWS & UPDATES
Become a PSR-LA Member!
PSR-LA is excited to launch our second summer membership drive! Through our Membership Drive, we are building our membership base with passionate health advocates and allies. We invite you to join us us if you are health professional or student who is: ...
Nuclear weapons are a local issue. Urge your California reps to speak out!
In 2018, PSR-LA’s leadership in the Back from the Brink campaign helped the City of Los Angeles and the State of California adopt resolutions supporting nuclear weapons abolition and a fundamental change in U.S. nuclear weapons policy. To date, 50...
Calculate Your Community’s Nuclear Spending!
This fiscal year, the United States spent $74.746 billion dollars on our nuclear weapons program, with $9.7 billion of that coming from Californians, and $2.3 billion coming from Los Angeles County alone! These funds would be better spent addressing the public health,...
NEW STUDY: Rapid COVID-19 Spread in CA Linked to Unsafe Working Conditions at Fast-food Restaurants
A new study released Monday by Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) Los Angeles finds that fast-food workplace transmission of COVID-19 has likely been a significant, ongoing contributor to the spread of the disease throughout California during the last year of the pandemic, particularly among the workers of color who make up the vast majority of the state’s fast-food workforce.
The 2021 Community Cost Calculator is Here!
Are you curious about how much you and your community spent on nuclear weapons this year? Every April, Dr. Bob Dodge, President of PSR-LA’s Board, calculates the full cost of all nuclear weapons programs to our communities. For FY 2021, Los Angeles County...