Billionaire to donate $100 million for reopening of Martin Luther King Jr. Hospital

On Oct. 29, the Chan Soon-Shiong Family Foundation announced it would give a $100-million underwriting guarantee to the proposed partnership between L.A. County and the University of California to reopen the Martin Luther King Jr. Hospital in south Los Angeles.

UC Regents to consider hearing proposal to reopen MLK Hospital

The UC Board of Regents are considering hearing a proposal on creating a partnership with Los Angeles County in order to reopen the Martin Luther King Jr. Hospital in 2012 at their upcoming meeting, Sept. 15-17. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors agreed to present a proposal to enlist the help of the University of California, as the county does not have the personnel to reopen the hospital on its own.