Mayor Karen Bass on Tuesday encouraged residents to enroll in Medi-Cal before the end of the year, warning that on Jan. 1, people 19 and over without "satisfactory immigration status" will not be eligible to enroll for full benefits.

During a news conference Tuesday morning, Bass joined representatives from the Mayor's Fund for Los Angeles and health care officials to discuss how eligibility rules will shift. In anticipation of the change, the fund will begin outreach efforts to help residents file Medi-Cal applications by Dec. 31.

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"Health care costs are one of the major causes of people falling into homelessness. Preventing homelessness is key to our efforts in addressing this humanitarian crisis," Bass said in a s

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