Voters passed Proposition 3 Tuesday, which will provide $980 million to children’s hospitals statewide. Proposition 3 passed with 61.8% approval.
Locally, Long Beach’s own Miller Children’s Hospital could apply for as much as $98 million in funds made available by the passage of Prop 3, which hospital administration plans to use to complete construction on a brand new building and improve services with a new Neo-Natal Intensive Care Unit and other upgrades.
Miller received $74 million from the passage of Prop 61 in 2004, which allowed the hospital to begin massive construction and improvement plans. Funds from Prop 3 will help the hospital complete those plans.
Miller administration has said previously that necessary improvements would not have been possible without the passage of Prop 3.
By Ryan ZumMallen, Managing Editor