Summary: Advances in information technology and recent national directives have the potential to support dramatic improvements in health care. Two key components are the implementation of functional electronic health record (EHR) systems and widely accepted, evidence-based clinical performance measures for physicians.
In 2009, The Paw Project led the successful campaigns to legally ban declawing of domestic cats in 7 more California cities: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Burbank, Santa Monica, Berkeley, Beverly Hills and Culver City.
Local Ordinances â Local city and county ordinances can make public intoxication illegal. For example, in the City of Charleston, Section 21-163 states, âNo person shall be intoxicated in a public place, whether such intoxication results from alcohol, drugs or other intoxicants.â.