About Us

At Breathe SoCal we work to provide resources that educate families living in the Southern California region to improve their community’s air quality and lung health. There are 1.2 million California children who have asthma, and half of them have never been given an asthma management plan.

Of the 1.2 million, 200,000 live in Los Angeles – a city with some of the nation’s worst air quality. We provide under-resourced neighborhoods with effective lung health services to change how they live their everyday lives. It can increase their access to proper healthcare, improve their overall health, and keep children in school.

The fight for clean air is a tough battle, but it is possible. We work with local experts, community members, and policymakers to advocate for the best practices in reclaiming the air you breathe and protecting every lung.

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Our Focus

Breathe Southern California is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that promotes clean air and healthy lungs through research, education, advocacy, and technology.

Our goals are to:
• promote education, support, and early diagnosis for individuals suffering from respiratory-related chronic conditions such as asthma, emphysema, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD);
• prevent lung disease by addressing its major causes: tobacco use and air pollution;
• to conduct research on lung disease;
• to promote clean technology and clean energy solutions to air pollution and climate change.
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Our History

Breathe Southern California (Breathe SoCal) was first formed in 1903 as an independent lung health organization called the Los Angeles Society for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. The organization served the city’s growing population of more than 300,000. For more than 30 years, the organization was committed to increasing public awareness about the tuberculosis (TB) epidemic and other lung-related diseases-including asthma, bronchitis and emphysema and working towards eradicating these diseases.

Since its creation in 1903, Breathe SoCal has undergone a number of name changes, including:

Our History

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Incorporated as Los Angeles
Tuberculosis & Health Association

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Los Angeles County Tuberculosis
and Health Association

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Incorporated as Los Angeles
Tuberculosis & Health Association

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Tuberculosis & Health
Association of Los Angeles County

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Incorporated as Los Angeles
Tuberculosis & Health Association

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Tuberculosis & Respiratory Disease Association of Los Angeles County

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Incorporated as Los Angeles
Tuberculosis & Health Association

Executive Board

Lucy Labruzzo |Chair

President & CEO‍
‍Engineering Partners Incorporated
Zach Woolridge | Treasurer

Vice President, Banker at JP Morgan Private Bank
Christopher Musgrave | Secretary

Strategy Director
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