I ask you, dear reader, what comes to mind when you think of a government public entity? You might think of a government public entity like the Internal Revenue Service. A government group made to enforce and take a portion of your earnings. You also might think of your local police organization as government public entity. The Coast Guard, the guys who write you a ticket for not having a floatation device on your boat, yes I think of the Coast Guard as a public entity.
I like to simply concepts, so let’s try to look at a simple service, like a drinking faucet (for the public). In a perfect world with simple services let’s break down what a public entity may or may not be. I think of a public entity as a water faucet at a park. A water faucet at a park is free for anyone to use. Let’s table the qualities of a simple service public entity, provided by the government:
Water faucet at public park
- PUBLIC ENTITY QUALITIES:
Free to use. Free, or in reality, very low cost. - Paid for by all users of the locale, in some taxes, like property taxes.
- Anyone can use it at any time.
- No service levels, no bias on who can use, because it is free of charge.
This is a simple service, a water faucet, at a park. It is free, and universal service, obvious somehow paid by the government. And we see it is free, it is open to the public with no bias towards your income. Anyone can come and get a free drink of water. How amazing! The service is not in reality free, but the cost to the public is so low, no one would notice. I think most readers would think that this is a great deal and a great public entity. It is a great service, this water faucet.
Now lets get complicated and think of more massive entities and what a tangle of qualities they have, and how many questions arise on how some of these groups are considered public entities.
I worked for a short period of time at a work-place, I had a job there, a place some called a public entity, a group called “UCI Health”. This group was part of the Regents of the University of California. The regents and their organization was formed for state educational purposes. Many years later, University of California Irvine was formed, then years later, UCI Health. So you may ask, who considers this a public entity? Well, the author, myself, I sued UCI Health for a few items, after I left employment with them. And one of the first things the contracted lawyers for UCI Health mention is that they are a public entity and can not be sued for certain things. While writing motions for the lawsuit, and thinking critically as the plaintiff, asked the judge to consider that this was not the case, and I provided evidence. The judge considered that and decided that he believed it also was a public entity. More on that later. For now, let me explain why I think UCI Health, like many other large organizations, is not a public entity.
UCI Health
PUBLIC ENTITY QUALITIES:
I know of none.
Yes, that is right. I don’t know of anything at UCI Health that meets the qualities of a public entity. What I do know is that there are many qualities that match a business. Lets go through some of them.
UCI Health
QUALITIES MATCHING A BUSINESS OR CORPORATION:
- Not free.
- Not low cost, actually has services that cost more than other commodity providers.
- Paid for by a conglomeration of funding sources as to be almost impossible to understand who is paying the bills for this organization. Historically has been funded by tax payer dollars, but that is no longer the case. Only now partially paid by tax money.
- Anyone can NOT use it, unless you want to pay the higher than usual fees for health care.
- Has outdoor and online advertising promoting the service (that costs money and makes the service less affordable)
- Has offices and clinics in neighborhoods catering to the rich, with lavish décor and buildings. Usually put in neighborhoods with high capital income.
So you can see, for me, this is just wrong. To say that these large organizations, many which have outgrown their original governmental assigned structure, should not, I repeat, should NEVER be given such gold status, the seal as a government public entity. My court case continues, and at some point, I hope to convince the courts that it is wrong to assign these organizations as public entity. Giving public entity status means the group gets sovereign immunity BECAUSE IT IS IN FACT THE government. It is old english law, and it makes sense in many instances. The government is for the people and can afford to be sued, but should not be sued for certain items. . . some of that makes sense. But the organization needs to be for the people, for everyone, and NOT, I repeat, NOT designed for PROFIT above all else. This is what I saw when I worked for UCI Health, and organization built to maintain itself, make profit from the upper class, NOT maintain the people and certainly NOT for the community as a whole. This I think is a fact, a fact I have seen, when in fact, UCI HEALTH, appears to function and operate NOTHING LIKE THE GOVERNMENT.
Under U.S. law, a public entity is any state or local government body, department, agency, or instrumentality created, funded, or controlled by government to carry out governmental functions.
You can read more about the regents at the link below.
Regents of the University of California — Grokipedia
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