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Los Angeles is the largest city in California and the anchor of a county of nearly 10 million people — a sprawling, diverse metro stretching from the coast through Hollywood, Downtown, the San Fernando Valley, South LA, and East LA out to the San Gabriel Valley. It's a city of enormous socioeconomic range, where world-class healthcare sits alongside neighborhoods with some of the lowest rates of insurance coverage and primary-care access in the state. That scale and inequality shape its public health picture. Los Angeles County reports more total STD cases than any other county in California — and ranks among the highest-volume STD jurisdictions in the entire United States by absolute case count. The county's syphilis epidemic has been particularly acute: LA has been at the epicenter of the national syphilis resurgence, with cases rising sharply since 2012 and congenital syphilis — transmitted from mother to newborn — reaching levels not seen in decades. West Hollywood and surrounding areas have historically driven elevated rates among men who have sex with men, but recent surveillance data shows syphilis and gonorrhea spreading broadly across heterosexual networks in South LA, East LA, and the San Fernando Valley. The county's scale, socioeconomic stratification, and fragmented healthcare landscape mean that millions of residents — particularly in underserved communities — have no consistent point of access for routine STD screening.