Mayor Bass Visits Quest Diagnostics Recently Expanded, Cutting Edge Facilities
LOS ANGELES – Mayor Bass joined leadership from Quest Diagnostics to tour two of their new recently expanded, state-of-the-art clinical laboratories in West Hills. As a leader in diagnostics information, Quest Diagnostics has operated within the San Fernando Valley for more than twenty years, helping employ thousands of Angelenos. The City of LA’s life science industry generated $15.8 billion in total economic output and supported over 59,000 jobs in 2024. Photos of the tour here.
“LA’s life science and biotech industry continues to grow, creating jobs and making medical innovation more accessible to residents. Quest Diagnostics has doubled down on its investment in LA’s San Fernando Valley, creating more good-paying jobs for Angelenos and continuing critical care for residents across the City,” said Mayor Bass. “My administration will continue to be a leader in innovation, helping move the world forward.”
“Quest is proud to be one of the leading lab providers as well as employers in LA and all of California,” said Mark Machulcz, President, West Region, Quest Diagnostics. "We continually reinvest in the San Fernando Valley, improving patient access to our essential laboratory insights and innovations from our state-of-the-art laboratory site in West Hills.”
With nearly 300,000 square feet between the two major laboratories, Quest Diagnostics’ West Hills laboratory is one of the company’s largest facilities in the United States. The more than 1,000 employees provide lab tests for a wide range of health conditions from the flu to advanced testing for cancer and genetic disorders. Quest Diagnostics serves approximately one in two doctors and one in three American adults each year.
As a former health care provider, Mayor Bass knows the importance of access to Angelenos having access to world class medical facilities and prestigious medical institutions – creating the next generation of innovators and researchers in medicine. Earlier this year, Mayor Bass toured the under-construction California Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy at UCLA Research Park, where she highlighted its future as a medical innovation hub that will generate thousands of good-paying, cutting-edge jobs, and revitalize an anchor space on the City’s Westside. This future economic engine was kickstarted by a generous contribution from Gary and Alya Michelson.