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SAC Health lays off 49 and closes two San Bernardino clinics

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SAC Health laid off 49 nonclinical workers effective September 3, 2026, to reduce a $10 million operating gap, the San Bernardino Sun reported. Two San Bernardino clinics, on South K Street and East 3rd Street, closed in August as services moved to the Brier campus.

At 49, the layoff was one below California's 50-worker WARN threshold.

Corrected Sep 30, 2026: Now sourced to the San Bernardino Sun of September 4, 2026. SAC Health runs 10 clinics, and the headline no longer calls it the Inland Empire’s largest health center.

Key points

  • California's WARN notice rule starts at 50 workers, so this round of 49 does not appear in the state's WARN report.
  • The clinics that closed in August were on South K Street and on East 3rd Street, at the former Norton Air Force Base. Services moved to the Brier campus on East Brier Drive.
  • The chief executive's August staff memo, as the Sun reported it, paired the layoffs with lower executive and management pay and limits on travel, conferences and events.
  • SAC Health serves more than 65,000 patients at 10 clinics in Barstow, Blythe, Indio, Murrieta and San Bernardino, the Sun reported.

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San Bernardino Sun, September 4, 2026

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FQHC Talent. (2026, September 6). SAC Health lays off 49 and closes two San Bernardino clinics. Source: San Bernardino Sun, September 4, 2026. Retrieved November 11, 2026, from https://www.fqhctalent.com/intel/sac-health-49-layoffs-two-clinic-closures-september-2026