SF DPH 3-Clinic Closure Fight Moves to Meet-and-Confer — Advocates Learn Closures Were Never Budget Add-Backs
July 3 update to previously tracked SF DPH cuts: after months of protests, patients, clinicians, and SEIU 1021 members learned the three clinic consolidations were being treated as a Department of Public Health operational decision rather than budget add-backs. The closures still target South East Mission Geriatrics Clinic (the only free SF facility serving low-income seniors 60+), Cole Street Youth Clinic, and Larkin Street Youth Clinic.
Negotiations are continuing, with meet-and-confer set to begin July 15 and advocates still pushing to keep the clinics open and resourced. Strategic read for SF FQHCs: even when elected officials restore headline budget dollars, operational consolidations can keep moving unless they are named in labor, budget, and implementation language.
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FQHC Talent. (2026, April 7). SF DPH 3-Clinic Closure Fight Moves to Meet-and-Confer — Advocates Learn Closures Were Never Budget Add-Backs. Primary source: San Francisco Public Press. Retrieved July 30, 2026, from https://www.fqhctalent.com/intel/sf-dph-3-clinic-closures-august-28-april-2026
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