SAC Health
SAC Health buys former Victorville Rite Aid for second High Desert clinic
SAC Health announced on July 7 that it acquired the former Rite Aid at 14629 7th St. In Victorville for its second High Desert clinic.
The Record
California: the record
Every California record from every file, newest first; federal records that apply in every state are in the full archive.
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Issues active in California
Tracked issues with at least one California record since May 14, 2026.
- California county safety-net budgets67 records
- State health elections and ballot measures49 records
- California's state-only Medi-Cal coverage32 records
- Safety-net workforce and capacity shifts31 records
- California's budget, the health plan (MCO) tax and Proposition 3523 records
- Health center openings, closures and mergers21 records
Analysis · FQHC Talent
California recommends at least 80 training hours for CHWs and promotores
HCAI and DHCS published a voluntary Best Practices Framework for community health worker, promotor and representative training programs on July 2.
The Press Democrat
Sonoma County's indigent care caseload could grow from 97 to about 11,560
California's 2026-27 budget has $0 for county indigent care as H.R. 1 Medicaid changes phase in, the Press Democrat reported. Sonoma County projects its County Medical Services Program caseload could grow from 97 people to roughly 11,560.
Santa Barbara Independent
State budget funds $5M Central Coast behavioral health pilot through CenCal
California's 2026-27 budget gives CenCal Health and the Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo county behavioral health departments a one-time $5 million for a pilot on severe schizophrenia and anosognosia, the Santa Barbara Independent reported.
Medi-Cal
Medi-Cal starts negative PPS adjustments for 2025 fourth-quarter claims on July 23
Medi-Cal posted its 2025 fourth-quarter FQHC and RHC PPS rate-adjustment notice on July 2, and affected claims will be reprocessed automatically.
The LA Local
Three health centers staff free mobile clinics after Boyle Heights warehouse fire
After the Lineage warehouse fire in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles officials opened free mobile clinics from July 4 to July 8, as The LA Local reported. St. John's Community Health, AltaMed and Clínica Romero staffed them.
DHCS
DHCS puts H.R. 1 Medi-Cal eligibility changes on one page
DHCS updated its Medi-Cal eligibility page on July 1 to gather the H.R. 1 changes in one place. Six-month checks for adults 19 to 64 and work requirements start January 1, 2027, and a narrower definition of qualified noncitizens starts October 1, 2026.
HCAI
HCAI posts California's final 2026-2030 behavioral health workforce plan
HCAI posted California's final 2026-2030 workforce plan under the Behavioral Health Services Act, approved June 19, and work begins July 1, 2026.
The Intersection
Stanislaus County closes most promotora groups as Prop 1 moves prevention money
Stanislaus County's RAIZ Promotores program is closing most of its 13 community health worker groups by June 30, 2026, The Intersection reported. The groups, founded in 2008, serve close to 400 mostly Latino immigrants.
California Legislative Information
California law sets a new MCO tax for 2027 through 2029
Governor Newsom signed SB 125 on June 29, 2026, as Chapter 24, creating an MCO tax outside Proposition 35 for 2027 through 2029. It charges plans $8.85 per enrollee per month once federally approved or certified as permissible.
California Legislature
California budget sets aside $15 million for promotora training through HCAI
SB 111, signed June 29 as part of California's 2026 budget, makes $15 million available to train and expand the promotora workforce through HCAI. The law does not say who can apply, how the money will be split, or when applications open.
Lookout Santa Cruz
Dignity drops Santa Cruz Medical Group, and over a dozen clinicians leave
Dignity Health Medical Foundation ended its contract with the roughly 120-member Santa Cruz Medical Group and began contracting with Foundation Physicians Medical Group, Lookout Santa Cruz reported June 29.
Redheaded Blackbelt
Redwoods Rural Health Center steps back from its Community Supports program
Redwoods Rural Health Center, the FQHC for Southern Humboldt County, is stepping back from its Community Supports program, Redheaded Blackbelt reported June 29.
Becker's Hospital Review
Dignity Health (Bakersfield Memorial Hospital), 57 positions
Dignity Health (CommonSpirit) filed June 29, 2026 regulatory notices for 139 layoffs across two California hospitals — 57 at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital and 82 at California Hospital Medical Center in Los Angeles — effective Aug. 3, 2026…
California Department of Health Care Services
DHCS moves some immigrant Medi-Cal members to fee-for-service January 1, 2027
Starting January 1, 2027, DHCS says members in defined unsatisfactory-immigration-status categories will get Medi-Cal through fee-for-service and leave their managed care plans.
Governor of California
Newsom signs budget that pushes clinic payment cut to July 2027
Newsom signed California's 2026-27 budget on June 29, 2026, including the health trailer bills. It delays three cuts from July 1, 2026 to July 1, 2027, including the clinic payment cut for state-only immigrant coverage and the adult dental cut.
California Health Care Foundation / Culture IQ Group
In 39 interviews, undocumented adults trusted clinics but often lacked information
In January 2026, CHCF had Culture IQ Group interview 39 undocumented adults on full-scope Medi-Cal in Greater Los Angeles, the Central Valley, Monterey and the Bay Area.
California Department of Health Care Services
DHCS proposes tighter ECM and Community Supports rules as ECM grows 59%
DHCS's June 26, 2026 update shows Enhanced Care Management served nearly 227,500 members in Q3 2025, up 59% from a year earlier.
Bay Area Reporter
San Francisco budget committee restores $750,036 for HIV and health access points
In late June 2026, San Francisco's Board of Supervisors budget committee restored a proposed $750,036 cut to health access points, as the Bay Area Reporter reported.
Community Vision
Elica Health Centers buys its West Sacramento clinic with $1.09M in financing
Community Vision, a community development lender, announced on June 25 that it provided $1.09 million so Elica Health Centers could buy its leased West Sacramento clinic, run since 2013.
Healthcare Dive
California's Medicaid director says CMS cited no fraud for $1.3B deferral
At a June 25 House oversight hearing, California Medicaid Director Tyler Sadwith testified that CMS gave no instances of fraud, waste or abuse to justify its roughly $1.3 billion Medi-Cal deferral, Healthcare Dive reported.
CalMatters
Props 41 and 42 were written to cancel Prop 40, and 42 leads
Proposition 40 — SEIU-UHW's one-time 5% tax on California billionaires — earmarks 90% of its revenue for low-income health care (with 10% to education and food assistance), which makes it the one November measure that would send money TOWARD the safety net.
Piedmont Exedra / Bay City News
Alameda County adopts $6.7B budget with $85.3M for community health centers
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted a $6.7 billion budget on June 25, as Bay City News reported.
CA EDD WARN Report
Adventist Health files WARN notices for about 125 workers at 21 hospitals
Adventist Health filed California WARN notices on June 25 for about 125 employees at 21 hospitals, including White Memorial in Los Angeles.
NUHW
Lyon-Martin (SF) First Contract, Ratified June 2025, Anchors NUHW's Broader CHC Organizing Surge
Workers at Lyon-Martin Community Health (San Francisco) ratified their first union contract in June 2025 — 10% raises, a subcontracting ban, and gender-identity and immigration-status employment protections…
Sacramento Bee
Last-Minute Ballot Deal Withdraws Two Healthcare Measures
On June 25, 2026 — the statutory deadline to pull initiatives off the November 3 ballot — SEIU-UHW and the California Hospital Association struck a mutual-disarmament deal, announced by the California Federation of Labor…
TrueCare
TrueCare to merge with Palomar Family Counseling Service on September 1
TrueCare announced it will merge with Palomar Family Counseling Service, a North County behavioral health nonprofit open since 1956, effective September 1, 2026.
Analysis · FQHC Talent
A labor relations guide for FQHC managers and workers
California health care unions, NLRA rules, protected activity, and SB 525 bargaining, written for both managers and workers at FQHCs.
California Department of Health Care Services
California's budget keeps state-only FQHC PPS and adult dental through June 2027
DHCS says California's enacted 2026-27 budget moves defined immigrant members to fee-for-service on January 1, 2027.
Becerra for Governor 2026
CPCA Advocates Endorses Xavier Becerra for California Governor
CPCA Advocates — the political arm of the California Primary Care Association — is listed among Xavier Becerra's organizational endorsers (confirmed on his campaign endorsements page, alongside the California Medical Association, the California Academy of…
NBC Bay Area
Asian Health Services launches California's first FQHC-based dental residency
Asian Health Services will launch California's first FQHC-based dental residency in July 2026, NBC Bay Area reported.
Analysis · FQHC Talent
A promotora's guide to California CHW certification and career growth
California has no state CHW certificate today: SB 184 created it and HCAI paused it in November 2023. This Spanish-first guide covers Medi-Cal billing, ECM, pay, and interviews, and how the Academy prepares you for employer and county CHW programs.
CalOptima Health
CalOptima Health puts $429.6M from reserves into hospital and specialist rates
On June 9, CalOptima Health approved $429.6 million from reserves to raise Medi-Cal rates for hospitals and specialists from July 1, 2026, through December 31, 2028.
County of Los Angeles
LA County warns of possible layoffs and facility closures without state action
Los Angeles County warned that without urgent state budget action, its public health system would have to consider reduced patient services, staff layoffs, and potential facility closures.
California Department of Health Care Services
DHCS says California's current MCO tax holds through December 31, 2026
DHCS says the February 2026 CMS final rule leaves California's current Managed Care Organization tax in place through December 31, 2026.
California Secretary of State
Two health ballot measures are withdrawn, leaving Proposition 44 for November
California's Secretary of State lists two health ballot measures as withdrawn on June 25. One would have capped health executive pay at $450,000, and the other, backed by hospitals, would have limited health-care union political spending.
Analysis · FQHC Talent
LA passed Measure ER and Prop 44 lost in November
In California's June 2, 2026 primary, LA's Measure ER passed and Contra Costa's Medicaid backfill tax failed; in November, Proposition 44, a 90% FQHC spending rule, failed 82% to 18%.
CA Department of Health Care Services
California approves $11M payment for Imperial County's only general acute-care hospital
California approved an $11 million distressed hospital supplemental payment for El Centro Regional Medical Center, announced June 6, 2026. It is the only general acute-care hospital in Imperial County, where about 80% or more of patients rely on Medi-Cal.
California Secretary of State
Hospital Industry's Union-Spending Counter-Measure (#25-0021) Misses November Ballot While SEIU-UHW Clinic Measure Proceeds
The California Hospital Association's counter-initiative — 25-0021, 'Restricts Political Spending by Health Care Unions' — became eligible for the November 3, 2026 ballot on June 5, 2026…
Contra Costa County Elections
Contra Costa's Measure B FAILS (~42%-58%)
Contra Costa County voters rejected Measure B on June 2 — a 0.625-cent general sales tax (~$150M/year, 5-year sunset) placed on the ballot explicitly to offset federal Medicaid cuts.