County budgets, public hospital and clinic cuts, and the local measures meant to fill the gap.
Contra Costa Health projects a $730 million five-year deficit, with its county hospital and 11-clinic network hit hardest. Shasta County Public Health cut another $2 million. Santa Barbara County restored 15 clinic positions after the PPS delay delivered $6.6M.
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Based on: Contra Costa Health, Fiscal Update presentation to the… · Shasta Scout · Noozhawk
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Contra Costa Health
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Contra Costa Health told the Board of Supervisors on August 25, 2026 that budget-balancing initiatives it has identified reduce its FY2026-27 deficit from $80 million to $10 million…
San Francisco Public Works / Department of Public Health
At the July 19 source-review checkpoint, San Francisco Public Works listed the $76.1 million seismic retrofit and modernization of Chinatown Public Health Center as in progress.
News · The Press Democrat
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California's enacted FY2026-27 budget provides $250 million for public hospitals and $420 million for benefits-enrollment staffing, but $0 for the mandated indigent-care costs counties must absorb as H.R. 1's Medicaid changes phase in.
Shasta Scout
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Shasta County's Health and Human Services Agency confirmed in July 2026 an additional $2 million cut to Public Health, on top of a June budget that had already set Public Health at $25 million, $2 million below the prior year…
Government · County of Sacramento
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Sacramento County's recommended FY2026-27 budget totals $8.9 billion (down 2.8% from the prior year) and trims the Health Services base budget by $5.4 million, cuts Correctional Health by $4.1 million…
Westside Connect / Ceres Courier
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A Stanislaus County Health Services Agency report presented to the Board of Supervisors warns that H.R. 1 could cost the county-mandated Indigent Health Care Program $37 million to $66 million over three fiscal years…
News · Santa Barbara Independent
The Santa Barbara Independent reported that CenCal Health CEO Marina Owen projected 25,000 Santa Barbara County residents could lose health insurance in 2026, with the projected figure rising to 50,000 in 2027.
News · Noozhawk
Santa Barbara County will restore 15 positions cut in its June-16 adopted budget — 7 staff nurses, 2 medical assistants, 2 administrative office professionals, 2 financial office professionals, 1 health education assistant, and 1 pharmacy technician…
News · KPBS
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KPBS reports (June 2026) that advocates rallied outside state Sen. Akilah Weber Pierson's San Diego office on June 6 urging lawmakers to reject proposed state Medi-Cal changes that could strip coverage from roughly 210,000 San Diego County residents.
Government · County of Los Angeles
On June 8, 2026 Los Angeles County issued a formal public warning that, absent urgent action in the state budget, its public healthcare system would be forced to consider 'reduced patient services, staff layoffs…
Government · County of Los Angeles
LA County Department of Health Services (DHS — the public hospital/clinic system, distinct from DPH) announced 'Save Our Safety Net' (SOS) on May 28, 2026, relocating Antelope Valley, Torrance…
Government · LA County Dept. of Health Services
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On May 28, LA County's Department of Health Services detailed the next phase of its 'Save Our Safety Net' plan: Antelope Valley Health Center services move to High Desert Regional and South Valley health centers (June 1)…
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