Fundamental governance changes appear unnecessary in Contra Costa County, but targeted reforms designed to give the Health Services Department the flexibility to compete more effectively with private- sector health-care providers for publically-sponsored patients should be considered.Burt Margolin...
The annual point-in-time survey is done by the county's health department and focuses on counting Contra Costa County's homeless population on a single night. In 2023, the count was 4% higher than in 2022. The team and its community partners, including hundreds of volunteers, canva...
The board consists of 21 members, with 18 voting members, he shared. Pleasant Hill Mayor Sue Noack, who represents the cities of Contra Costa, and Contra Costa District 5 Supervisor Federal Glover, who represents the County, both voted in favor of the toll increases. A phased toll increase ...
During the Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, under the questioning of District 1 Supervisor John Gioia, Contra Costa County Public Health Director Anna Roth was asked why West County has the fewest vaccine locations, five, while other districts in the c...
Contra Costa Health Services chief executive officer Anna Roth told the county Board of Supervisors Tuesday that countywide hospital admissions for COVID-19 have increased since July, from 8.1 per day to 12.1. "So, it's going up," Roth said. "It's not huge. We are ...
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The health department said that since December 2020, jail staff have offered voluntary COVID-19 vaccinations to all inmates and staff members. All staff working in county jail facilities are tested for COVID-19 regularly, the spokesman said. The Contra Costa County jail COVID outbreak follows ...
Public Health officials said in some cases, those events start off with people wearing masks, but as the night goes on people tend to "relax their physical distancing and remove face coverings." Contra Costa County recommends people find alternative ways to celebrate the spookiest time of the ye...
” said Dr. Chris Farnitano, health officer for Contra Costa. “During July the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in our county increased 400%. Four out of five of the COVID patients we see are not vaccinated, even though only one out of five Contra Costa adults ar...