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Board appoints Grant Colfax as Contra Costa director of health services

5569057 · August 12, 2025
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The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to appoint Grant Colfax as director of Contra Costa Health Services at step 3 of the salary range. Colfax, a former San Francisco health director, thanked supervisors and said he was eager to work on health equity across the county.

The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors on Aug. 12 voted unanimously to appoint Grant Colfax as director of Contra Costa Health Services, setting his step-3 salary at $42,680.61 per month.

County Administrator (name not specified in transcript) introduced Colfax and outlined his background, saying Colfax had roughly 25 years of public health experience, including as health director in the City and County of San Francisco and as health and human services director in Marin County. The administrator said Colfax led a 9,000-person health department and managed a budget that included a level-1 trauma center and other large care systems.

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