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California posts rules for local health departments; West Covina moves to finalize application and public hearing set for July 10
Summary
The California Department of Public Health published a rule package opening a path for cities to run local health departments. West Covina officials said the city will finish required documents and participate in a state public hearing on July 10 as it pursues temporary and later permanent state funding.
West Covina city officials said the state has posted a regulatory package that would let cities form local health departments and tap state public-health funding, and that West Covina will finish required materials and take part in a July 10 public hearing.
The update came June 17 as Dr. Basil, the city’s presenter on the project, told the City Council that the California Department of Public Health had “completed and approved the new local health department applications, DPH‑21‑09, released on 05/23/2025, and is now open for public comments and public hearing is scheduled on 07/10/2025.”
The council heard why the item matters: local departments could get state aid to build capacity that county health agencies sometimes cannot provide at a neighborhood level. Dr. Basil said the rule package…
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