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Board highlights National Public Health Week and county health agency work
Summary
Supervisors recognized National Public Health Week, invited public health staff to the dais, and heard agency highlights including lab specimen processing, outbreak investigations, vaccine clinics and efforts on health equity; supervisors also discussed toxic‑free parks and pesticide policies.
Orange County supervisors observed National Public Health Week, inviting leaders from the Health Care Agency (HCA) to the dais for a ceremonial presentation and remarks. The chair and HCA staff highlighted the public health laboratory’s work (HCA reported processing over 58,000 specimens last year), outreach numbers for WIC and other programs, and nearly 600 outbreak investigations handled by the county’s communicable disease division.
Supervisor Katrina Foley emphasized the county’s work on reducing toxic pesticide use in parks and open space, noting local cities’ organics‑first and toxic‑free policies and thanking local advocates. HCA representatives described efforts to address health equity and prevention, including vaccination and healthy‑living promotion, and the agency’s role in environmental health inspections and communicable disease response.
No formal policy or budget votes were taken during the presentation; supervisors used the occasion to thank public health staff and flag federal funding uncertainties for certain pandemic‑era public health grants.
