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Residents and advocates press supervisors to implement expanded basic health-care program; animal-shelter critics seek policy changes
Summary
Community groups told the Board of Supervisors the county's expanded basic health-care program for immigrants has not launched effectively and urged faster rollout and partnership; separate speakers warned about an animal-shelter policy change ending euthanasia-list extensions.
During the public-comment portion of the March 11 meeting, representatives from the 1 Contra Costa Coalition, United Latino Voices, Healthy Contra Costa, Health Access California and local nonprofits urged the county to accelerate and improve the rollout of the board-approved expansion of the basic health-care program to include immigrants.
Speakers described 11 months of implementation delays since the board’s April 2024 decision, cited low take-up, and urged the county health department to remove barriers such as an unclear application process, lack of staffing and…
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