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County employees press supervisors over stalled contract, withheld health‑plan increases
Summary
Dozens of Solano County employees and union representatives used the board’s public‑comment period Jan. 27 to demand resumed bargaining, restoration of planned 2026 health‑benefit increases and higher pay to stem turnover and service delays that they say are hurting Medi‑Cal patients and other vulnerable residents.
Dozens of county employees and union representatives told the Solano County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 27 that understaffing and stalled contract talks are producing dangerous delays in care and forcing workers to shoulder higher health‑care costs.
"We will not be able to provide adequate care as long as we experience understaffing and high turnover," said Sarah, a mental‑health clinician in Family Health Services, describing five‑ to six‑month waits for referrals that she said lead to emergency‑room visits, arrests and worsened outcomes. "You deserve and are entitled to better."
The speakers — including clinicians, social‑services eligibility workers and home‑supportive‑services providers — pressed the board to…
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