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Board authorizes major appropriation step to keep Bwell behavioral health construction on schedule
Summary
To meet grant and schedule deadlines the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors authorized an approximately $126.4 million appropriation to allow negotiation and execution of an early‑works construction package for phase one of the Bwell behavioral health campus (primarily Building B). Staff said this step is an appropriation timing action and that the full project budget increase will be brought back to the board for approval.
San Joaquin County supervisors on April 14 authorized a substantial appropriation increase—about $126.4 million—to allow county staff to finalize and execute an early‑works construction package for the county’s Bwell behavioral health campus.
County staff emphasized the board action is an appropriations timing step rather than a standalone project budget increase. The request responds to schedule constraints and grant deadlines that require awarding a fourth early‑works package to…
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