Announcement: Now Accepting Applications for Community Garden Plots

The Los Medanos Community Healthcare District (LMCHD) is now accepting applications from Pittsburg and Bay Point residents for a Community Garden plot on our property at Loveridge Road and Leland Avenue in Pittsburg.  If you are interested in obtaining a plot, please attend the Community Garden meeting. Meetings are held the last Thursday of each month.
Please note, a $20 membership fee is required with your application.

Word format: DOWNLOAD THE GARDEN PLOT APPLICATION HERE

PDF format: DOWNLOAD THE GARDEN PLOT APPLICATION HERE

Press Release: LMCHD adopts Statement of Director Duties

At the January 10, 2011 meeting of the Board of Directors of the Los Medanos Community Healthcare District, the Board adopted a Statement of Director Duties and Responsibilities that requires the directors to demonstrate the highest standards of integrity and honesty in all public matters.  The Statement of Director Duties recognizes the directors’ duty to act in the best interests of the District regardless of their personal attitudes or political point of view.  The directors agreed that unprofessional or disruptive behavior by directors in public meetings is never in the best interest of the District.

While not enforceable in court, the Statement of Director Duties and Responsibilities represents the formal agreement of the directors to be prepared for all meetings, remain informed, share accurate and important information with the Board, and assure quality leadership for the District.  A representative of the District reported that health care districts throughout California are adopting similar resolutions in response to a public demand for more accountability and transparency in local government entities.  Copies of the Resolution adopting the Statement of Director Duties and responsibilities can be obtained from the Los Medanos Community Healthcare District or from the link below.

DOWNLOAD THE RESOLUTION #110103 PDF HERE

New LMCHD Committee Appointments made

At the LMCHD January 10th Board meeting last night, the following committee appointments were made:
 
Grant & Policy Committee: 
Marilyn Condit, Chair & Linda Strong

DPAC (District Program & Activities Committee):
Darnell Turner, Chair & Marilyn Condit

Finance:
Eva Vera, Chair & Darnell Turner

REAL Committee (Real Estate, Administrative and Legal):
Darnell Turner, Chair & Eva Vera

Garden Committee:
Marilyn Condit, Chair & Linda Strong

Darnell Turner appointed to serve on the APDC

Los Medanos Community Healthcare District is proud to announce that Darnell Turner, Board President of Los Medanos Community Healthcare District  has been nominated and appointed by the Association of California Healthcare Districts (ACHD) to serve on the Association’s Program and Development Committee. This committee has direct oversight of ACHD Annual Meetings, the Leadership Program, Trustee Education, the Community Services Committee, as well as the website and membership directory.  Mr. Turner will attend the ACHD Board and Committee Meeting on December 2-3, 2010, at the Hyatt Regency in Sacramento.

Help Shape LMCHD’s Priority’s for the Future

Please review and comment via the survey

The Los Medanos Community Health Care District (LMCHD) is charting a new course to improve the quality of health care for District residents while continuing to promote an environment of health and wellness. 

The LMCHD recently adopted its 2011-2016 Strategic Plan, and wants to ensure that the strategic planning process is both comprehensive and inclusive.  The public will have an opportunity to provide feedback by responding to an online survey. Comments will help to inform the process of implementing the plan and revisions may be incorporated over the coming months.

Download the Strategic Plan PDF here.

Download and view the Plan above then Please submit your comments here. 

LMCHD’s Grand Jury Response

Los Medanos Community Health District Board Response To Grand Jury Report No. 1009: “Lost” Medanos Community Health Care District.

Download the PDF findings here.

ACHD for Press Release for March 22, 2010

SB 726 (Ashburn) Direct Physician Employment

March 25th marks the beginning of Spring Recess for the California Legislature, meaning that most legislators will be back in their Districts until April 4th. Over the next few weeks we will be advancing several elements of support for SB 726, a critical piece of this effort is marshalling a sizeable letter writing campaign to register the breadth and depth of our coalition.  As you know, Legislators judge constituent interest by expressions of their interest and now more than ever we need your support if we are to get SB 726 through the Senate and to the Governor's desk. We would like to see 1000 letters of support for SB 726 submitted by April 2nd.   You can help in this effort by accessing the website www.doctorsforall.org, select the section "Email Your Legislator" and follow the directions on generating a support letter.  To assist in meeting our target of 1000 letters, we would encourage each of you to ask three others to join you in registering support.  Your letters do make a difference! While you are visiting www.doctorsforall.org, take a few minutes to navigate around the site, evaluate the coalition members, read the articles on the ever increasing challenges of access to care, sign up to receive updates and remember, success will come down to something very simple - the number of constituents who register their support.  Please act now. 

Please direct any questions you may have about SB 726 to Peter Gambee at peterg@achd.org or (916) 743-9246 or Tom Petersen at tomp@achd.org or (916) 266-5210.

ACHD for Press Release for February 10, 2010

TO:  Healthcare District Members
FROM: Tom Petersen, Director, Government Relations
RE:  Launch of Doctors for All Website 

The Association of California Healthcare Districts (ACHD) is pleased to announce the launch of the website www.doctorsforall.org, a website dedicated to the legislative and public relations activities associated with promoting SB 726 (Ashburn). "I would like to call your attention to the growing list of supporters of SB 726 and note that Catholic Healthcare West (CHW) has recently been added to the list", Mr. Petersen stated today.  
Catholic Healthcare West has developed a very interesting advocacy instrument-Community Need Index (CNI) that is used to quantify community public health status at the zip code level throughout the nation. We have received permission to add a link to the survey instrument on www.doctorsforall.org for use in communicating the health care access challenges in California. The link can be found in the research section of the tool bar titled Press Room.

Please take some time to visit the website, navigate around it to get familiar with the site contents, specifically, Get Involved to receive e-mail updates and Accessing Your Legislator to register your support for SB 726.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me directly at (916) 266-5210 or by email at tomp@achd.org.

HomeBase Announcement

HomeBase, a nonprofit organization located in San Francisco has just been approved by the Los Medanos Community Healthcare District Board of Directors to provide consultation services that include Strategic Planning, operational infrastructure and grant allocation procedures support services.

The San Francisco based consultanting firm will perform services between January 2010 and July 15, 2011. The remaining 6 months of the 2-year contract will be devoted to follow-up consulting services. Marty Fleetwood, Executive Director of HomeBase and her staff will work with the Board members of Los Medanos Community Healthcare Districts; it’s staff and the community represented by the leaders of various organizations as well as the residents of which LMCHD serves.

HomeBase, L-R: Cynthia Nagendra, Jason Satterfield, Marty Fleetwood, Daniele Wildkress

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