A dangerous statewide ballot measure threatens care for millions of patients who rely on community health centers and clinics for their health care.
I/we oppose the dangerous ballot initiative that threatens care for millions of patients who rely on community health centers and clinics. California must act NOW and reject this reckless ballot measure to safeguard access to essential care for our most vulnerable communities.
This measure jeopardizes access to care for millions of patients who rely on community health centers and clinics for their care. It would divert billions of dollars from patient care into unnecessary new bureaucracy—forcing health centers to cut patient services or close, leaving millions of patients without essential care.
Community health centers and clinics care for the uninsured, working families, immigrants, LGBTQ+ individuals, seniors, and more—regardless of ability to pay. This measure disproportionately harms those already facing barriers to care.
This measure arbitrarily excludes funding for critical patient services like nurse and physician managers, translation services, health care enrollment navigators, and community outreach and education. Learn more about these arbitrary exclusions.
If health centers and clinics close, many patients will lose access to care, skip preventive services, and end up in emergency rooms with more costly, difficult-to-treat conditions, increasing ER wait times and increasing costs for taxpayers and consumers.
Community health centers and clinics are already heavily regulated by the federal and state government and have strict reporting requirements including frequent audits.
This measure is a shameful power play by politically powerful union executives who are weaponizing the ballot measure process to force their demands—putting patients at risk.
