"When Watsonville Community Hospital was saved the message from the outset was clear: It would take more money to keep the hospital open. Turns out a lot more money," writes the Editorial Board. "So, voters who live within the Pajaro Valley Health Care District will be asked in the March 5 state primary election to fund a $116 million obligation bond to pay for improvements that include buying the land the hospital sits on."
<figure><img width="1024" height="682" src="https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/010423-MaderaCommunityHospital-LV CM 07.jpg?fit=1024%2C682&ssl=1" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="Outlines of the former Madera Community Hospital sign are covered by a tarp at the emergency room entrance of the hospital on Jan. 2, 2023. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local" /></figure>Earlier this year, the state created a loan program meant to help struggling hospitals stay afloat and to help reopen Madera County’s only hospital. Almost a year after its closure, Madera continues its search for a buyer or partner.
WATSONVILLE — When voters in the Pajaro Valley Health Care District receive their March primary ballots, one of the choices they will have to make is whether or not to fund a $116 million general obligation bond to fund various improvement projects at Watsonville Community Hospital. A resolution authorizing that bond was unanimously approved by […]