Alameda County Health Committee Meeting - October 28, 2025
Alameda County Health Committee Meeting - October 28, 2025
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors Health Committee met on October 28, 2025, at 9:45 AM. The meeting included an action item on the Measure C Children's Health and Childcare Initiative safety net fund allocation and a presentation on Alameda Health Systems (AHS) Fiscal Year 2026 budget. Supervisors Tam and Miley were present. No public comments were made.
Discussion Items
Measure C Safety Net Fund Allocation Update
- Staff presented a proposed three-year allocation plan for the Measure C safety net fund, using $30 million in accrued revenue and $6 million in projected annual revenue. The plan allocates approximately $17 million in year one and $13 million in years two and three, with a reserve of about $6 million.
- The violence prevention strategy line item was increased by $1 million (from ~$2 million to ~$3 million) per the committee's September 8th request. Staff recommended allocating annual revenue exceeding the $6 million projection to violence prevention, up to an additional $1 million per year, with any excess above that going to the reserve.
- Regarding stipends for the Measure A, C, and W Citizen Oversight Committee, staff recommended not providing stipends at this time, citing the need for further coordination with the CAO and Auditor's Office. Supervisor Miley had proposed a $150 per meeting stipend. Supervisor Tam supported exploring stipends, noting the committee meets monthly and the work is mandated. Both supervisors emphasized the importance of stipends given the workload and vacancies on such committees.
- Supervisor Tam asked about which community-based organizations (CBOs) might receive violence prevention funding. Staff responded that an RFP process would be used, and they are coordinating with the City of Oakland's Office of Violence Prevention. Supervisor Miley stressed the need for results-based accountability and metrics for funded programs.
- Supervisor Tam also inquired about the impact on the REACH program; staff indicated the additional funding would alleviate structural deficits and allow for continued discussions.
Alameda Health Systems FY26 Budget Update
- CFO Kim Miranda presented a financial update for the first two months of FY26: net income of $4.7 million (slightly below budget by $800,000), higher discharges (168 more than planned), and lower length of stay. Labor costs remain a challenge, comprising 75% of costs.
- A multi-year cash flow projection shows AHS will hit the Net Negative Balance (NNB) ceiling of $95 million by June 30, 2026, and exceed it by $74 million in September 2026 without intervention. Staff is working with the county to amend the permanent agreement for more NNB flexibility.
- Impacts from HR1 (the federal budget bill) are projected to grow significantly, with potential revenue reductions of over $100 million per year in the coming years. The Alameda Alliance projects 30,000 Medi-Cal disenrollments, representing $350 million in care costs.
- St. Rose Hospital received $30.3 million in IGT funding last fiscal year, allowing it to repay its line of credit to AHS and end with a small profit. For FY26, St. Rose needs an additional $10 million in local share to break even. AHS is accelerating the transition from Meditech to Epic at St. Rose, reducing implementation costs by 50%.
- CEO James Jackson highlighted quality achievements: AHS is the only public health system in the country to achieve all five domains of the Beta Heart validation program. He also noted the hiring of Jet Chapman as Chief Human Resources Officer and community engagement efforts.
- Supervisor Tam asked about the impact of HR1 on St. Rose and the need for a coordinated county response. Supervisor Miley emphasized the importance of labor partnerships and capital budget flexibility. Both supervisors expressed support for AHS and the need to address the NNB issue.
Key Outcomes
- Motion on Measure C: The committee unanimously approved a motion to forward the expenditure plan and recommendations to the full Board of Supervisors, with direction to explore providing stipends for the Measure A, C, and W Citizen Oversight Committee members before the November 18, 2025 board meeting. (Supervisors Tam and Miley voted aye.)
- AHS Budget Update: No formal action was taken. The committee directed staff to continue discussions on the NNB, labor costs, and St. Rose funding, with a joint Health and Social Services committee meeting planned to address broader fiscal impacts.
Meeting Transcript
All right, so good morning, everybody. Happy Monday morning, October 27th, 2025. Clerk called the role for the health committee. Supervisor Tam. Present. Supervisor Miley. Present. Any instructions we need to provide? For in-person participation, the meeting site is open to the public. If you'd like to speak on an item, you can fill out a speaker's card in the in the front of the room and hand it to the clerk for remote participation. You can follow the teleconferencing guidelines posted at ACGov.org. And for speaking, you can use the raise your hand function. All right, thank you. So our first item this morning is an action item, Measure C, Children's Health and Childcare Initiative, Pediatric Health Care, Account Safety Netflix update. Quite a title. Good morning. So I am back to present some updates on our safety net recommendations for Measure C. Next slide. I don't, do I have the slides? Oh, okay. So this is what we're going to be covering today. We're going to do a review of the proposed allocation plan for the Measure C safety net fund. And we're going to do some follow-ups. Some additional health committee guidance from the September 8th meeting. And focusing on two areas: the additional revenue allocation for the violence prevention strategy and the stipends for the oversight committee participation participation. And then a requested action to bring the recommendations to the board in November. And then just a reminder that all of the presentations from our last two health committee meetings are in the appendix in the back of the of this deck for reference. So as a follow-up from the September 8th Health Committee meeting, you requested information on allocating annual revenue beyond the projected annual revenue to the violence prevention strategy. And you also wanted to see a plan for providing stipends of up to 150 per meeting for members of the Measure A, C and W Citizen Oversight Committee. Slide. And before I get into those information about those recommendations, wanted to just recap how we came up with our recommendations. So we're uh proposing allocating the accrued and the annual revenue to maximize the impact. So that's that six million annual projected and as well as the 30 million in the reserve or the accrued revenue. And we want to establish a proven reserve and a three-year funding cycle starting this fiscal year, 25-26. And this would be this would be allow us to you know support that regular review of strategies and also align with the measure A cycle. And we want to support our strategies that leverage existing infrastructure within our system and build on existing assessments and plans. And we're supporting we're providing a mix of in the recommendations of county and CBO contracted programs, and we're prioritizing strategies that support cross-sectional and holistic support for our priority populations. And so this is the budget that you've seen before, but there's one change to this proposed three-year allocation, and you'll see it highlighted in yellow, which is the violence prevention strategy. We've increased that line item again by approximately one million from approximately two million to three million. And everything else, all the other um allocations on the right remain the same, and then you'll see that the reserve fund has gone down a bit after that increase to violence prevention. So now we're at about six million. Oh, that's fine. I was just gonna say that the year one spending would be approximately 17 million and year two and three about 13 million. Next slide. So now we're going into the recommendations regarding the use of annual revenue beyond that project, the projected $6 million for the violence prevention strategy. So uh we are we are recommending um that to allocate measure C the sales tax revenue received in the safety net fund in the excess of six million for the annual projection to the violence prevention strategy at year end, up to an additional one million per year. Um and that's recommended for the full three-year cycle, but it will be reevaluated for the next cycle. And anything that's above that additional one million would go into the reserve. So it's up to one million per year. And this is consistent with the September 8th Health Committee recommendation.
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