The Alameda County Board of Supervisors Health Committee (Supervisors Miley and Tam) met on February 9, 2026, to receive an informational update on Measure C pediatric health account spending at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland and to act on the Measure W capital funding for affordable housing new construction. The meeting featured extensive public testimony from hospital staff, community advocates, and labor representatives, resulting in a directive for greater transparency and a consensus plan.
Item 1: Measure C Pediatric Health Account – UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland
Item 2: Measure W Capital Funding for Affordable Housing – Home Together Plan
Part of the health committee for February 9th. She provides a PAM. President Supervisor Miley. We have a floor. Is there any instructions you need to provide? For in-person participation, the meeting site is open to the public. For online participation, follow the teleconferencing guidelines posted at www.acgov.org. For remote participation, use the raise your hand function. All right, thank you. Everyone make sure everybody knows the mics will pick up any conversation because they're in the ceiling. So the inside conversation, whatever. Mics will pick it up. So if you're you know saying something bad about Lena and myself, the mics will pick it up. So please uh don't uh talk. We're not uh speaking, and then apologize for this being for I'll take responsibility, but I'm annoyed about the fact that we're in this room, not at the training center. The board chambers are being retrofitted for uh mics and stuff. Should have been in the training center because it is anticipate number of folks being here this morning. So I'm just publicly seeing the way, so I can get that off of my chest, and I will follow up with folks who are responsible for putting us in this room. Yeah. Supervisor, we do have an overflow at the TEC. Okay. That's nice to know, but still, I'm annoyed. Okay. Um, first item is uh leisure C pediatric health count. Informational item. Who's presenting that? We've got about um hi, folks. That's correct. Hi, supervisor. I just see you again. I'm Nicholas Holmes, I'm the president of Biddy. Next slide, please. UCS Binning Up Children's Hospital Oakland is nationally recognized for its excellence in providing comprehensive high quality care for children. We're more than just the name suggests a hospital or a system of care. We're we're have community-based clinics within our schools and Oakland, with our outpatient facilities and an incredible level one pediatric trauma center. Pediatric trauma are rare events and require specialized teams of care to save lives. We are recognized nationally for the great quality care we provide, as noted by the USA, we'll report rankings of one of the best children's hospitals with top 10 rankings in the neatology, gastroenterology, and gastroenterology surgeries. We have just over 2,500 employees with about 50% of our team residing within our slide. Who do we care for and where do they come from? The vast majority of our patients live within Palameda County. We've all types of patient encounters. These patients are occur in the outpatient setting, but inpatient setting. We see approximately about 1,400 uh trauma cases, uh encounters in the last fiscal years. Next slide. We are one of three level one pediatric trauma synopsis, but one of seven in the state of California. We get referrals as far north as Oregon border as far east as Utah and all the way south to LA. We will hear from the members of our trauma team leadership why we are considered experts in this highly complex market. Next slide. At the heart of what we do is to serve all children, all patients regardless of their economic status. Is our core value starting from our founder's birthday right in Able weed when our divorce opened in 1924?