06/04/2026
Public health care systems are essential to California’s health infrastructure – and our communities cannot afford to lose them.
California’s public hospitals are at a breaking point. As the City’s hospital and only Level 1 Trauma Center, Zuckerberg San Francisco General provides lifesaving care to more than 100,000 San Franciscans every year. When people delay care because of fear about coverage or cost, it often becomes crisis care – costlier, riskier, and preventable.
Today, Director Dan Tsai joined California Association of Public Health, SEIU Local 21, and regional public hospitals to advocate for the resources needed to protect access to care for the 3.7 million people who rely on California’s public health care systems – including our San Francisco community.
“Public hospital systems can’t be left on their own to navigate a hostile federal government working to roll back the progress we’ve made towards a more affordable, equitable health care system,” shares our Director. “We know our state leaders care about protecting public health and we're calling on them to go further. By fully stepping up for public hospital systems, they can prevent the rise of more preventable illness and death, facility closures driving longer patient wait times and commutes for care, and higher costs we all pay."
