Valley Healthcare Foundation formed the political committee a week before the county Board of Supervisors voted to place sales tax increase on November ballot.

County officials said the higher taxes are needed to close a projected billion-dollar budget shortfall that is the result of the federal government’s “Big Beautiful Bill.”

While taking responsibility for managing hazardous and biological waste, county officials today said private contractors – not hospital employees – had been hired to handle hazardous and medical waste identified by the DA.

The Registered Nurses Professional Association rejected a mediator’s proposal the same day it announced a three-day strike at Santa Clara County healthcare facilities, beginning Tuesday, April 2.