REWATCH: Tulare Candidates’ Forum
Click below to watch the 2016 Tulare Candidates’ Forum stream. A higher quality version will be uploaded Friday.
Author: Tony Maldonado Jr
Tulare Hospital Board Meeting Erupts in Controversy Over $800,000 Loan
UPDATE: A statement from the “Sherrie Bell for Hospital Board” Facebook page has stated that the August 29 date on a loan agreement referred to below was “is the date that the bank prepared the document[,] not the date it was signed.” It also states that Bell actually signed the document in “mid September.” Even by the standards […]
Tulare Local Healthcare District Loan Documents
A copy of loan documents and a transcript from the September 1 hospital meeting are below. This is a developing story and will be updated.
Board’s Opponents Strike at Tulare Hospital District During Meeting
By any measure, Tulare Local Healthcare District (TLHCD) officials were blindsided at September’s regularly scheduled board meeting. While the meeting’s agenda was routine, and the District received an award for its participation in and promotion of organ donation, the public comment section of the meeting had large surprises in store for the board. Opponents of […]
Citizens for Hospital Accountability Members, Others File Suit Against Tulare Board, HCCA
A lawsuit has been filed against the Tulare Local Healthcare District, alleging that the entity is wasting public funds and violating the public records act. The lawsuit also names Benny Benzeevi, CEO of Healthcare Conglomerate Associates, HCCA itself, and each TLHCD board member individually. Members of Citizens for Hospital Accountability, alongside other Tulare citizens, filed the suit […]
Layoffs Hit Tulare Regional Medical Center
Officials with the Tulare Regional Medical Center (TRMC) today confirmed rumors that TRMC and, by extension, its partner Healthcare Conglomerate Associates (HCCA) have laid off a small number of staff at the hospital. The news comes on the heels of a similarly timed, but otherwise unrelated lawsuit, alleging the hospital violated the California Public Records […]
Public Records Act Lawsuit Filed Against Tulare Local Healthcare District & Others
A new lawsuit alleges the Tulare Local Healthcare District, Healthcare Conglomerate Associates, and others associated with the two entities are violating the California Public Records Act. The lawsuit, filed Thursday by Deanne Martin-Soares and Emily Yenigues against the TLHCD, HCCA, and Does 1-100, details what Soares and Yenigues claim are violations of the California Public […]
Tulare Hospital Board Approves $800,000 Line of Credit
The Tulare Regional Medical Center has a new $800,000 line of credit under its belt after a special board meeting on Thursday night, though beyond the grand total, details are scant. Opening the line of credit with Bank of the Sierra was a move to get a discount from a vendor, Dr. Benny Benzeevi, the […]
Preliminary Returns Show Measure I Failure a Landslide
Preliminary results from the Tulare Regional Medical Center bond election have the property tax losing by 66% to 33%. Measure I was a $55 million bond measure intended to finish construction of the beleagured hospital’s expansion project. While the Tulare County Registrar’s Office will continue to count ballots postmarked before August 30, and the final […]
Tulare Hospital Receives Good News in Final Stretch of Measure I Campaign
As the Measure I campaign nears its close, the officials with the Tulare Regional Medical Center received a bit of good news: Fitch Ratings, a key credit rating agency, has placed the hospital on “Rating Watch Positive.” Positive Signals from Credit Rating Agencies “Rating Watch Positive” means that the firm may consider increasing the hospital’s […]