Dear Santa Paula Latino Town Hall Members and Friends,
You are invited to make public comment before the Ventura County Board of Supervisors and stand with our community in defending hospital-level health care in the Santa Clara Valley.
Tuesday, August 18, 2026 – 10:30 a.m.
Ventura County Board of Supervisors Meeting
Board of Supervisors Meeting Room
Hall of Administration
800 S. Victoria Avenue
Ventura, CA 93009
Defend Health Care in the Santa Clara Valley
We are asking our members, families, and community supporters to join us and make their voices heard.
Our message is clear:
We demand an end to racial and geographic inequity in health care.
Santa Paula, Fillmore, and Piru deserve a hospital that properly serves our communities. We do not want a glorified urgent-care facility in place of a hospital. We need meaningful access to emergency and hospital-level care close to home.
We are asking the County to preserve, retrofit, and modernize Santa Paula Hospital while continuing to plan and invest in the future Santa Clara Valley health and social-service infrastructure. The approaching 2030 retrofitting deadline makes action more urgent—not less.
We also need transparency, accountability, and a continuity-of-care plan before any decision is made that could reduce or eliminate hospital services.
Please Review the Attached Materials
Attached for your information and preparation are:
- Public Comment Talking Points for the August 18 Board of Supervisors meeting
- Letter to the Ventura County Board of Supervisors – “Santa Paula Hospital: An End to Racial Inequity in Health Care”
- Letter to the Santa Paula and Fillmore City Councils regarding protecting hospital services and taking appropriate action to defend healthcare access in the Santa Clara Valley.
Please join us. Bring your family, friends, neighbors, and community members.
This is an important moment for Santa Paula, Fillmore, Piru, and the entire Santa Clara Valley.
We have done our part. Now we need our elected leaders to do theirs.
We do not want a glorified urgent-care center.
We deserve a hospital that will serve our community properly.
In solidarity,