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464:"Palomar Health Becomes First Certified Healthcare District"
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Mayers Memorial Hospital District, Fall River Mills
319:Kern Valley Healthcare District, Lake Isabella, CA
585:Los Medanos Community Healthcare District website
304:North Kern South Tulare Hospital District, Delano
293:Washington Township Health Care District, Fremont
185:North Sonoma County Hospital District, Healdsburg
152:Chowchilla Memorial Hospital District, Chowchilla
372:Soledad Community Health Care District, Soledad
366:Mendocino Coast Healthcare District, Fort Bragg
310:Eastern Plumas Health Care District, Portola, CA
307:Soledad Community Health Care District, Soledad
239:Tehachapi Valley Healthcare District, Tehachapi
233:Surprise Valley Health Care District, Cedarville
230:Southern Mono Healthcare District, Mammoth Lakes
95:Eden Township Healthcare District, Castro Valley
808:Soledad Community Health Care District web site
350:Eastern Plumas Healthcare District, Portola, CA
347:West Side Community Healthcare District, Newman
254:Antelope Valley Healthcare District, Lancaster
182:Mendocino Coast Healthcare District, Fort Bragg
170:Kern Valley Healthcare District, Lake Isabella
850:Association of California Healthcare Districts
764:Soledad Community Health Care District website
676:West Contra Costa Healthcare District website
443:Association of California Healthcare Districts
299:Districts operating skilled-nursing facilities
266:Heffernan Memorial Hospital District, Calexico
197:Pioneers Memorial Healthcare District, Brawley
60:Establishing or participating in managed care.
257:City of Alameda Health Care District, Alameda
167:John C. Fremont Healthcare District, Mariposa
113:Mark Twain Health Care District, San Andreas
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227:Southern Inyo Healthcare District, Lone Pine
89:Del Norte Healthcare District, Crescent City
731:Antelope Valley Healthcare District website
335:Cloverdale Health Care District, Cloverdale
332:Cambria Community Health District, Cambria
269:Kaweah Delta Health Care District, Visalia
194:Palm Drive Health Care District, Sebastopol
161:Eastern Plumas Healthcare District, Portola
131:Sequoia Health Care District, Redwood City
122:Peninsula Health Care District, Burlingame
797:Mendocino Coast District Hospital web site
786:Bloss Memorial Healthcare District website
363:Del Puerto Health Care District, Patterson
338:Del Puerto Health Care District, Patterson
242:Tulare District Healthcare System, Tulare
221:Sonoma Valley Health Care District, Sonoma
218:Sierra View District Hospital, Porterville
215:Sierra Kings Health Care District, Reedley
203:San Benito Health Care District, Hollister
775:Cambria Community Health District website
753:Kaweah Delta Health Care District website
720:Tulare District Healthcare System website
369:Northern Inyo Healthcare District, Bishop
279:Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System
188:Northern Inyo Healthcare District, Bishop
116:Mount Diablo Healthcare District, Concord
98:Fallbrook Healthcare District, Fallbrook
92:Desert Healthcare District, Palm Springs
125:Petaluma Health Care District, Petaluma
687:Kern Valley Healthcare District website
621:Mark Twain Health Care District website
550:"Fallbrook Healthcare District website"
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236:Tahoe Forest Hospital District, Truckee
128:Redbud Health Care District, Clearlake
119:Palo Verde Health Care District, Blythe
248:Non-rural district operating hospitals
173:Kingsburg District Hospital, Kingsburg
137:West Contra Costa Healthcare District
643:Petaluma Health Care District website
574:Grossmont Healthcare District website
506:Stats. 1994, Ch. 696 (SB 1169, Maddy)
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191:Oak Valley Hospital District, Oakdale
134:West Side Healthcare District, Newman
110:Marin Healthcare District, Greenbrae
83:Camarillo Health District, Camarillo
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665:Sequoia Health Care District website
516:Beach Cities Health District website
158:Corcoran Hospital District, Corcoran
155:Coalinga Hospital District, Coalinga
86:Corning Healthcare District, Corning
829:. California HealthCare Foundation.
742:El Camino Hospital District website
654:Redbud Health Care District website
597:"Marin Healthcare District website"
439:"California's Healthcare Districts"
212:Seneca Healthcare District, Chester
176:Lompoc Healthcare District, Lompoc
143:Rural districts operating hospitals
826:California's Health Care Districts
698:Lompoc Healthcare District website
538:Desert Healthcare District website
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845:California Health and Safety Code
527:Camarillo Health District website
417:Overview of Health Care Districts
875:Health departments in California
341:Muroc Healthcare District, Boron
200:Plumas District Hospital, Quincy
71:Community-based health districts
870:Special districts of California
632:Peninsula Health Care District
865:Local government in California
841:Local Health Care District Law
389:Local government in California
327:Districts operating ambulances
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285:Tri-City Healthcare District
78:Beach Cities Health District
21:California special districts
355:Districts operating clinics
290:Valley Health System, Hemet
261:El Camino Hospital District
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880:Subdivisions of California
823:Taylor, Margaret (2006).
33:California Legislature
497:Stats. 1965, Ch. 2043
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488:Stats. 1945, Ch. 932
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