To: Board of Supervisors
From: John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Report Title: Recognizing the 50th Anniversary of LifeLong Medical Care
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
ADOPT Resolution recognizing the 50th Anniversary of LifeLong Medical Care, as recommended by Supervisor Gioia.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None
BACKGROUND:
LifeLong Medical Care has provided vital public health services in Contra Costa County since 1976.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
NA
The Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County, California
IN THE MATTER OF Recognizing the 50th Anniversary of LifeLong Medical Care
WHEREAS, in 1976, community activists and members of the Gray Panthers opened the Over 60 Health Center, grounded in the belief that older adults deserved accessible, dignified, high-quality care regardless of income or circumstance, establishing the foundation of what would become LifeLong Medical Care; and
WHEREAS, LifeLong Medical Care emerged from this conviction that health care is a human right, integrating public-health principles from the very beginning and recognizing that health is shaped not only by clinical care but also by the social and environmental conditions in which people live; and
WHEREAS, in 1996, the Over 60 Health Center merged with Berkeley Primary Care Access Clinic and West Berkeley Health Center to form LifeLong Medical Care, expanding its mission to serve people of all ages and reinforcing its commitment to whole-person, community-rooted care; and
WHEREAS, in 2000, LifeLong broadened its comprehensive model of care by integrating dental services, recognizing oral health as essential to overall wellbeing and ensuring coordinated care under one roof; and
WHEREAS, what began as a single storefront clinic has grown over five decades into a robust network of 15 community health centers across Alameda and Contra Costa counties, now serving more than 50,000 patients each year and prov...
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