Corning Healthcare District

The District covers the area below the white Line in the photo

Corning Healthcare District is a special district of California.  Its focus is on bringing health related services to the southern part of the County.

Special districts are a form of local government created by a local community to meet a specific need. Inadequate tax bases and competing demands for existing taxes make it hard for cities and counties to provide all the services their citizens desire. When residents or landowners want new services or higher levels of existing services, they can form a district to pay for and administer the…

Special districts are primarily accountable to the voters, who elect their boards of directors, and the customers who use their services. However, although they are not functions of the state, the state also provides critical oversight to special district operations. Special districts must submit annual financial reports to the State Controller and must also follow state laws pertaining to public…

How do they operate? There are approximately 2,109 independent special districts in California, meaning they are governed by an independent board of directors elected by the districts’ voters or appointed to a fixed term of office by either the city council or board of supervisors. Dependent districts are governed by other existing legislative bodies like a city council or board of supervisors…

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District meetings are generally open to the public. To place an item on the agenda, please contact us well in advance of the next upcoming meeting. 

Closed sessions are meeting where the public may not attend.  The Brown Act limits closed sessions ti the following categories: