(STOCKTON, CA) The San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors is pleased to announce the appointment of Fritz Buchman to lead the County's Department of Public Works. The Department serves the unincorporated County's essential needs in the areas of roads, bridges, utilities, solid waste and channel maintenance for its residents, as well as for those who work and do business with the County.

On June 23, 2022, the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a $2.18 billion structurally-balanced budget for Fiscal Year 2022-2023. This reflects a $90.2 million decrease from the previous year, primarily due to one-time funding programmed in 2021-2022 including transfers of prior-year fund balance to reserves. The Approved Budget has been carefully designed to serve the public interest, while at the same time remain fiscally sound. It is structurally balanced and provides resources for the Board’s top priorities, fully funding current departmental staffing levels and, where appropriate, augments staffing to address critical operational needs.

San Joaquin County Public Health Officer Dr. Maggie Park told the Board of Supervisors yesterday that COVID-19 case rates and hospitalizations continue to increase but appear to be leveling off. COVID-19 case rates have slightly risen from 22 per 100,000 on May 23rd to 33 per 100,000 on June 20th . This is likely due to the latest Omicron variants, BA.2, BA.2.12.1, BA.4 and BA.5 which are all highly transmissible.

Assistant San Joaquin County Registrar of Voters (ROV) Olivia Hale told the Board of Supervisors today that 92,314 ballots have been tabulated in the County. Another 16,602 unprocessed ballots remain including vote-by-mail ballots (VBM); provisional ballots; conditional voter registration provisional ballots; and unprocessed ballots that are damaged, need to be remade, or require further review.

San Joaquin County and Dignity Health are excited to announce the selection of Richard Castro as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of San Joaquin General Hospital (SJGH).