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RivCo supervisors OK actions to assist bankrupt Blythe Hospital (CA)

By MyLANews.com  
   March 04, 2026

Riverside County supervisors signed off Tuesday on the terms of a loan expansion for bankrupt Palo Verde Hospital, following the Executive Office’s decision last week to go ahead with committing an additional $3.4 million to sustain the facility. In a 4-0 vote without comment — and with Supervisor Chuck Washington absent — the Board of Supervisors formally approved county CEO Jeff Van Wagenen's decision on Feb. 24 to commit $3.44 million from the General Fund as payment to the California Department of Health Services on behalf of the Palo Verde Healthcare District.

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