Humboldt County Measure K is on the November 3, 2026 ballot in California.
What it does
Authorize the district to issue $25 million in bonds to replace Jerold Phelps Community Hospital and improve healthcare facilities and equipment
On your ballot
To replace 77 year-old Jerold Phelps Community Hospital
with a modern hospital to provide life-saving emergency
care for victims of accidents, heart attacks, strokes, and other
emergencies, improve Emergency Room facilities, operating
rooms, provide advanced medical equipment/technology
and life flight services; and qualify for matching funds shall
Southern Humboldt Healthcare District's measure
authorizing $25,000,000 in bonds be adopted, levying 8
cents per $100 assessed value (raising $2,000,000 annually)
while bonds are outstanding, with independent citizen
oversight and all funds staying local?
What a yes vote means
A "yes" vote supports authorizing the district to issue $25 million in bonds to replace Jerold Phelps Community Hospital and improve healthcare facilities and equipment, and levying property taxes estimated to average $80 per $100,000 of assessed value annually while the bonds are outstanding.
