El Camino Healthcare District (ECHD) Governance

Organization

The El Camino Healthcare District (ECHD) is a governmental entity formed pursuant to The Local Health Care District Law (California Health and Safety Code Section 32000 et. seq.). It is separate from El Camino Hospital. ECHD is governed by a Board of five publicly elected directors. These representatives, acting as a Board, oversee the activities of ECHD, exercising certain retained authority over El Camino Hospital and determine the use of tax revenue for community benefit programs and other uses.

Governance Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What is the role of the El Camino Healthcare District Board of Directors?

A: The role of the publicly elected El Camino Healthcare District (ECHD or District) Board of Directors is to oversee the assets of the ECHD, including El Camino Hospital. The ECHD Board is responsible for ensuring the District’s mission is accomplished and for providing public oversight of the District’s business affairs.

Q: What role does the District Board have in hospital operations?

El Camino Healthcare District (ECHD) Financials

Budget Overviews

• ECHD FY2025 Budget Overview (Presented at June 18, 2024 ECHD meeting.) Meeting Video
• ECHD FY2024 Budget Overview (Presented at June 20, 2023 ECHD meeting.)

History of the El Camino Healthcare District (ECHD)

In the mid-1950s, when orchards and fields in the Los Altos and Mountain View area were quickly turning into suburbs and commercial enclaves, a group of physicians and concerned citizens banded together to establish a much needed community hospital. The few existing local hospitals were at capacity; hospitals to the north and south were badly overcrowded. The best and fairest way, they decided, was to form a hospital district and levy a tax so the cost would be shared over the population of the entire area.

The ECHD Board of Directors is composed of five publicly elected or appointed representatives. The District has no employees, relying upon staff provided under an agreement with El Camino Hospital. Under that agreement, the hospital provides to the District its Chief Executive Officer and its Chief Financial Officer.

Distribution of District Funding

Property taxes paid by District residents are used only for repayment of general obligation bonds, certain capital expenditures within the geographic boundaries of the El Camino Healthcare District, community benefit grants and sponsorships benefitting the El Camino Healthcare District and administrative expenses incurred by the District.

An annual audit is published to provide financial transparency. Funding distribution information is also available online.

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Last Update: December 2024