LWV League of Women Voters of California
Sonoma County, CA November 7, 2000 Election
Smart Voter Mike Smith

Candidate for
Director; Sonoma Valley Health Care District

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Biographical Highlights
  • Occupation: Nurse/Educator
  • A thirty year local resident who has been trained to be a patient care advocate and to be the voice for patients and their families
  • Santa Rosa Junior College Board Trustee
  • Lecturer on the politics of health care to nurses for 20 years
  • Participant in drafting the first successful HMO reform legislation and legislation to provide the first funding for rural health clinics
  • Chairperson of the California Nurses Alliance legislative program
  • Grass roots organizer in health care since 1971 when I organized the Alianza Farmworkers Clinic in Healdsburg
Top Priorities if Elected
  • Save the hospital through affiliation with Sutter or other options
  • Maintain quality care
  • Expand services to seniors, Latinos, and women.
Position Papers
Candidate Statement
I have the experience, ability and commitment necessary to preserve our community hospital to guarantee the hospital maintains the quality patient care Sonoma Valley deserves.
 
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