UHW’s statewide ballot initiatives to limit healthcare executive pay and improve patient care at community clinics are receiving overwhelmingly positive responses from voters. Only a few weeks after launching our statewide signature gathering for statewide ballot initiatives to refocus healthcare dollars on patient care, we have already surpassed 25% of the signatures required to qualify for the November 2026 ballot.

Signature gatherers have reported that both ballot initiatives are receiving a positive response and people are eager to sign them, showing strong and early support from California voters who want greater accountability in the healthcare system.

Ballot initiative #1 — The Healthcare Executive Compensation Act

The Healthcare Executive Compensation Act will give California voters the opportunity to put a cap on excessive healthcare executive compensation and redirect hospital revenues to patients and the staff who provide patient care. The Act will limit the total annual compensation of hospital executives to $450,000 per year.

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Ballot initiative #2 — The Clinic Funding Accountability and Transparency Act

At a time when all healthcare facilities are facing massive cuts to federal funding, clinic dollars must go where they truly belong: patient care and the caregivers who provide that care. The measure will ensure that a minimum of 90% of clinic revenues must go to supporting their mission of patient care.

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