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I enjoyed visiting with some Hillcrest Neighborhood residents and helping them get rid of unneeded items by monitoring the dumpster on Overhill Drive! Thank you to Dumpster Day organizer Grace for facilitating such a productive event for the neighborhood, yet again this year, and to those who helped to staff the dumpsters! #communitycleanup

Contra Costa Friends: Did you know that the dedicated nurses, social workers, chaplains, pharmacists, bereavement counselors, and other caregivers at @hospiceeastbay are on strike to protest layoffs, service cuts, and stalled contract negotiations with management? A Florida-based nonprofit hospice care network, Chapters Health System took over operations at Hospice East Bay in October 2025, and there have been issues ever since.

While talking with these compassionate workers on the picket line, I learned how elimination of some positions (with more planned), have made it harder to provide the patient-centered care that Hospice of the East Bay is known for. This strike is about more than wages and benefits. It's about protecting quality patient care, preserving essential support programs, maintaining safe staffing levels, and ensuring that healthcare workers have a voice in decisions that affect the people they serve every day.

Please join me in standing with these healthcare workers as they advocate for the resources, staffing, and services needed to provide dignified end-of-life care. When caregivers speak out for their patients, our community should listen.
#StandWithHospiceWorkers #HospiceEastBay #PatientCare #HealthcareWorkers #Solidarity