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vol . 4, no. 48 : july 30-august 5 , 2025 : losgatan.com
music in the park p4 : ny times crossword puzzle p7 : the great race p10 : jeffrey blum p15 Faizi Samadani
CONGRESSIONAL MEDICAID CUTS IMPERIL COUNTY HEALTHCARE BUDGET About 30% of the county’s 2025-26 funding came from nowcompromised programs Vicente Ver a
Coupled with the financial burden of the county’s recent $150 million Regional Medical Center purchase, county leaders are desperate to find ways of addressing federal funding gaps. More than 100 medical worker positions were deleted in the FY25-26 budget, but these cuts are separate and distinct from the federal funding cuts to Medicaid that the county is anticipating under H.R. 1, aka the Big Beautiful Bill, which passed on July 4. County Executive James Williams confirmed that the Valley Healthcare system is projecting a larger budget deficit for the 2026-27 fiscal year as healthcare funding cuts take hold. About 30% of Santa Clara County’s $13.7 billion 2025-26 budget funding came from now-compromised programs like Medicare and Medicaid—distributed by the state as Medi-Cal. “There’s a lot the state can do—they certainly should not be exacerbating the federal impacts,” Williams said. “The most recent budget adopted by the state layers its own medical cuts on top of federal cuts, and that is very concerning. The state needs to take care of its public hospital systems.” ➝ Medicaid, 14
EQUESTRIAN CENTER A rustic, handmade aesthetic rules at Toni Kent’s Los Gatos Farms.
25 YEARS OF LAVENDER AND HORSES Take a detour of Highway 17 to explore Los Gatos Farms Faizi Samadani, Contributor
Motorists who navigate the curves of Highway 17 will pass by a handmade sign, right before reaching Summit Road in Los Gatos, that offers lavender
for sale. Those who stop will find that for just $10 or $20, they can even get out of their cars and cut their own stalks to get the full olfactory experience. But there’s much more than fresh-cut lavender to be found here. Since she purchased the property in 2000, Toni Kent has been the owner of Los Gatos Farms. Over 25 years, she has
tended to the lavender bushes and offered stables for horse owners and space for children’s camps. It’s a sanctuary for members of the mountain community but also a piece of land that overlooks the vastness of the redwood mountains that surround Los Gatos. ➝ Los Gatos Farms, 8
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