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Lisa Folberg, MPP
CAFP Moves to Sacramento The impact of COVID-19 on our personal lives, work and collective psyche will be fodder for PhD research and articles in the Harvard Business Review for years to come. Many of us have discovered new things about ourselves, our organizations and the world around us. As an organization we at CAFP have realized that we can work remotely but need to come together sometimes to maximize our creative teamwork. Much of the work we do as your CAFP staff is not place-based, meaning we need to be anywhere (and everywhere) our members are, but no place specifically. CAFP has almost 11,000 members from the Northern border with Oregon south to the Mexican border, from the Pacific Ocean to Nevada and Arizona on our Eastern borders. The exception to this is our work in advocacy and policy. This work is largely done in Sacramento and post-COVID restrictions will continue to have an important in-person aspect. This, coupled with lower housing and commercial property prices, resulted in the CAFP Board unanimously deciding to move the organization from San Francisco to Sacramento. This move is not just a physical move, it symbolizes a continued commitment to position CAFP as a thought leader in California. Being in Sacramento will help to ensure that we are able to attend legislative hearings, stakeholder meetings and better develop Sacramento-based relationships.
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California Family Physician Fall 2021
I am very excited to report that CAFP has secured a purchase agreement for a new building in Sacramento. After some building improvements, it will be a wonderful new home for CAFP. Many of the CAFP staff will be working semiremotely, so we no longer need multiple private offices. Instead, we need large gathering places and smaller conference rooms. Our new building offers just that. We will have a conference room that will be perfect for hosting Board and committee meetings, educational sessions and community events. We hope to be able to host you at the 2022 AMAM in Sacramento on March 12-13, and Lobby day on March 14. Change is challenging, and that is the point. Change challenges us to keep growing and evaluating best practices. The timing couldn’t be better. In November 2021, your CAFP Board will meet in person for the first time in two years to develop a new three-year strategic plan. As a result of the CAFP Board’s hard work, staff input and a wonderful strategic planner, we are well positioned to develop a strategic plan that builds on the history and strengths of family medicine adapted for some new realities and objectives. Together we will ensure that the strategic objectives for the CAFP move the family medicine revolution forward toward a primary-care based health care system. Visit us online at familydocs.org to find out more and to get involved.
