Love Modesto

Back in 2007, we were demoralized to see Modesto on so many lists of the worst cities in America. We started to wonder what we could do in order to change the perspective on our city. We asked ourselves, “What would it look like if we were to all come together in order to love our city in tangible ways?” Out of this question, Love Modesto was born.

For 12 years now, Love Modesto has been putting on annual city-wide volunteer days as a way to celebrate and serve our community. These volunteer days consist of opportunities such as appreciating public servants, visiting convalescent homes, donating blood, building a house with Habitat for Humanity, working in city parks and schools, and much more.

We didn’t want the love for our community to stop at just one day out of the year however, so we launched three initiatives to provide opportunities to serve throughout the year. These three initiatives are Love Our Neighbors, which is focused on connecting community members with ongoing volunteer opportunities; Love Our Schools, which is committed to bringing together members from all different parts of our communities to support the health of our schools; and Love ALL Our Kids, which is dedicated to helping support foster children and families.

What started in Modesto has spread to over ninety cities across the country who are loving their cities just like us. Come join us on October 3rd when we will all come together to love Modesto! For more information and signing up to volunteer, please go to www.LoveModesto.com.

annoUnCeMents Michael schrader named Ceo For health Plan of san joaquin

When Michael Schrader became CEO in May of 2020, he brought to Health Plan of San Joaquin over 20 years of extensive managed care executive experience, including Medicaid (MediCal in California) and Medicare for Dual for Eligible Individuals (Special Needs Plan-SNP, and Cal MediConnect). A long-time runner, Schrader also goes the distance with a deep, careerspanning commitment to providing access to quality health care for vulnerable communities.

He recently served over seven years as CEO at CalOptima (Orange County, CA). There he oversaw the doubling of membership under the Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion and innovations such as creation of the first health plan-based PACE Center in California – an outlet that is part of the national Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly. Previously, he was chief operating officer at both Boston Medical Center (BMC) HealthNet Plan and CenCal Health (Santa Barbara).

Assuming leadership during the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, Schrader, who has a track record of supporting employee engagement and career development, let dedicated HPSJ staff know he appreciates their continuing rise to the occasion – even as most work remotely and without missing a beat – to serve members, providers, and community.

He holds a B.S. from University of Arizona and an M.B.A from University of California, Los Angeles. He currently is chair of Local Health Plans of California.

About HPSJ

Michael Schrader

Health Plan of San Joaquin, a not-for-profit, public health plan, has been serving members and the community since 1996. Located in the heart of California’s multicultural Central Valley, local HPSJ is the leading Medi-Cal managed care provider, serving over 91% of Medi-Cal recipients in San Joaquin County and over 68% in Stanislaus County. HPSJ offers a broad network of providers and works closely with doctors to develop programs and services to ensure quality health care for almost 340,000 members who are mostly working families and children, as well as seniors and disabled residents.

reina assumes new Leadership role at Capradio

Capital Public Radio (CapRadio) is pleased to announce the promotion of Jun Reina from Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer to Executive Vice President and General Manager. Responsible for all station operations and strategically guiding CapRadio’s growth into the future, Reina assumed the organization’s top leadership role on July 1, 2020.

Reina takes the new role after more than 13 years at CapRadio, where he served as CFO from 2007-2012 before being promoted to COO/CFO. During his tenure, Reina achieved 12 years of positive operating results and played an instrumental role in growing a 45-person, $5 million organization to the 75-person, $16.8 million organization that it is today, including its planned expansion to a new headquarters in downtown Sacramento.

He also helped acquire the license to KUOP — 91.3 FM — which provides local and NPR news programming to Modesto and the surrounding region. Reina was named CFO of the Year Honoree in 2014 by the Sacramento Business Journal, actively serves on the boards of non-profit and arts organizations, and is a Senior Fellow of the American Leadership Forum – MVC.

Born and raised in the Philippines, Reina attended the Ateneo de Manila Jun Reina University and graduated with a degree in the University’s Honors Program in Management. He is also an Executive Scholar at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management — Center for Non-Profit Management.

CapRadio serves California’s Capital Region, Central Valley and Sierra Nevada as the public-supported alternative to forprofit media. As the NPR-member station based in Sacramento, CapRadio connects with communities through seven broadcast stations, live streaming, podcasts, digital communities, live experiences and more.

Doctors Medical Center Holds Blessing of the Hands for Employees

Doctors Medical Center held a special event for its employees in honor of Hospital Week (May 10-16, 2020). Blessing of the Hands, recognizing the sacredness of healing, is a tradition in healthcare dating back to the 19th Century. It's designed to bring encouragement and renewal to healthcare professionals. Doctors Medical Center Chaplain Jeremy Brown pours warm, refreshing water over the hands while offering a blessing. This multi-faith tradition was held at numerous times throughout the week and all employees were welcome to participate.

WE BELIEVE & INVEST IN TWO THINGS:

QUALITY & COMMUNITY

You made us the last locally-owned body shop.

Your Neighbors, Brent & Stephanie Burnside

Choose Burnside. #TheLastLocalShop

Santa Fe Avenue Bridge: New bridge (2020) that replaced the previous seismically deficient bridge.

stanIsLaUs CoUntY dePartMent oF PUbLIC Works

Who We Are …

Stanislaus County Department of Public Works has over 100 employees who strive to uphold the mission of managing and improving infrastructure through safe and efficient use of resources and assets for the benefit of our citizens. With a goal of leading the way in innovative stewardship of infrastructure and environment, Public Works’ nine divisions are dedicated to serve residents within the unincorporated areas of Stanislaus County.

What We’re Up To … Bridging The Gap

Public Works is moving into 4 years of Measure L funding to maintain the aging infrastructure within the County, including bridges. Our local sales tax measure not only contributes greatly to maintenance and preservation of our Hickman Road Bridge: Existing (1964) scour critical and seismically pavements countywide, but it also contributes to the local deficient bridge that will be replaced in 2020-2021. match of replacing our aging bridges. The federal Highway Bridge Program is the primary source of funding for bridge Our Measure L local sales tax measure is funding the local replacement and rehabilitation projects. However, local match portions of our current bridge replacement projects.agencies are responsible for approximately 11.5% of the cost to deliver a federally funded bridge project. Right now, the County is in the process of delivering three of their largest river crossings that were identified as structurally deficient bridges, as they did not meet modern seismic structural standards. The Santa Fe Avenue Bridge over the Tuolumne River replacement project will be completed in the summer of 2020 at an approximate final cost of $13 million. The other two bridges in the works to be replaced are the Hickman Road Bridge over the Tuolumne River and the Crows Landing Road Bridge over the San Joaquin River. The Hickman Road bridge replacement project began in June 2020 and is scheduled to be completed in the fall of 2021 at an approximate cost of $18M. The Crows Landing Road bridge replacement project will be advertised for bids in July 2020 and is scheduled Crows Landing Road Bridge: Existing (1949) scour critical and to get underway in spring of 2021, with a completion date of fall seismically deficient bridge that will be replaced in 2020-2022. of 2023, at a price tag of approximately $18M.