OSHPD (Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development) is the governing agency for all things hospital in California. Hospitals (vs medical office buildings) have much stricter codes than other types of construction. Stricter seismic codes… the issues with redundant power… the issues with head walls in the rooms. (The wall with the gases.) Hospitals are not typical construction and the state beauracracy addresses this in permitting them through OSHPD. It’s a different set of requirements/documentation needed.
But like pri-dk, I interpreted the article to say it’s delayed, not killed.
There’s a pretty significant shortage of hospital beds in San Diego county. I would imagine it’s similar in Riverside county. It’s quite a process to build a new hospital from scratch, and get through the OSHPD (pronounce osh-pod) maze.
(Yes, another area I’ve picked up on because my husband had done a lot of hospital architectural jobs.)
