An Open Letter to Governor Newsom

Dear Governor Newsom, Our Brown, Rural, Binational Community is Falling Apart.   In a rural, binational community located in the dry desert along the U.S. border, between the coast of San Diego and state of Arizona, lies our Imperial Valley. In a region serving 179,000 residents, over a million from the neighboring capital city of Baja California, hundreds of thousands of off-road enthusiasts that visit the Imperial Sand Dunes, tens of thousands of annual 'snowbirds,' and hundreds from our local prison population; there's no way that one of the two remaining hospitals within County lines could possibly close, right?Right?The idea of a hospital closing in such an area, especially one in the progressive state of California that touts social justice and equity, seems ridiculous.