UPDATE:The San Clemente City Council voted on January 19 2016 to change the zoning so that a state-licensed hospital would need to occupy the current space where Saddleback Memorial Care is located.
Saddleback Memorial Medical Center wants to still occupy the space as a outpatient urgent care center.
State law requires that 911 Emergency transports only transport to a Emergency Room.
The City of San Clemente is concerned that there would be no Emergency Room for their residents.
The City of San Clemente thinks that rezoning the land would make Saddleback Memorial keep their ER.
Critics believe that the rezoning was illegal. Continue reading “San Clemente Memorial Hospital Closure Focus on City Council Meeting January 19 2016”

