NOTICE OF INTENTION TO CIRCULATE RECALL PETITION
TO THE HONORABLE Parmod Kumar, MD, Director of Tulare Local
Healthcare District for District 3:
Pursuant to Section 11020 of the California Elections Code, the undersigned registered
qualified voters of Tulare Local Healthcare District, District 3, in the State of California,
hereby give notice that we are the proponents of a recall petition and that we intend to
seek your recall and removal from the office of Director, in Tulare Local Healthcare
District 3, California, and to demand election of a successor in that office.
The grounds for the recall are as follows:
“Since November 2008 you have continually failed the public trust. The citizens of
the District entrusted you with $85 million in bond funds to build an addition. The
addition was never completed and the shameful use of public funds prompted the
Tulare County Grand Jury to issue the “Tower of Shame” report and demand the
Board provide a full accounting of the project. However, instead of abiding by the
Grand Jury request, you continue to thumb your nose to your fiduciary duty as a
Board member. You voted to completely divest the powers of the Board to
company (HCCA), with no experience in operating a hospital or manage the
delivery of quality healthcare. You gave HCCA unfettered access to District
assets, including an option to purchase. You approved a contract which keeps the
Board from entering the hospital or voice any type of criticism against HCCA. This
has resulted in a significant deterioration of the District’s healthcare delivery,
which now has a one star rating, a falling census and recent long-term employee
lay-offs. Yet, you continue to financially benefit from its limited operations. Your
failure has put the future of a publicly owned hospital in jeopardy.”
The printed names, signature and residence addresses of the proponents are as
follows:

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A copy of this notice and proof of service will be filed with the Tulare County
Registrar of Voters and the Clerk of the Tulare Local Healthcare District Board of
Directors.
Elections Code Section 11023. (a) Within seven days after the filing of this notice
of intention, the officer sought to be recalled may file with the elections official, or in the
case of the state officer, the Secretary of State, an answer, in no more than 200 words,
to the statement of the proponents. (b) If an answer is filed, the officer shall, within
seven days after the filing of the notice of intention, also serve a copy of it, by personal
delivery or by certified mail, on one of the proponents named in the notice of intention.
(c) The answer shall be signed and shall be accompanied by the printed name and
business or residence address of the officer sought to be recalled.