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The El Camino Healthcare District was formed in the 1950s under the California Local Health Care District Law (California Health and Safety Code Sections 32000 et seq.). The District’s mission is to establish, maintain, and operate—or support the operation of—health facilities and health services for the benefit of the community. These services may be located within or outside the District’s boundaries and must align with the District’s Bylaws and the Local Health Care District Law.

The District encompasses most of Mountain View, Los Altos, and Los Altos Hills; a large portion of Sunnyvale; and small sections of Cupertino, Santa Clara, and Palo Alto. It is governed by a publicly elected five-member Board and provides oversight of El Camino Health, a nonprofit community hospital.

In addition, the District administers a Community Benefit Program that invests in local health priorities through grants and partnerships with schools, nonprofits, and service providers to address unmet health needs across the region.

El Camino Health has served the communities of Silicon Valley and the South Bay for more than 60 years, with nationally recognized physicians and nurses at two not-for-profit acute care hospitals in Los Gatos and Mountain View, and 26 care locations across the region, which includes primary care, multi-specialty care, and urgent care. El Camino Health is dedicated to giving patients high quality care utilizing the most advanced technology and research.

Aside from achieving outstanding patient outcomes, the hospitals have earned numerous awards for clinical excellence, including being named one of the World’s Best Hospitals 2025 by Newsweek, one of the Best Hospitals for Maternity Care by U.S. News & World Report, one of America’s 100 Best for Cardiac Care by Healthgrades and becoming the San Francisco Bay Area’s first Magnet hospital, earning four consecutive designations from the American Nurses Credentialing Center for nursing excellence.

Key service lines include cancer care, cardiovascular care, maternity care, mental health and addiction services, orthopedics, pulmonology, urology, and women’s health.

Through the Community Benefit Grant Program, El Camino Health partners with organizations working to address the unmet health needs of underserved and at-risk community members in an effort to improve the overall health and wellbeing of the community. The Community Benefit Grant Program provides grants and sponsorships for programs focusing on supporting healthy choices and making healthcare more accessible.