FRHD board extends escrow on sale of hospital to Aug. 31

The Fallbrook Regional Health District (FRHD) board, by a 4-0 vote Aug. 9, elected to extend escrow on the sale of the Fallbrook Hospital building to Crestwood Behavioral Health, Inc. to Aug. 31. Director Howard Salmon was not in attendance due to business in Sacramento.

The action, necessary due to unresolved issues with the county of San Diego regarding the property at 624 East Elder Street, was taken during the board's regular meeting – a meeting attended by less than a handful of Fallbrook residents.

The three previous board meetings ¬– regular meetings June 14 and July 12 and a special me...