VA San Diego lands fourth quarter funding for elevators, substations and the record system
The VA San Diego Healthcare System received a fourth quarter round of federal maintenance funding, the VA announced on Monday, covering four projects at the Jennifer Moreno VA Medical Center campus: electronic health record infrastructure, four modernized elevators, a renovated west entrance patio, and a replacement primary substation on electrical gear the VA dates back 50 years.
SAN DIEGO: The VA San Diego Healthcare System received funding for a new round of maintenance projects in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2026, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced on Monday, after the system had already received funds earlier in the year.
The San Diego award is part of a record $4.8 billion in nationwide VA spending to modernize, repair and improve health care facilities in fiscal year 2026 through the Veterans Health Administration's Non-recurring Maintenance program. The VA said it obligated all of the $4.8 billion that was available in fiscal 2026, and the national announcement of the program described it as the largest single year investment of its kind in VA history.
Four projects on the La Jolla campus
The first project strengthens the campus information technology networking backbone for the electronic health record modernization, adding communication rooms and cable infrastructure to support a unified, interoperable health record system across the VA, the Department of Defense and participating community providers, the VA said.
Two projects work on the fabric of the Jennifer Moreno VA Medical Center itself. One modernizes four elevators on the campus. The other renovates the west entrance patio area, with demolition, site preparation, structural improvements, new hardscape systems, drainage upgrades, electrical enhancements and landscape remediation, all to current VA standards.
The fourth reaches the oldest gear on the site. The VA will replace the primary substation, transformer and dual primary selective switches, replacing electrical infrastructure it dates back 50 years with modern controls, including eight substations and their associated critical infrastructure throughout the campus.
"This funding allows VA San Diego to continue modernizing and improving," said VA San Diego Healthcare System Director Dr. Frank P. Pearson, so the facility "remains safe, efficient, and equipped to provide high-quality care" for the veterans of San Diego and Imperial counties.
Where the quarter's money went nationally
Across the country, the maintenance projects approved in the fourth quarter included $1.183 billion to repair and upgrade outdated infrastructure systems in medical facilities, $938 million for major building upgrades such as elevators, electrical systems and boiler plants, and $560 million to prepare facility infrastructure for future electronic health record updates through maintenance and modernization work, the VA said. San Diego's four projects touch all three of those categories at once.
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