Kaiser Permanente announced it will lay off 147 business and administrative employees across California in November, according to a recent state employment report. The reductions will take place at 16 locations throughout Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, Riverside, and Alameda counties, with the largest cuts occurring at an administrative office in Pasadena, where 20 positions will be eliminated, and at an office in San Diego, where 72 jobs will be cut.

In a statement, Kaiser Permanente emphasized that these layoffs do not affect employees involved in direct patient care and asserted that the quality of care and service provided to members and patients will remain unchanged. The health plan described the moves as part of an ongoing evaluation of work organization and resource allocation aimed at maintaining affordable, accessible, and high-quality care.

The organization, which is based in Oakland and employs approximately 180,000 people in California, indicated it is offering support to affected workers. Assistance includes severance packages, career support, outplacement services, and help in seeking other opportunities within the company where possible.

The layoffs reflect a broader corporate effort to streamline administrative functions while preserving clinical operations, though specific details about the underlying reasons for the workforce reductions were not disclosed. Kaiser Permanente did not provide projections regarding future staffing changes beyond this November initiative.