The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday appointed San Francisco's former public health director to oversee its own county health department.

Dr. Grant Colfax, who stepped down in January after nearly six years in his role as San Francisco's leading health official, was appointed as the director of Contra Costa Health effective Aug. 19, county officials said.

Colfax oversaw San Francisco's responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and the fentanyl overdose crisis during his tenure as the head of the San Francisco Department of Public Health. He also previously served as director of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy during former president Barack Obama's administration.

Former San Francisco Public Health Director Dr. Grant Colfax, who was appointed public health

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