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Blue Shield of California Layoff — October 2026

SOURCEOFFICIAL FILINGCalifornia Employment Development Department· filed August 21, 2026View the filing ↗

EMPLOYEES AFFECTED
60
SHARE OF WORKFORCE
~1.2%
PLANNED DATE
Oct 20, 2026
CONFIRMED IN SOURCE
60 OF 5,000 EMPLOYEES

What we know

Location: Reynolds Ranch Parkway Lodi, CA · 8 locations (San Joaquin County).

A WARN notice for this layoff is recorded on August 21, 2026.

Disclosed through an official WARN filing with the CA state workforce agency.

Summary

Blue Shield of California disclosed this layoff in an official WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) notice recorded by the CA state workforce agency on August 21, 2026. The notice covers 60 employees in Reynolds Ranch Parkway Lodi, CA (San Joaquin County), with the layoff effective October 20, 2026.

The state lists each affected employee separately by work location, so this filing spans 8 CA communities: Building B El Dorado Hills, Building C El Dorado Hills, Canoga Avenue Woodland Hills, Kilroy Airport Way Long Beach, Reynolds Ranch Parkway Lodi, San Diego, Street Oakland, Zinfandel Drive Rancho Cordova.

That is roughly 1.2% of the 5,000 people Blue Shield of California employs.

LayoffTalk has tracked 25 layoff events at Blue Shield of California since December 2022, including 1,126 jobs documented in official WARN filings, with 14 additional events known from news reporting.

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SOURCE
Official WARN notice
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Estimated figure based on a WARN filing. Not yet confirmed by Blue Shield of California.

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Blue Shield of California
Health Care · 5,000 employees
25
EVENTS TRACKED
1,126
JOBS IN WARN FILINGS
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CREATED AUG 26, 2026LAST UPDATED AUG 26, 2026