City record, California WARN filings

San Diego Layoff Notices, Fiscal Year 2026-2027

Benjamin Eghbali, Esq.Legal notes by Benjamin Eghbali, Esq.

Every WARN notice filed by employers in San Diego since July 2014: 1,060 notices and 100,450 workers, searchable and sorted newest first.

Every WARN notice filed with the California EDD since July 2014: 17,562 notices, 8,284 employers, 1,453,182 workers.

Layoff notices in San Diego at a glance

San Diego employers have filed 1,060 WARN notices with the EDD since July 1, 2014, naming 100,450 workers. The most recent notice is dated Oct 26, 2026. 258 of the notices show fewer than 60 days between notice and effective date outside the 2020 COVID window; the 60-day rule explains what that gap can mean for the workers involved. Since the EDD began reporting industry in 2026, the sectors filing most here are Professional Scientific and Technical Services (264 workers), Healthcare and Social Assistance (244 workers), Manufacturing (121 workers).

Notices in fiscal year 2026-2027, newest first

15 notices, 651 workers. Show all years.

WARN notices in San Diego
EmployerNotice dateEffectiveWorkersTypeDays notice
Artiva Biotherapeutics, Inc.Oct 26, 2026Dec 30, 2026131Layoff, permanent65
ServiceNow, Inc.Oct 12, 2026Dec 13, 202618Layoff, permanent62
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.Oct 4, 2026Dec 3, 20261Layoff, permanent60
Becton, Dickinson, and CompanySep 23, 2026Aug 31, 202685Layoff, permanent23 days after effective date
KaiserSep 20, 2026Nov 19, 202672Layoff, permanent60
KaiserSep 20, 2026Nov 19, 20262Layoff, permanent60
KaiserSep 20, 2026Nov 19, 20261Layoff, permanent60
SonTek (Xylem, Inc.)Sep 3, 2026Nov 5, 202636Closure, permanent63
Blue Shield of CaliforniaAug 20, 2026Oct 19, 20264Layoff, permanent60
Sharp Metropolitan Medical Campus - Sharp Mary Birch HospitalAug 10, 2026Oct 9, 2026134Layoff, permanent60
Sharp Metropolitan Medical Campus - Sharp Mary Birch HospitalAug 10, 2026Oct 9, 202620Layoff, permanent60
Sharp Metropolitan Medical Campus - Sharp Mary Birch HospitalAug 10, 2026Oct 9, 20267Layoff, permanent60
Sharp Metropolitan Medical Campus - Sharp Mary Birch HospitalAug 10, 2026Oct 9, 20265Layoff, permanent60
Sharp Metropolitan Medical Group - Sharp McDonald CenterAug 10, 2026Oct 9, 20262Layoff, permanent60
ServiceNow, Inc.Jul 27, 2026Sep 27, 2026133Layoff, permanent62

Largest layoffs in San Diego since 2014

San Diego by fiscal year

Fiscal yearNoticesClosuresWorkers
2026-2027151651
2025-2026120153,892
2024-202558222,580
2023-2024125237,554
2022-2023125246,892
2021-202244111,659
2020-2021122918,253
2019-20202724938,541
2018-201933144,063
2017-201840194,214
2016-201733214,655
2015-201639163,926
2014-20153493,570

Local help after a layoff in San Diego

A WARN notice is the start of a paper trail, not the end of your rights. Workers in San Diego bring WARN back-pay claims in the Superior Court of the county, and the agency routes for the questions that usually travel with a layoff are the same statewide: unpaid final wages and vacation payout go to the Labor Commissioner, discrimination in who was selected goes to the Civil Rights Department (three years to file) or the EEOC (300 days). Our San Diego employment law page covers the local courts, agencies and deadlines. See also all notices in the county. Free, confidential review: (800) 371-3088.

Source: California EDD WARN reports, July 2014 to Oct 27, 2026. County and city are as stated on the notice; for 2014 to 2017 filings, where the EDD listed only a city, the county is assigned from that city. Back to the layoff tracker.

About this data: Notices come from the California Employment Development Department WARN reports (fiscal years 2014-2015 to today) and are reloaded from the EDD every Tuesday and Thursday. Employer names appear as the employer wrote them on the notice, grouped where the names clearly refer to the same company. A notice is not a finding that any law was broken. This page is general information, not legal advice about your situation.

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