On Monday, Governor Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order N-15-21 waiving the application of AB 361 until October 1, 2021, when the provisions of a prior executive order that established specified requirements for public agencies to meet remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic will expire. AB 361, which was signed into law by Governor Newsom last week,…
Read More »The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) this week awarded $73 million in cooperative agreements as part of its Public Health Informatics & Technology Workforce Development Program (PHIT Workforce Program). The program, announced earlier this year and funded through the American Rescue Plan…
Read More »This week, the Biden-Harris Administration launched House America: An All-Hands-On-Deck Effort to Address the Nation’s Homelessness Crisis. The initiative, to be led by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia Fudge, is a national partnership in which HUD and the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) invite state and local government officials…
Read More »Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday announced California has secured a Fire Management Assistance Grant (FMAG) from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to help ensure the availability of resources needed to contain the Fawn Fire burning in Shasta County. The FMAG will enable local, state, and tribal agencies responding to the fire to apply for…
Read More »CHEAC this week published its first edition of the #WeArePublicHealth newsletter. The newsletter highlights some of the many activities and services delivered by California’s 61 local health departments. Our first edition features the role of local health departments in COVID-19 pandemic response, school reopening efforts, and wildfire response activities, among others. The first edition of…
Read More »On Tuesday, Governor Gavin Newsom handily defeated the effort to recall him from his gubernatorial post with over 60 percent of voters voting to reject the attempt to remove him from office. With his post retained, Governor Newsom shifted his focus to the state’s business, including acting on measures sent to his desk by the…
Read More »Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) voted to recommend authorizing a booster shot for recipients of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine who are 65 years of age and older or are at high risk of severe COVID-19. The recommendation for COVID-19 booster shots for older adults…
Read More »The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) this week announced a partnership with actor Tyler Perry to continue educating California residents about the safety and importance of COVID-19 vaccines. The partnership is part of the state’s “Let’s Get to ImmUnity” public education campaign designed to inform Californians about COVID-19 vaccines. CDPH will distribute a series…
Read More »This week, the Office of Governor Gavin Newsom announced the state reached a significant milestone as part of California’s COVID-19 Rent Relief Program for residents who have suffered financial hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic. California has obligated more than $1 billion in funding in rent and utility assistance to assist over 74,000 additional households…
Read More »California State Auditor Elaine Howle issued a report this week warning the state may be at risk of losing millions of unobligated federal funds intended for rent and utility assistance amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The report comes as part of the state’s high-risk audit program. Recall, in August 2020, the auditor designated the state’s management…
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