Today, the California Legislature reached the deadline for fiscal committees to meet and report to the floor bills introduced in their house. Both the Assembly and Senate Appropriations Committees convened suspense file hearings on Thursday to dispense with hundreds of legislative measures by advancing them to the floor or holding them in the committee. Of…
Read More »This week, the California Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) issued a report following the Governor’s release of his Administration’s May Revise Budget last week. The LAO provides the Legislature initial takeaways from the Governor’s budget and details considerations for the Legislature as they assess investment proposals over the coming weeks. Of particular note, the LAO estimates…
Read More »Today, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) published its Beyond the Blueprint Framework for Industry and Business Sectors ahead of the state’s anticipated June 15 retirement of the Blueprint for a Safer Economy. Under the Beyond the Blueprint framework, all sectors listed in the current Blueprint Activities and Business Tiers Chart may return to…
Read More »Earlier this week, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced it would maintain its existing COVID-19 guidance related to the use of face coverings until June 15 when the state aims to retire the Blueprint for a Safer Economy. The move comes as the CDC last week announced it had updated its masking guidance…
Read More »On Thursday, the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (OSHSB) postponed a scheduled vote on the Cal/OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) proposal that would have allowed individuals to return to workplaces without physical distancing or face coverings if all individuals in the workplace are vaccinated. The delay came at the request of Cal/OSHA leadership…
Read More »This week, the Newsom Administration announced the state’s new Employer Vaccination Toolkit, which is intended to improve the process for employers to request a local provider partner or workplace COVID-19 vaccination clinic. The Employer Vaccination Toolkit provides employers with vaccine education materials, information on COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave and other employee guidance, and an…
Read More »We are pleased to announce that the San Joaquin County Public Health Services was awarded accreditation status by the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) on May 19, 2021. San Joaquin County becomes the 19th local health department awarded PHAB recognition in California, in addition to the California Department of Public Health (CDPH). Please join us…
Read More »The California Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems (CAPH) and the California Health Care Safety Net Institute (SNI) recently released a report detailing recommended practices for equitable distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine. California’s public health systems have been undertaking efforts to vaccinate community members of color, low-wage essential workers, and other most at-risk populations…
Read More »The Insure the Uninsured Project (ITUP) recently issued its 2021 Regional Health Coverage Fact Sheets. Each year, ITUP releases “Coverage at a Glance” regional health coverage fact sheets for its 11 ITUP Regional Workgroup locations. This year, the ITUP Regional Health Coverage Fact Sheets included race/ethnicity data for each county including the county’s uninsured population….
Read More »On Thursday, Governor Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order N-05-21 to assist communities recovering from wildfires last year. The order extends the state’s prohibition on price gouging for the following counties impacted by wildfires in August and September 2020: Butte, Napa, Santa Cruz, Sonoma, Fresno, Lassen, Mendocino, Monterey, Shasta, Siskiyou, Solano, Trinity, and Tulare.
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