On Monday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) issued its recommendations for recipients of the first round of COVID-19 vaccines. ACIP determined both health care personnel and residents of long-term care facilities be offered the first vaccines that are anticipated to be distributed over the coming…
Read More »Today, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) an article detailing the high levels of COVID-19 transmission in the U.S. As a result of the sustained high levels of spread, the CDC recommends universal face covering anytime an individual is outside of their household….
Read More »On Monday, Governor Gavin Newsom announced immediate relief efforts available to small businesses amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Newsom indicated that California will provide temporary tax relief for eligible businesses impacted by COVID-19 restrictions. The announcement offers an automatic three-month income tax extension for taxpayers filing less than $1 million in sales tax, extends the…
Read More »Last week, the California Department of Finance (DOF) notified legislative leaders of the Newsom Administration’s intent to transfer $1.5 billion from the state’s Disaster Response-Emergency Operations Account (DREOA) to support the state’s continued response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. According to DOF, the transfer will support: Procurement: Costs associated with procurement-related activities and invoices, including…
Read More »The week, the Newsom Administration released the Master Plan for Early Learning and Care: California for All Kids report, detailing a research-based roadmap for building a comprehensive and equitable early learning and care system over the next decade. The plan is anticipated to better assist the state in understanding the challenges families, children, and early…
Read More »Last week, a coalition consisting of retailers and tobacco industry representatives, including tobacco giant R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris USA, submitted over one million signatures from California voters in an attempt to overturn SB 793 (Hill) that would ban the sale of flavored tobacco products statewide. Recall, the coalition initially filed referendum paperwork to overturn…
Read More »It was announced earlier this week that Lori Ajax, Chief of the State Bureau of Cannabis (BCC), would be retiring as of Wednesday, December 2. Tamara Colson, Assistant Chief Counsel, BCC, has been appointed to serve as Acting Bureau Chief beginning on Thursday, December 3, 2020. The Bureau also announced this week they have published…
Read More »This week, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced 9,004 new cases of Valley Fever were reported in California in 2019, the highest number since the state began tracking cases in 1995. The highest incidence in Valley Fever in 2019 was reported in counties in the Central Valley and Central Coast regions of the…
Read More »The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), in partnership with the Office of the California Surgeon General (OSG), recently released a request for proposals (RFP) for a second round of ACEs Aware grants. The new round of grants will target California communities that want to build or execute a robust Network of Care to…
Read More »The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Center for Healthy Communities (CHC) will convene a peer-to-peer learning collaborative session on Thursday, December 10 from 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm. The webinar will focus on “Positive Promotion: How to Harness the Power of Young Social Media Influencers to do Good” and will feature Contra Costa County…
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