Dialogue 4 Health is hosting an upcoming webinar, on Thursday, March 2, from 10:30 am-12:00 pm PST, to explore finding new ways to identify, connect, and address housing and health issues. Alameda County’s Public Health Department and San Diego County’s Health and Human Services Agency will be among some of the featured speakers.
Read More »This week, PHAB released their guide to the reaccreditation process. This particular guide applies to those accredited health departments that submitted their application for initial accreditation prior to June 30, 2016. For those that are interested, PHAB will be hosting a webinar on the reaccreditation process on Thursday, February 9, at 10:00 am PST. Registration…
Read More »The results of CHEAC’s 2016 Public Health accreditation status survey are now available. The 2016 Dashboard indicates that six more local health departments were accredited in 2016 (for a total of seven statewide plus CDPH). In addition, eight local health departments were in the process of seeking formal accreditation status late last year. If these…
Read More »Executive Order After being sworn in last Friday, President Trump moved quickly on signing an Executive Order to signaling his commitment to dismantling the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The order directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) and any other executive departments or agencies with authority for the ACA to do the following:…
Read More »The Safe Routes to School National Partnership is looking to assist in efforts to make communities a place where kids can easily be active and healthy. They will be offering 160 hours of long-term, free, technical assistance to five communities in California to help them plan and prepare to apply to the State’s Active Transportation…
Read More »Next Monday, January 30, the Senate Business, Professions & Economic Development, Agriculture and Health Committees will host a joint hearing on Cannabis regulations. The hearing will include implementation updates from the following state representatives and will also include various stakeholder perspectives. Lori Ajax, Chief, Bureau of Medical Cannabis Regulation, Department of Consumer Affairs Jim Houston,…
Read More »On Tuesday, January 24, Governor Brown administered the oath of office to former Congressman Xavier Becerra, swearing him in as California’s 33rd Attorney General and first Latino to hold that office. He succeeds U.S. Senator Kamala Harris and will serve the remaining two years of her Attorney General term. Attorney General Becerra previously served 12…
Read More »Senate pro Tempore Kevin de León announced his committee assignments in back in December, however key committees are listed below. Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee Senators Holly Mitchell (D) (Chair), Jim Nielsen (R) (Vice Chair), Ben Allen (D), Joel Anderson (R), Jim Beall (D), Steve Glazer (D), Mike McGuire (D), Tony Mendoza (D), Bill…
Read More »Today, Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon announced the Assembly Committee assignments for the 2017-18 Legislative Session. Key committee assignments are listed below. Assembly Committee on Budget Assembly Members Phil Ting (D) (Chair), Jay Obernolte (R) (Vice Chair) Travis Allen (R), Joaquin Arambula (D), Richard Bloom (D), Anna Caballero (D), Rocky Chávez (R), David Chiu (D), Steven…
Read More »The California State Association of Counties (CSAC) will host a webinar next Wednesday, January 25, from 1:00 – 1:45 pm, to discuss how the ACA repeal will affect counties. To register for the webinar, click here.
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