This week, the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) and the Office of the California Surgeon General (CA-OSG) awarded $30.8 million in ACEs Aware grant funds to 35 organizations across California. As part of its ACEs Aware Initiative, DHCS and CA-OSG provided funding to help build and strengthen robust networks of care to effectively…
Read More »This week, Children Now issued its 2020-21 California County Scorecard of Children’s Well-being, an interactive tool detailing data on how children are doing in each of California’s 58 counties. The tool tracks 39 key indicators of children’s well-being over time, by race/ethnicity, and relative to other counties from prenatal stages to the transition to adulthood….
Read More »This week, the County Health Executives Association of California (CHEAC) launched “Public Health Heroes for Recovery,” a campaign to honor local leaders across sectors who are partnering with public health officials to save lives and protect their communities from COVID-19. Californians from business and labor, local community, faith and non-profit organizations, and the arts are…
Read More »Almost immediately following his inauguration on Wednesday, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. issued a flurry of executive orders and directives to address the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and economic challenges being experienced throughout the country. President Biden additionally unveiled his Administration’s 200-page National Strategy for the COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness laying out a series of…
Read More »Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday issued Executive Order N-01-21to extend the validity of medical marijuana identification cards (MMIC) that would have otherwise expired on or before March 4, 2020. The extension was initially granted in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency.
Read More »This week, Governor Gavin Newsom announced two appointments to the First 5 California Children and Families Commission. CHEAC Secretary/Treasurer and Monterey County Health Department Director Elsa Jimenez was appointed to the commission as the commission’s public health representative. Jimenez has served in her current role in Monterey County since 2016 and has been with the…
Read More »Yesterday, Governor Newsom had a virtual conversation with Dr. Fauci today about COVID-19. The conversation can be found on the California Governor’s Facebook page.
Read More »This week, the Governor announced that all 94 Homekey projects closed escrow, providing 6,029 housing units for people experiencing homelessness in California. Under the Homekey program, local entities partnered with the state to acquire and rehabilitate various housing types to serve people experiencing homelessness or those at risk of serious illness from COVID-19. A total…
Read More »On Wednesday, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-85-20 extending price gouging protections for Butte, Los Angeles, Mendocino, Napa, Sonoma, and Ventura counties. These protections will remain in effect through December 31, 2021.
Read More »This week Governor Newsom released the California State Schools for All Plan, California’s framework to support schools to continue operating safely in-person and expand the number of schools resuming in-person instruction. The framework has four key pillars: Funding to Support Safe Reopening. Governor Newsom’s January budget will propose $2 billion to support safety and mitigation…
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