Senator Richard Pan and Assembly Member Cecilia Aguiar-Curry this week penned an op-ed in CalMatters, urging the Legislature and Governor to fund the Public Health Equity and Readiness Opportunity (Public HERO) initiative to bolster the state’s public health workforce and training pipeline. The Public HERO Initiative builds on the Governor’s $300 million ongoing budget proposal…
Read More »Governor Gavin Newsom on Monday issued Executive Order N-7-22 to address historic drought conditions statewide. The Governor’s order calls on local water suppliers to activate drought contingency plans and directs the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) to evaluate the adoption of regulations banning irrigation of “non-functional” turf adjacent to large industrial or commercial buildings….
Read More »Governor Gavin Newsom recently announced several appointments of interest. These include: Maral Farsi, Deputy Director of Legislative and Governmental Affairs, California Department of Public Health – Ms. Farsi has served as Deputy Director of Legislative and Inter-Governmental Affairs at the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development since 2018. Farsi was Regional Director of Governmental…
Read More »Today, state officials from the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) warned consumers not to eat specific brands of enoki and mixed mushrooms imported from China, Korea, and Taiwan after tests conducted by CDPH found Listeria monocytogenes. CDPH instructs consumers in possession of these specific types of packaged enoki and mixed mushrooms to immediately discard…
Read More »The CHEAC Annual Meeting provides networking and learning opportunities to local health department leadership and staff throughout California. This year’s conference will occur October 5-7 in Sonoma County with the theme of “Public Health Equity & Readiness Opportunity (HERO) – Achieving an Equitable and Resilient Workforce and Recovery.” The conference will once again include keynote…
Read More »On Tuesday, California Department of Finance (DOF) Director Keely Martin Bosler announced she will soon step down from her role after the 2022 Budget Act is finalized this summer. Bosler has served as the DOF Director during Governor Gavin Newsom’s entire first term in office. Bosler was first appointment DOF Director in August 2018 by…
Read More »The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recently announced that additional disaster funding is available to all states, tribal nations, and territories with presidential major disaster and emergency declarations issued in 2020 and 2021. President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. signed into law the 2022 Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 2471) last week, granting a minimum 90 percent…
Read More »This week, U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra and U.S. Education Department (ED) Secretary Miguel Cardona launched a joint-department effort to expand school-based health services in an effort to ensure children have the health services and supports necessary to build resilience and thrive. Under the joint effort, HHS and ED will provide…
Read More »Effective Friday, April 1, 2022, the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) will extend the postpartum care coverage period for currently eligible and newly eligible pregnant individuals. The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Postpartum Care Expansion (PCE) extends the coverage period from 60 days to 365 days for individuals eligible for pregnancy and postpartum…
Read More »The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday, in observance of World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, recognized a slate of public health professionals as 2022 CDC U.S. TB Elimination Champions. According to the CDC, the champions have adapted to the changing health care landscape and played an important role in ensuring equitable access…
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