Governor Gavin Newsom, Senate President pro Tempore Toni Atkins, and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon on Thursday announced an agreement reached to provide $536 million in funding to help improve California’s preparedness for and resilience to wildfires. The package consists of investments in forest health, improvements on defensible space, home hardening, fire prevention grants, and prevention…
Read More »Today, the California Can’t Wait Coalition, led by CHEAC, HOAC, SEIU California, CSAC, Urban Counties of California (UCC), Rural County Representatives of California (RCRC), and Public Health Advocates, convened a legislative staff briefing to educate members of the Capitol community of the critical role of our local public health departments and essential workers. The event…
Read More »On Monday, the California State Legislature will return to Sacramento from its week-long spring recess. Lawmakers face an extremely busy month ahead as they work through policy committee hearings, facing deadlines in late April and early May to advance to the floor bills introduced in their house of origin. Recall, the Legislature is operating in…
Read More »This week, the California State Senate and Assembly continued with a steady pace of policy and fiscal committee hearings. Following the adjournment of yesterday’s floor sessions, the Legislature began its week-long spring recess. Legislators are set to return to Sacramento on Monday, April 5, and, upon their return, will face a very busy month ahead….
Read More »On Thursday, the Assembly Health Committee and the Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services convened a joint informational hearing to continue its review of various components as part of the Newsom Administration’s ambitious California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) proposal. Recall, the same committees have convened similar hearings over the past…
Read More »Late last week, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 95 which extends access of up to 80 hours of COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave for eligible employees, including those advised to quarantine or isolate and those caring for COVID-19-impacted family members. Under the legislation, supplemental sick leave is available through September 30, 2021, and is retroactive…
Read More »This week, the California State Senate and Assembly continued to convene policy committee hearings on legislative bills, as well as informational hearings on a number of subjects, including those related to COVID-19. The Legislature will convene again next week before taking a one-week spring recess during the week of March 29. Numerous CHEAC-tracked measures continue…
Read More »Yesterday, CHEAC’s Legislative Committee met for its second meeting to review legislative bills introduced thus far in the 2021-22 Legislative Session. Legislative Committee members reviewed over 70 new measures of interest to local health departments. Many of these new legislative measures have now been added to the CHEAC Weekly Bill Chart, which is available here….
Read More »This week, the Assembly convened hearings related to health coverage, Medi-Cal, and behavioral health. Below, we provide a high-level summary of these hearings of interest: Budget Subcommittee No. 1 Considers Health-Related Investments The Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services (HHS) on Monday convened a hearing to review proposed investments under the…
Read More »The California Legislature is set to begin policy committee hearings in earnest on legislative bills introduced to date beginning next week. Recall, the Legislature has primarily focused its attention on early budget action items, including COVID-19 pandemic response relief and the safe school reopening framework. The Legislature will now begin to shift its focus to…
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