{"id":223232,"date":"2022-01-13T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/?p=223232"},"modified":"2022-01-13T07:32:07","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T15:32:07","slug":"california-hospitals-omicron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/_es\/newsletters\/whatmatters\/2022\/01\/california-hospitals-omicron\/","title":{"rendered":"Los hospitales de California ceden ante el aumento de pacientes y el personal enfermo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-group has-light-gray-background-color has-background calmatters-summary\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"has-small-font-size calmatters-summary-heading\"><strong>En resumen<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"calmatters-summary-content\">California hospitals are struggling to keep up with increasing COVID cases at the same time they&#8217;re facing staffing shortages.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-white-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>CalMatters se dedica a explicar c\u00f3mo el gobierno estatal impacta nuestras vidas. Su apoyo nos ayuda a producir periodismo que marque la diferencia. <a href=\"https:\/\/checkout.fundjournalism.org\/memberform?org_id=calmatters&amp;amount=15&amp;donation_value_once=180&amp;donation_value_once_other=180&amp;installmentPeriod=monthly&amp;donation_value_month=15&amp;donation_value_month_other=15&amp;donation_value_year=180&amp;donation_value_year_other=180&amp;campaign=7015w000001InRgAAK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Done ahora<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Good morning, California. It&#8217;s Thursday, January 13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>California will likely surpass last winter&#8217;s peak of 53,000 hospitalized patients in &#8220;the next few days,&#8221; Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday, noting that <a href=\"https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/views\/COVID-19HospitalsDashboard\/Hospitals?:embed=y&amp;:showVizHome=no\">around 12,300<\/a> of the 52,400 people currently in the hospital have tested positive for COVID.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His projection foreshadows even more stress for health care workers already at their breaking point. Today, members of the California Nurses Association are scheduled to hold rallies across the state to demand safe staffing levels and stronger workplace protections \u2014 and to denounce <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdph.ca.gov\/Programs\/CHCQ\/LCP\/Pages\/AFL-21-08.aspx\">a new state rule<\/a> allowing COVID-positive asymptomatic employees to keep working in facilities with critical staff shortages. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Workers say the rule has resulted in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2022-01-12\/california-to-covid-positive-healthcare-workers-keep-working\">COVID-positive employees at some hospitals<\/a> tending to vulnerable patients, including those undergoing chemotherapy and in neonatal intensive care. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2022-01-12\/california-to-covid-positive-healthcare-workers-keep-working\">Dr. Ileana Meza, an SEIU union chair and nurse practitioner at Los Angeles County-USC Hospital<\/a>: <\/strong>&#8220;(The rule) means you\u2019re coming into the facility without the virus and you may contract the virus. This is not the way to drive this pandemic down.&#8221;<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2022-01-12\/california-to-covid-positive-healthcare-workers-keep-working\">Dr. Robert Kim-Farley, a UCLA Fielding School of Public Health epidemiologist<\/a>: <\/strong>&#8220;Is it the lesser of two evils &#8230; having no one to care for patients, versus having staff caring for them that may have COVID? Yes, it&#8217;s the lesser of two evils.&#8221; <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>But even with the rule, there still aren&#8217;t enough workers to go around as omicron spreads like wildfire. Staff shortages have forced many hospitals to begin delaying certain procedures \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/health\/coronavirus\/2022\/01\/california-weighs-order-canceling-elective-surgeries-as-covid-surges\/\">including lung transplants and brain surgery<\/a> \u2014 and have also prompted clinics, labs and urgent care facilities to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/news\/health\/story\/2022-01-11\/expected-covid-19-surge-threatens-surgeries-procedures-across-region\">temporarily close or reduce their hours of operation<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, a nationwide blood shortage \u2014 one so dire that the American Red Cross is trying to entice donors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/red-cross-facing-blood-shortage-offers-donors-chance-to-win-super-bowl-2022-tickets-11642014510?mod=hp_listb_pos1\">with the chance to win Super Bowl tickets<\/a> \u2014 forced a Los Angeles trauma center <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2022-01-12\/blood-shortage-forced-trauma-center-to-close-for-hours-l-a-county-says\">to close for several hours<\/a> on Monday, the first time in more than three decades that such a step had to be taken. &#8220;That is not a situation we want to find ourselves in,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2022-01-12\/omicron-hits-l-a-healthcare-hard\">said Los Angeles County Health Services Director Dr. Christina Ghaly<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdph.ca.gov\/Programs\/CID\/DCDC\/Pages\/COVID-19\/Order-of-the-State-Public-Health-Officer-Requirements-for-Visitors-in-Acute-Health-Care-and-Long-Term-Care-Settings.aspx\">new state rule<\/a> that requires all nursing home visitors \u2014 including those who are fully vaccinated \u2014 to provide a negative COVID test result within 24 or 48 hours is spurring backlash from some advocates and family members. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2022-01-12\/nursing-home-access-covid-tests\">Tony Chicotel, staff attorney for California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform<\/a>: <\/strong>&#8220;It&#8217;s been virtually impossible to get a test or test results back in that time frame in order to actually see your loved one.&#8221; <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><meta charset=\"utf-8\">On top of all that, COVID is ripping through California&#8217;s juvenile prisons, where 20% of youth currently have the virus and at least one was recently hospitalized for severe symptoms, <a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/justice\/criminal-justice\/2022\/01\/covid-juvenile-prisons\/\">Informes de Byrhonda Lyons de CalMatters<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Un mensaje de nuestro Patrocinador<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/agenergyca.org\/tipping-point\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"342\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Calmatters-Ad_AECA_Soaring-Prices.jpg?resize=1024%2C342&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-222287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Calmatters-Ad_AECA_Soaring-Prices.jpg?resize=1024%2C342&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Calmatters-Ad_AECA_Soaring-Prices.jpg?resize=300%2C100&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Calmatters-Ad_AECA_Soaring-Prices.jpg?resize=768%2C256&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Calmatters-Ad_AECA_Soaring-Prices.jpg?resize=1200%2C400&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Calmatters-Ad_AECA_Soaring-Prices.jpg?resize=400%2C133&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Calmatters-Ad_AECA_Soaring-Prices.jpg?w=1250&amp;ssl=1 1250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Calmatters-Ad_AECA_Soaring-Prices-1024x342.jpg?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>El resultado final del coronavirus:<\/strong>&nbsp;Hasta el martes, California ten\u00eda&nbsp;<strong><strong>6,188,867<\/strong> casos confirmados<\/strong> <strong>(+1,7% respecto al d\u00eda anterior)<\/strong>&nbsp;y&nbsp;<strong><strong>76,683<\/strong> fallecidos<\/strong> <strong>(+0,2% respecto al d\u00eda anterior)<\/strong>, de acuerdo a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.ca.gov\/\">datos de estado<\/a>. CalMatters tambi\u00e9n est\u00e1 rastreando&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/health\/coronavirus\/2020\/04\/california-coronavirus-covid-patient-hospitalization-data-icu\/\">hospitalizaciones por coronavirus por condado<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>California <a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.ca.gov\/\">ha administrado<\/a> <strong>66,723,263<\/strong> <strong>dosis de vacuna<\/strong>, y <strong>71.9%<\/strong> de los californianos elegibles son <a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.ca.gov\/vaccination-progress-data\/\">completamente vacunado<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Un mensaje de nuestro Patrocinador<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vitals.sutterhealth.org\/health-equity\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Sutter-CalMatters-Health-Equity-1.jpg?resize=600%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-222666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Sutter-CalMatters-Health-Equity-1.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Sutter-CalMatters-Health-Equity-1.jpg?resize=300%2C100&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Sutter-CalMatters-Health-Equity-1.jpg?resize=400%2C133&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Sutter-CalMatters-Health-Equity-1.jpg?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-other-stories-you-should-know\">Otras historias que debes saber<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> <strong>Californians face big cost increases<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/110922-INFLATION_REUTERS_MB_NEWSLETTER_CM_01.jpg?resize=600%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Gas prices grow along with inflation as this sign at a gas station shows in Solana Beach on November, 9, 2021. Photo by Mike Blake\/REUTERS\" class=\"wp-image-223255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/110922-INFLATION_REUTERS_MB_NEWSLETTER_CM_01.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/110922-INFLATION_REUTERS_MB_NEWSLETTER_CM_01.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/110922-INFLATION_REUTERS_MB_NEWSLETTER_CM_01.jpg?resize=400%2C267&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/110922-INFLATION_REUTERS_MB_NEWSLETTER_CM_01.jpg?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Rising gas prices at a station in Solana Beach on Nov., 9, 2021. Photo by Mike Blake, Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Newsom&#8217;s proposal to give Californians <a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/politics\/2022\/01\/california-budget-newsom\/\">a $523 million gas tax holiday<\/a> likely became even more appealing to many residents on Wednesday, when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/news.release\/cpi.nr0.htm\">the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported<\/a> that inflation skyrocketed 7% in 2021 to its highest level in 40 years. The price of gas shot up nearly 50%, used cars and trucks 37%, energy 29%, food 6% and shelter 4% \u2014 increases that experts say erased many of workers&#8217; wage gains amid the pandemic. &#8220;Households are seeing their purchasing power disappear, and that is not good news for the economy,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2022\/01\/12\/bay-area-price-rocket-higher-inflation-economy-gas-electric-food-meat\/\">said Joel Naroff, president of Pennsylvania-based Naroff Economic Advisors<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, California&#8217;s unemployment department is seeking to claw back benefits it may have fraudulently paid out during the pandemic \u2014 and some residents unable to prove they were unemployed or looking for work could soon be on the hook for tens of thousands of dollars, <a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/california-divide\/2022\/01\/edd-california-unemployment-fraud\/\">Jesse Bedayn reports for CalMatters&#8217; California Divide project<\/a>. Among them is Donna Casey, a musician who lost all her paperwork when her home burned down in the 2020 August Complex Fire and may be forced to pay back <meta charset=\"utf-8\">more than $30,000 to the Employment Development Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/california-divide\/2022\/01\/edd-california-unemployment-fraud\/\">casey<\/a>: <\/strong>\u201cVan a querer que me devuelvan un dinero que no tengo. \u00bfQu\u00e9 me van a hacer, meterme preso? Al menos tendr\u00e9 un lugar donde vivir\u201d.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> <strong>Single-payer to get a price tag<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/010522-Financial-Audit-Taxes-Money-iStock-NEWSLETTER-CM-01.jpeg?resize=600%2C424&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Imagen v\u00eda iStock\" class=\"wp-image-221946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/010522-Financial-Audit-Taxes-Money-iStock-NEWSLETTER-CM-01.jpeg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/010522-Financial-Audit-Taxes-Money-iStock-NEWSLETTER-CM-01.jpeg?resize=300%2C212&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/010522-Financial-Audit-Taxes-Money-iStock-NEWSLETTER-CM-01.jpeg?resize=400%2C283&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/010522-Financial-Audit-Taxes-Money-iStock-NEWSLETTER-CM-01.jpeg?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Imagen v\u00eda iStock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking of price tags, Californians may soon have a better idea of how much it would cost the state to create a single-payer health care system. On Tuesday, the same day a proposal to do just that <a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/newsletters\/whatmatters\/2022\/01\/california-shutdown-covid\/#h-other-stories-you-should-know\">cleared its first hurdle in the state Legislature<\/a>, Democratic Assemblymember Ken Cooley of Rancho Cordova asked the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst&#8217;s Office to prepare a &#8220;comprehensive fiscal analysis&#8221; of the bill, <a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Letter-to-LAO-re-AB-1400-ACA-11-1.11.22-Final-w-enclosure.pdf\">according to a letter I obtained<\/a>. The move is a big win for Republicans, 18 of whom asked Cooley, who leads the Assembly Rules Committee, to request the analysis. But it could also help <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/emily_hoeven\/status\/1481104674811879425\">Democrats who have already expressed concern about the proposal<\/a> avoid supporting it in the future: The letter asks that the analysis be completed by March 15, long after the single-payer bill&#8217;s Jan. 31 deadline to pass the Assembly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Jim Stanley, press secretary for the Assembly Republican Caucus, told me: <\/strong>&#8220;Without a cost analysis, these members are walking the plank blindfolded \u2014 the votes they&#8217;re casting are totally open-ended, and if it comes back that this plan will kill a few hundred jobs and bankrupt the state, they&#8217;ll be on record supporting that.&#8221; <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong> <strong>Sirhan Sirhan decision looms<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Sirhan_AP_NEWSLETTER_CM_01.jpg?resize=600%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Sirhan Sirhan photographed before a parole hearing on Aug. 27, 2021, in San Diego. Photo Courtesy of California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation via AP\" class=\"wp-image-223300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Sirhan_AP_NEWSLETTER_CM_01.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Sirhan_AP_NEWSLETTER_CM_01.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Sirhan_AP_NEWSLETTER_CM_01.jpg?resize=400%2C267&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Sirhan_AP_NEWSLETTER_CM_01.jpg?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Sirhan Sirhan before a parole hearing on Aug. 27, 2021, in San Diego. Photo Courtesy of California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation via AP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Another quickly approaching deadline: Newsom by Friday must decide to whether to release from prison Sirhan Sirhan, who was convicted in 1968 of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/08\/27\/us\/sirhan-sirhan-parole-rfk-assassination\/index.html\">recently recommended for parole<\/a>. Newsom, who counts Kennedy among his personal heroes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/states\/california\/story\/2021\/09\/15\/newsom-rfk-admiration-shows-where-i-might-be-leaning-on-sirhan-parole-1391081\">has hinted he&#8217;s disinclined to grant Sirhan parole<\/a>. He reinforced that message in stronger terms on Wednesday, when a reporter asked if he&#8217;s frustrated by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/politics\/articles\/2021-12-15\/how-a-kennedy-built-an-anti-vaccine-juggernaut-amid-covid-19\">Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.&#8217;s campaign against vaccines<\/a>. (Kennedy, Jr. is <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/sirhan-sirhan-middle-east-california-gavin-newsom-08ab1b7dc92f58c78c2645c436311ba4\">one of two of Kennedy children who support releasing Sirhan<\/a>, while six siblings oppose granting him parole.) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/mTGk5zXOm6w?t=3326\">Newsom<\/a>: <\/strong>&#8220;Not when the overwhelming majority \u2014 overwhelming majority \u2014 of the family members feel completely differently than he does. I mean, that same individual was out there campaigning for &#8230; Larry Elder&#8217;s candidacy for governor. He&#8217;s also been directly&nbsp;misleading and lying to people about&nbsp;a number of things including my own reaction, or non-reaction, to the booster. So with respect to that individual, he&#8217;s not someone I follow day in and day out for counsel, advice, consultation, and the overwhelming&nbsp;majority of the Shriver and Kennedy family members are opposed to Mr. Sirhan&#8217;s release.&#8221; <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4. California housing updates<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/07032019_neighborhoods_AW_NEWSLETTER_CM_01.jpg?resize=600%2C399&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Homes along Park Boulevard in the Ivy Hill neighborhood of Oakland, CA on July 3, 2019.\" class=\"wp-image-223307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/07032019_neighborhoods_AW_NEWSLETTER_CM_01.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/07032019_neighborhoods_AW_NEWSLETTER_CM_01.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/07032019_neighborhoods_AW_NEWSLETTER_CM_01.jpg?resize=400%2C266&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/07032019_neighborhoods_AW_NEWSLETTER_CM_01.jpg?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Homes along Park Boulevard in the Ivy Hill neighborhood of Oakland on July 3, 2019. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>De la reportera de vivienda de CalMatters, Manuela Tobias: <\/em>When a single person or a couple earns less than $43,533 or $87,066, respectively, and lives in a rental unit in California, they can claim $60 or $120 in tax credits. That subsidy hasn&#8217;t budged in more than 40 years, even as rents have skyrocketed \u2014 prompting state Sen. Steve Glazer, a Walnut Creek Democrat, and 43 other lawmakers on Wednesday <a href=\"https:\/\/leginfo.legislature.ca.gov\/faces\/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB843\">to propose bumping the credit<\/a> to $500 for individuals and $1,000 for couples and single parents. The increase would cost California about $1 billion annually, which Glazer&#8217;s office argued is only a fraction of the $6.3 billion the state spends on homeowners each year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, a controversial <a href=\"https:\/\/leginfo.legislature.ca.gov\/faces\/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB854\">bill that aims to protect people from eviction<\/a> cleared a key legislative hurdle Wednesday \u2014 but could face a tough road ahead. The proposal would force property owners in rent-controlled jurisdictions to hold onto their buildings for at least five years before invoking the Ellis Act, which gives them a path to exit the rental market and evict tenants. 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It\u2019s hard to know since the approval process ignored the California Environmental Quality Act, <a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/?p=223236\">writes Quentin Kopp, president of the San Francisco Taxpayers Association<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Help museums fight climate change: <\/strong>State lawmakers should allocate $125 million of California&#8217;s $3.7 billion investment in climate resiliency to museums and cultural institutions, <a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/?p=223246\">argues Katrice Lee of the San Diego Natural History Museum<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-other-things-worth-your-time\">Otras cosas que valen la pena<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Oakland schools brace for another teacher sickout<\/strong> as students threaten to walkout next week. \/\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/eastbay\/article\/Oakland-schools-brace-for-another-teacher-sickout-16771546.php\">San Francisco Chronicle<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Teachers at West Contra Costa Unified plan sickouts <\/strong>throughout the week. \/\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/edsource.org\/updates\/teachers-at-west-contra-costa-unified-plan-sick-out-protests-throughout-the-week\">EdSource<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rapid tests distributed by school districts<\/strong> see few reporting results. \/\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bakersfield.com\/news\/rapid-tests-distributed-by-school-districts-see-few-reporting-results\/article_a5652386-7330-11ec-bcde-333d65985815.html?utm_campaign=CHL%3A%20Daily%20Edition&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;_hsmi=200649738&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_3TqgtTGTtV_XhzKslSYZXQfOjtgnmEAI3jygO7mHl4BEiYmMm2UvVJOuNI4NKCEc6A_9es3CzS2tgxpkoR3vaEWxBEQ&amp;utm_content=200649738&amp;utm_source=hs_email\">Californiano de Bakersfield<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8216;Grim&#8217; 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\/\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2022\/01\/11\/tesla-dmv-fsd\/?utm_source=feedly&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=wp_business\">El Correo de Washington<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>San Jose to decide moving mayoral election, <\/strong>allowing undocumented vote. \/\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2022\/01\/11\/san-jose-voters-to-decide-moving-its-mayoral-election-potentially-allowing-noncitizens-to-vote\/\">Mercurio Noticias<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sacramento filed for receivership on homes<\/strong> amid COVID-19. \/\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/local\/article256264787.html\">Sacramento Bee<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>State government ends office leases<\/strong> in telework shift. \/\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/politics-government\/the-state-worker\/article257231322.html\">Sacramento Bee<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Nos vemos ma\u00f1ana.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u00bfConsejos, ideas o comentarios? Correo electr\u00f3nico&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:emily@calmatters.org\" target=\"_blank\">emily@calmatters.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Sigueme en Twitter:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=5f4af3af825368013c58e4547&amp;id=fdbf3734c1&amp;e=8df3ed9f4c\" target=\"_blank\">@emily_hoeven<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Suscr\u00edbase a los boletines informativos de CalMatters&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=5f4af3af825368013c58e4547&amp;id=2a7ce24a72&amp;e=8df3ed9f4c\" target=\"_blank\">aqu\u00ed<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Siga CalMatters en&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=5f4af3af825368013c58e4547&amp;id=9b9a39b357&amp;e=8df3ed9f4c\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>&nbsp;y&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" 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