Hospitals

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California needs thousands of nurses, but leaders can’t agree on how to fill jobs

Some hospitals in Southern California have a nurse vacancy rate of 30%, stressing overworked staff and causing some to leave the industry earlier than they planned.

에 의해 크리스틴 황 • 7월 31, 2023

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California Attorney General Rob Bonta goes after the NFL, and tobacco

As California’s top law enforcement official, Attorney General Rob Bonta has plenty of leeway for his to-do list. This week, he’s using his powers widely on some hot-button issues. NFL sexual harassment: Saying that no company is too big or powerful to be “above the law” Bonta announced a joint investigation on Thursday with New […]

에 의해 린 라 • 5월 5, 2023

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To head off hospital closures, California legislators are fast-tracking a loan program

Several hospitals have warned that they are struggling financially after the strains of the pandemic. A new loan program, if approved, could offer short-term relief.

에 의해 아나 B. 이바라 • 5월 4, 2023

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California hospitals and transit systems seek aid from deficit-ridden budget

California's politicians must contend with a multibillion-dollar budget deficit, but they also face demands from leaders of vital health care and transit services for more money to solve their fiscal woes.

에 의해 댄 월터스 • 4월 17, 2023

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California cities to state: Pay up on homeless crisis

From CalMatters’ homelessness policy reporter Marisa Kendall: California cities want more money to tackle homelessness.  That was the main takeaway from a rally Wednesday where about 100 city officials made a big ask of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration and the Legislature: They want $3 billion a year in guaranteed homelessness funding from the state.  That […]

에 의해 린 라 • 4월 13, 2023

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Why it’s tougher for California press to inform the public

In response to the COVID pandemic, many workplaces shifted from in-person to virtual communications, including state government offices. But as the impact of COVID-19 continues to wane, CalMatters’ politics reporter Alexei Koseff found that officials and their media offices in some ways remain just as inaccessible to the press. Before the pandemic, reporters could attend […]

에 의해 린 라 • 4월 6, 2023

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Deadline for seismic upgrades at California hospitals fails to recognize rural realities

California hospitals face a 2030 deadline to complete retrofit upgrades required under state law. Facilities in rural areas say the nearly 30-year-old legislation was enacted with a top-down approach, and failed to recognize the distinct challenges they face.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 1월 23, 2023

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A county without a hospital

Up until this month, Madera County — with a population of more than 150,000 spread out across 2,000 square miles of Central Valley farmland and sparse Sierra — had a single general hospital. Then, on Jan. 3, it closed its doors for good. As CalMatters health reporter Ana B. Ibarra and California Divide reporter Nicole […]

에 의해 벤 크리스토퍼 • 1월 20, 2023

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Will Northern California earthquake revive seismic safety debate?

Is California prepared for The Big One? That was the question undoubtedly on many residents’ minds after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck Humboldt County in the wee hours of Tuesday morning, resulting in two deaths and at least 12 injuries; damaging homes, roads, bridges, water and gas lines and other critical infrastructure; and leaving about 57,000 […]

에 의해 Emily Hoeven • 12월 21, 2022

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California on track for worst COVID surge yet

State public health officials project that in this California COVID surge, more than 70,000 will be hospitalized at the end of January.

에 의해 Emily Hoeven • 1월 14, 2022