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Out of a job? Can’t pay your bills? These proposals may help keep you afloat amid coronavirus

Donna Insalaco had to lay off 40 of the 45 employees at Pizzaiolo, her gourmet pizzeria in downtown Oakland, after sales fell through a “black hole.” “A lot of tears,” Insalaco said, “All of us here live check-to-check.” Responding to a statewide call for restaurants to close their doors to dine-in customers, Pizzaiolo is now […]

经过 杰基·博茨 • 3 月 18, 2020

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Regents consider raising tuition + Legislators mull cutting cannabis tax + A threat to Medi-Cal

UC regents consider tax hike. Legislators consider cutting cannabis tax. State braces for another challenge to Obamacare and Medi-Cal

经过 Dan Morain • 1 月 21, 2020

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‘Troubling’ audit reveals state failure to test millions of babies for toxic lead

State Auditor Elaine Howle found some 1.4 million toddlers enrolled in Medi-Cal had gone untested for lead exposure over the past decade, and another 740,000 missed one of two required screenings — a failure encompassing nearly three-quarters of the babies covered by the state’s publicly-funded health insurance program. 

经过 伊丽莎白·阿奎莱拉 • 1 月 7, 2020

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Housing, wildfire, surplus on deck as California lawmakers return

State legislators go back to work this week with a focus on homelessness, wildfire, how to spend yet another fat budget surplus, and a Capitol baby boom.

经过 劳雷尔·罗森霍尔 • 1 月 6, 2020

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Spending California’s surplus, how lobbying affected one consumer protection bill, and what came of Schwarzenegger’s Million Solar Roof goal

Assemblyman pushes for more aid for undocumented immigrants. Legislation to curb dental credit cards is watered down. UC looks at alternatives to SAT, ACT.

经过 Dan Morain 和 Judy Lin • 12 月 10, 2019

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In California, medical care means big money — and big politics

Walters: The mother of all medical-care battles will erupt if Gov. Gavin Newsom tries to make good on his campaign promise to install a single-payer system.

经过 丹·沃尔特斯 • 12 月 10, 2019

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Dental patients face years of debt, inflated bills

Kenda Williams, 51, went to West Coast Dental in Torrance to treat the shooting pain in her molar. She spent the day in a drug-induced haze. Williams later found out she had signed up for two credit cards that day to cover her dentist’s $9,055 bill. Unemployed and on Medi-Cal, the Los Angeles resident had […]

经过 曼努埃拉·托比亚斯 • 12 月 9, 2019

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Pilot project: Housing homeless people cuts state’s health care burden

A California pilot program aims to provide housing for vulnerable homeless people and saves taxpayer money. A RAND analysis found that for every dollar Los Angeles County invested in the program, it saved $1.20 in reduced health care and social service costs.

经过 Matt Tinoco, KPCC • 10 月 22, 2019

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Newsom vents on blackouts as PG&E begins restoring power, Becerra’s privacy rules, and an idea for homeless courts

Politicians pile on PG&E over power shutdown. Race is on to implement privacy rules. Homeless courts proposal may be headed to ballot.

经过 Dan Morain 和 本·克里斯托弗 • 10 月 11, 2019

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Newsom’s prescription plan pits state against Medi-Cal providers

Is the governor's plan to streamline prescription drug buying a smart way to save the state millions? Maybe, but it will come at the expense of nonprofits that say they're using that money to boost services for poorer patients. 

经过 伊丽莎白·阿奎莱拉 • 10 月 8, 2019