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Tag: hospitals

A healthcare employee protests outside Centinela Hospital Medical Center, in Los Angeles on May 5, 2020. Photo by Lucy Nicholson, Reuters
Posted inHealth

A $25 minimum wage is in sight for California health care workers under new legislative deal

Avatar photo by Ana B. Ibarra September 12, 2023September 11, 2023

A last-minute legislative deal would raise pay for California health care workers while giving medical providers a guarantee that they won’t have to battle local measures on employee compensation.

A road sign announcing the closure of the Emergency Room and Madera Community Hospital outside the main entrance on Jan. 2, 2023. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local
Posted inHealth

California bails out distressed hospitals, offers interest-free loans to 17 troubled providers

Avatar photo by Ana B. Ibarra August 25, 2023August 25, 2023
Polling workers empty a curbside ballot box in Santa Monica, June 2, 2022. Photo by Lucy Nichols, REUTERS
Posted inWhatMatters

California’s high court upholds voting rights law

Avatar photo by Lynn La August 25, 2023August 25, 2023
Medical personnel working in the nurse’s station in the Emergency Room unit of Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital in Hollister on March 30, 2023. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local
Posted inHealth

3 California hospitals declared bankruptcy this year. Health chains could keep them alive

Avatar photo by Ana B. Ibarra August 14, 2023August 14, 2023
Gov. Gavin Newsom unveils his budget proposal for the 2023-24 fiscal year during a press briefing at the California Natural Resources Agency in Sacramento on Jan. 10, 2023. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters
Posted inWhatMatters

California Legislature gets back to work

Avatar photo by Lynn La August 14, 2023August 15, 2023
Kaiser Permanente health care workers strike outside a Kaiser facility in Sacramento on July 25, 2023. Workers are on the picket lines to protest patient care crisis and unsafe staffing at Kaiser hospitals. Photo by Rahul Lal for CalMatters
Posted inHealth

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

Avatar photo by Kristen Hwang July 31, 2023July 31, 2023
California Attorney General Rob Bonta speaks at a press event in San Francisco on Sept. 21, 2022. Photo by Martin do Nascimento, CalMatters
Posted inWhatMatters

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

Avatar photo by Lynn La May 5, 2023May 5, 2023
The outline of the Madera Community Hospital sign and crest on the main buildings of the hospital on Jan. 2, 2023. The sign was removed after the hospital announced its closure due to bankruptcy pushing the county into a state of emergency. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local
Posted inHealth

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

Avatar photo by Ana B. Ibarra May 4, 2023May 4, 2023
A commuter waits for the bus to arrive at the Norwalk Green Line Station in Norwalk on April 3, 2023. Photo by Pablo Unzueta for CalMatters
Posted inCommentary

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

by Dan Walters April 17, 2023April 14, 2023
Artesia Councilmember Ali Sajad Taj, president of Cal Cities, speaks during a press conference at the state Capitol in Sacramento on April 12, 2023. Photo by Rahul Lal, CalMatters
Posted inWhatMatters

California cities to state: Pay up on homeless crisis

Avatar photo by Lynn La April 13, 2023April 13, 2023

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