Public Health

Lawmakers say they'll take no action this year on a bill requiring nursing home owners and operators to get state approval before they acquire, operate or manage a nursing home.

Los legisladores dicen que no tomarán ninguna medida este año sobre un proyecto de ley que requiere que los propietarios y operadores de hogares de ancianos obtengan la aprobación del estado antes de adquirir, operar o administrar un hogar de ancianos.

State lawmakers are deliberating bills to extend health coverage to more low-income Californians, regardless of immigration status.

Los legisladores estatales están deliberando proyectos de ley para extender la cobertura de salud a más californianos de bajos ingresos, independientemente de su estado migratorio.

Unable to meet state COVID-19 infection criteria, Merced and Inyo counties still can’t reopen most businesses. The status threatens a big Memorial Day event in Bishop, so the town has asked the state to reconsider its rural county requirements.

California has no plans to administer a passport. But the state is sending mixed messages to businesses about the need to verify that people at large events are vaccinated.

California no tiene planes de administrar un pasaporte. Pero el estado está enviando mensajes contradictorios a las empresas sobre la necesidad de verificar que las personas en los grandes eventos estén vacunadas.

Howdy, California. It’s Wednesday, April 7. This is CalMatters politics reporter Ben Christopher filling in for Emily Hoeven who really is still on vacation. Await the ides of June California’s collective year-long ordeal spent shuttered and sheltered-in-place finally has a tentative expiration date: June 15. Assuming all goes as planned, that’s the day that California […]

Lea este artículo en español. Gov. Gavin Newsom is running two races this spring: The first is to clobber the coronavirus pandemic that has killed nearly 60,000 Californians and devastated businesses and schools with unprecedented restrictions. The second is to keep his job, which could be threatened by a recall election later this year.  The two […]

Vaccine supply must be sufficient for anyone 16 and older who wants a shot and hospitalization rates must remain low and stable. The mask mandate would remain.