Public Health

Senate Bill 1149 — the “Public Right to Know Act” — will help keep companies accountable for a defective product or environmental hazard that poses a danger to public health or safety.

The new federal number is billed as an alternative to 911 for people experiencing mental health emergencies. A bill would allow California to fund call centers with new fees on phone lines.

Requiring students and workers to vaccinate against COVID 19 will help California return to pre-pandemic normalcy, save lives and avoid long-COVID injury.

A slate of five bills in the California Legislature requiring vaccination for COVID is discriminatory and unnecessary as the pandemic wanes.

Vaccine bills, including one to pull state funding from law agencies that oppose public health orders, are facing headwinds.

California’s political leaders need to prioritize health care in plans to end homelessness – it cannot be an afterthought if we expect housing programs to succeed.

To bring COVID under control and address other ongoing public health emergencies, we need a well-trained army of public health workers.

Expiration of two COVID-19 emergency programs means Californians could lose their Medi-Cal insurance or find Covered California unaffordable.

The governor’s new proposal would require all 58 counties to participate in the program to assist people with serious mental illnesses and substance use disorders.

We cannot wait for the next pandemic or public health crisis to emerge; we still face a host of other public health issues.