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Grace Gedye CalMatters Cuando Sophie Szew descargó Instagram por primera vez en su fiesta de cumpleaños número 10, estuvo expuesta a una ráfaga de información que “promovía los trastornos alimentarios”, dijo a los legisladores de California. A los 15, dijo, estaba siguiendo “todos los regímenes de inanición recomendados” por...
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Grace Gedye CalMatters When Sophie Szew first downloaded Instagram at her 10th birthday party, she was exposed to a flurry of information that “promoted eating disorders,” she told California lawmakers. By 15, she said, she was following “every starvation regimen recommended” by Instagram’s “explore” page. Szew, now 20, spoke...
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Ana B. Ibarra CalMatters As many diabetics across the Golden State struggle with insulin costs, California’s efforts to make the medication more affordable have yet to yield results. This year, lawmakers will revisit legislation that would address at least one piece of the affordability puzzle. Senate Bill 90, by Sen....
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Un grupo de defensores que ha luchado durante mucho tiempo para reformar el problemático sistema de licencias de hogares de ancianos del estado ahora está tratando de acabar con la legislación que patrocinó, calificando el proyecto de ley enmendado como “un paso atrás”. “En lugar de la gran reforma...
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A group of advocates that has long fought to reform the state’s troubled nursing home licensing system is now attempting to kill legislation it sponsored, calling the amended bill “a step backwards.” “Instead of the major reform that the nursing home licensing system needs, AB 1502 now codifies and endorses the...
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Congress is considering a new bill to establish a national historical park honoring union organizer Cesar Chavez and the farmworker movement he led. The new park would include the existing national monument in Keene, plus the site of the first headquarters in Delano and the Santa Rita Center in...
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Desiree Garibay used to sleep outside in Redondo Beach. One night in July 2020, she was lying down in a city park and police issued her a ticket. She missed her court date, and the ticket became a warrant for her arrest. She said she became even more determined...
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Los líderes del Caucus Legislativo de Mujeres de California prometieron proteger el derecho de una persona a abortar en el Estado Dorado después de que un borrador de opinión filtrado parece mostrar que la Corte Suprema de EE. UU. está lista para anular la decisión conocida como Roe v....
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Leaders from the California Legislative Women’s Caucus vowed to protect a person’s right to have an abortion in the Golden State after a leaked draft opinion appears to show the U.S. Supreme Court is ready to overturn the decision known as Roe v. Wade this summer. That would turn the matter...